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Angecheckt: Roland System 500, System 1m & digitale Modulserie (deutsch), Update 1.2

Ich habe mal einen Bericht zu den Roland-Modular-Sachen geschrieben. Darin kommen Bitrazer, Demora, Scooper, Torcido – also die neuen digitalen Module vor, das Roland System 500, also die Roland System 100m Synthesizer -artige analoge Antwort von Roland zusammen mit Malekko und das System 1m. „was noch aussteht“ – ist das System 500, welches diese Module haben wird / hat – sie entsprechen einem Teil derer die im System 100m zu finden sind und die Beurteilung dessen bleibt wie im SynMag und bei Amazona beschrieben ;) Hier weitere Fotos vom Roland…

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Musikmesse 2015 – Overview – Übersicht

Time to switch to the Musikmesse Overview Mode. UPDATE II – aulaost Messe – a lot of details and now smaller makers and  booths detected.. (updates are below) ok – some impression of our booth – SynMag – Das Synthesizer-Magazin – und zum Schluss noch ein paar Eindrücke vom Stand, danke fürs kommen und noch mehr wenn du jetzt ein Abo hast! Dafür machen wir uns nämlich die Mühe ;) aber es kommen Änderungen: Q1/2, 2016 Frankfurt, Musikmesse in Zukunft kleiner Stammtisch – Der erste Tag der Musikmesse 2015Dieses Video auf…

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Modal 008 Analogue Synth (8 voice) with Xpander-Style Filters (with Phase/Allpass)

the original info from Modal (so it has still some super-words in it) ;) Modal 008 (built 2015) – Analog Synthesizer  provides eight discrete voices of polyphony with an uncompromising analogue architecture utilising the highest grade components throughout Two 100% analogue VCO’s per voice with two sub oscillators, providing sawtooth, triangle, square with PWM and noise. note those filters are a bit like the   Oberheim Matrix 12 (built 1985) – Analog Synthesizer that allows combinations of filters including phase shifting / all pass filters that really sound great for pads and stuff. OSCS:…

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Crowminius: Small DIY Minimoog (with CS80 PWM)

Crowminius is a DIY synth (with display) that stems from the Minimoog with the PWM circuit from the CS80 by a guy called „old crow“ at Muff’s -> Presenting: Crowminius. UPDATE: it’s now up for $700 by Scott Rider with MIDI and ext. LFO – the rest is exactly like the Minimoog plus MIDI. it was aimed to fit onto one PCB and a small case MIDI, dual LFOs dedicated to oscillator PWM, the Power Supply That Does Not Suck   and it does sound already – like this: http://www.cs80.com/crowminius/CrowminiusDemo01.mp3 and yes, it’s…

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Blue Lantern – Dwarf Star – analog synth

don’t know much about this – especially how it really sounds like it appears to me like they did modules and now try the Cwejman approach – here’s a cool looking synth (that isn’t meant negatively – it may be a good start to the (semi) modular world ..? I just post it because I kind of liked it when I saw it – it’s a classic • 2 OSC synth with classic wave shapes for each OSC • has 2 sub OSCs •2 ENVs – AR plus !? which…

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Hard Mod Electronics presenting (analog) Matrix Synthesizer

Hard Mod Electronics are based in Mexico and just presented some images of an upcoming new device that looks interesting made of a Matrix – shown here (delivered by Ghielmetti, CH) they posted something about this thing coming up next – the real source synthi – sort of EMS inspired thing, so the matrix may play a role sooner or later in here.. ?   they also did a VL1 mod that looks totally nerdy and cool, like a heavily expanded synth with envelopes, echo, oscillators that are being controlled…

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Korg ARP Odyssey Synthesizer (2015) – single sound demo

Marko is probably the first german guy to demo the machine for everyone to check all basic features of the Korg Odyssey 1 / 2 OSCs, Sync, Ringmod, Filter Sweeps .. it’s all in – don’t listen if you can’t „abstract“ the sound from the music you might want to do. ok, not the first.. Erste Demos vom Korgessy.   UPDATE: Test/Review in German of both – a Mk3 Original vs the new Korg one is here – all done by Marko „Retrosound“ Ettlich for Amazona.

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Modor – NF1 – digital hardware synth (coming)

after a long rollout of almost analog or hybrid synths – there is also digital ones still on the move – upcoming DSP synth NF1 from Belgium – motherland of EBM and the µVentury or EEF. Modor NF-1 – Technical OverviewDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen looks like it has 4x ADSR with addition of 3 more parameters with initial Level, Decay1 Level and Time 12 dB/Oct filter(s) formant filter standard and „noisy“ waveforms special FX with very special parameters (they say) and delay they say: With new noisy oscillator models, digital unusual…