Sunday Synth Jam: This is a music video for David Ryle’s ‘switched on’ take on Aram Khachaturian’s Adagio, from the ballet, Gayane. The Adagio is probably best known from its use in Kubrick’s 2001-A Space Odyssey, in the voyage to Jupiter sequence.
As part of our end-of-year, Best of 2015 round-up, we’re running a variety of reader polls. For the modular synth category, we let readers nominate their picks for the best new synth module of the year. We’re including individual modules, introduced in the last year, that are designed with the primary purpose of being part of… Read More What’s The Best New Synth Module Of 2015? (Reader Poll)
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Autotross (John Anderson), captures a live rendition of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen on a Moog-format Synthesizers.com modular synthesizer and a Roland Juno 60.
Evaton Technologies announced via their Facebook page a new large-format module, the RF Nomad: Atomic Shadow Edition. The module grew out of a one-off custom module created for ‘mid-century electronica’ artist Atomic Shadow (Rod Mitchell). The module is a 5U version of Evaton’s RF Nomad voltage-controlled shortwave radio receiver Eurorack module. Due to interest, a limited run of… Read More Evaton Technologies Announces RF Nomad: Atomic Shadow Edition 5U Synth Module
Designer Roger Arrick of Synthesizers.com shared this video, demonstrating his new LFO++ module design. The LFO++ is an interesting Dotcom MU module design that is a sort of ‘über-LFO’, combining elements of the functionality of an LFO, envelope generator, VCA and more into a single-width panel
Corsynth’s Pablo Penas contacted us to let us know that they have released a new module in MU format, the C101 OTA Lowpass filter MKII. The C101 OTA Lowpass filter MKII is a redesign of their first module, with several improvements and new features. The main changes / improvements are:
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via SynthMania, captures a live modular performance of Flagless. The performance features the sound of a 66-space Synthesizers.com modular synthesizer, which SynthMania says is “Why I love my dotcom.”
In this video, synthesist Steve Averil gives a tour and demo of the synth rig that he uses with The Rakershine Band.
This video, via glkibler, is a preview of the Frobe modular synthesizer – a new analog synth, inspired by the classic Moog modular: “What better way to test if a Moog is sounding like a Moog than with a little taste of Aquatarkus?” The synth featured in the demo is a hand-wired prototype.
This series of videos features Roger Arrick offering an introduction to modular synthesis.
