Synth 

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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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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Roland Aira – analog Synth coming up – Reon in a Roland case?

MusikMesse 2015: Here’s a pic taken by someone at GS – on the right you see REON Synths (Driftboxes I guess – btw very high quality sounding synth!). on the left is a „normal“ eurorack modular system and in between – there is a Aira-Styled something that does not seem to have patch jacks but may be some sort of: -UPDATE: no – driftbox, they got a new modular system for us called the System 500 and digital modules series! 1) System 1 tech modeling which is obviously very good and could…

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Behringer teasing their Synths – „something in the lab“ things

Der Behringer is going to to things in the lab. it’s already bleeping @ MIDAS Lab. Confidential Midas / Behringer Synthesizer LeakDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen Behringer Midas Synth Teaser backgrounds part 1 (about ARPing the world for cheap) part 2 – Behringer & Amazona Synth – first moves Kleine Abhandlung über Behringer, Amazona und Analoge Synthesizer

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App 

Zed Physical Modeling with mic input iOS Synth

remember Patch Morpher? The interpolation tool for sound creation on hardware synths – here’s the first synth of JazzMan – which can listen to the microphone re-model it and use this as a synth waveform but can also just synthesize sounds from oscillators via filter and stuff – the GUI is nice – you can just move the whole user interface by swiping it – so you can see the structure, the physical model engine and resonantors, the „mallet“ section, 2 OSCs, filter like this: added is sort of Clavia…

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Vermona Synth „14“ – Lancet style Analogsynthesizer

first better image of the Vermona. „announced“ here @Xmas the name is  Vermona 14 <– yes! it took 14 years for them to be (re)allowed to use the name. nothing known so far – but have a look – but it IS a Lancet keyboard in a way. so it’s monophonic. NAMM 2015: Vermona 14 Mono SynthesizerDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen 14 hat u.a. analoge VCO mit jeweils 2 Sub-VCOs, CROSSMOD Noise, Mixer, klassisches Ladder-Filter mit 18+12+24db LowPass 2x ADSR, VCA, OSC and Filter FM – Sine Wave available! 1 umfangreicher…

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Controller Synth 

Nonlinear Labs – Stephan Schmitt (NI Founder) tours through the new concept

as you might have read and seen – Stephan Schmitt, who founded Native Instruments and is still a holder has been busy building a new interface with hardware – it is (and has) a Fatar keyboard and wooden parts coming from italy put together in a case and consists of buttons that can be relabelled just by simple paper strips (not displays) – so you just hit a button of the desired parameter and edit it – it will be displayed and shown – and can be changed by a large…

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