Gear and software reviews by Synthtopia readers.
Ray Wilson’s Music From Outer Space Weird Sound Generator is a popular synth DIY project. Wilson notes: This is not even a shadow of a real music synthesizer but merely a fun little noise maker. Building a WSG, while fun, is not a deeply scientific or religious experience. The WSG does not look or work… Read More Weird Sound Generator
I got word via Kevin in the synth forum that he’s released the PICSynth V3 chip, which features a cool new arpeggiator and portamento. The PICSynth is a easy to build DIY synth project. Here’s an audio demo from the latest PICSynth: [display_podcast] Features: Dual oscillator mono synth Really easy to build using just 1 custom… Read More PICSynth V3 Released
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2009 NAMM Show: Electro Harmonix has released the Voice Box – a multi-functional vocal synth processor. Check out the cool demo video above and let me know what you think! Description: The harmony processor creates 2- to 4-part harmonies directly from your vocals, in the same key as your accompanying instrument. Studio-quality reverb lets you… Read More Electro-Harmonix Voice Box Vocoder, Harmonizer
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=23B7A3C5F002713F The Dave Smith Instruments Mopho is a $399 compact monophonic analog synthesizer, with a voice architecture identical to a single voice of the Prophet ’08, but with a couple of unique twists.
Overview: The Oxford Synthesiser Company (OSC) OSCar is a vintage mono-synthesizer, first released in 1983. It features two digitally controlled oscillators and twin 12dB filters, which can be configured as lowpass, highpass and bandpass filters. It also featured some early digital capabilities, like patch memory and a basic sequencer. An unusual feature of the Oscar was it’s additive… Read More The OSCar Monosynth
Radikal Technologies has anounced the Spectralis II synthesizer – a more powerful successor to Radikals sophisticated Hybrid Synthesizer. It’s been updated with more memory, an updated sequencer and more. You can listen to sound examples of the Spectralis 2 here. Here are the details from the Radikal site:
Audio Impressions will be demonstrating the first official release version of their 70 piece DVZ Strings 2.0 sample library at The NAMM Show 2009 in Anaheim, CA. Description: DVZ Strings 2.0 allows you to produce compositions in real time with the real-world balance of live musicians that will translate directly to accurate MIDI mock-ups as… Read More Audio Impressions DVZ Strings 2.0
Infinite Response’s VAX77 is a very bizarre foldable MIDI control keyboard, set to be released at the upcoming 2009 NAMM Show. It’s an interesting high-end portable MIDI controller, but at $2450, it’s also a premium MIDI controller. Is it worth an extra two grand to have a foldable keyboard?
The Synthesia platform is a project whose purpose is to create an open analog modeling musical synthesizer – a synthesizer implemented using both analog and digital components that intends to emulate the sounds of traditional analog synthesizers, controllable through Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). The synthesizer platform exists upon it’s own standalone hardware, and may… Read More Synthesia – The Open Synth Hardware Platform
