Heads up freak users – it’s time for the annual Microfreak firmware update! All thanks to its killer digital sound engine, the mighty Microfreak synth is the gift that keeps on giving. Arturia announce the fourth major firmware update since it was released back in
Austrian synth connoisseurs Mayer have unveiled the MD900 X-VA at Superbooth 21, their new flagship multi-timbral wavetable synthesizer with hands-on control, drum instruments and many other features. The MD900x-VA is a multitimbral virtual analog and wavetable synthesizer with 16 voices and 4 parts. The 16
Latvian synth company Erica Synths has just revealed their newest creation at Superbooth 2021–the PĒRKONS (THUNDER) – a drum machine and synthesizer and according to their press release, “it will change your approach to electronic rhythm synthesis – an instrument which bears the weight of
More Superbooth 21 goodness: this time, Waldorf is introducing M, a new hardware wavetable synthesizer that recreates the synthesis and sounds of the legendary Microwave synthesizers. The original microwave rack synthesizer is still extremely popular today and is in high demand on the used market.
Arturia have released SQ-80 V, an emulation of the classic Ensoniq SQ-80 hybrid synthesizer from the late 1980s. The SQ-80 was Ensoniq’s follow up to the ESQ-1, both of which combine digital oscillators with an analog filter section. It builds on its predecessor’s capabilities with a greatly expanded selection of onboard waveforms ranging from the typical analog style waves, to
Superbooth 21 is coming and the Greek boutique synth company Dreadbox is showing the Nymphes, a new portable 6-voice polyphonic analog Synthesizer with a hands-on user interface. The Nymphes is purely an analog 6-voice synthesizer featuring a single oscillator and a sub-oscillator. The primary oscillator
Korg’s wavestate synthesizer introduced in 2020 kickstarted their innovative line of digital instruments, now also consisting of opsix and modwave. Wavestate continues to stand out from the crowded synth market with its multi-lane sample sequencing focus, inspired by Korg’s classic wavestation from 1990. Despite shipping with a sizable multi-gigabyte sample library, one feature request that’s surfaced regularly
OctoCell is a new Max for Live synth co-developed by Michel Geiss, studio technician for synth legend Jean-Michel Jarre. On paper, it resembles Ableton’s own Operator synth with a combination of Additive, FM and subtractive synthesis, but after spending a few minutes with OctoCell it
Gotharman’s, a Danish boutique synth company specialising in handcrafted devices had previously produced the SpazeDrum Analog Drum Synthesizer and the Tiny LD Granular Workstation has now revealed the Urano, a new modular synthesizer prototype with memory. Urano has a wide range of digital modules for
The name Korg has been synonymous with synthesizers for many years, perhaps even longer than you may realize. Their iconic patch bay laden semi-modular MS-20 dates back to 1978, however, Korg’s synth journey really began with the 1973 unveiling of the miniKORG 700. Intended to compliment more
