Audio Damage Intros Neuron FM Drum Synth Voice For Eurorack Modulars

Audio Damage‘s Chris Randall has announced a new FM drum synth voice module for Eurorack systems, the Neuron. Randall notes: Unlike a traditional FM voice, this isn’t a pair of sine waves. The modulator is a sine, but the carrier is a single-cycle sample from a 909 kick drum’s oscillator, taken direct from the board… Read More Audio Damage Intros Neuron FM Drum Synth Voice For Eurorack Modulars

Yamaha Reface DX Synthesizer Review – User-Friendly FM Programming In A Hardware Keyboard

At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show: Yamaha introduced its new Reface Mobile Mini Keyboards line. The line was inspired by the form factor of the vintage Yamaha CS-01, a mini synth that featured a built-in speaker. The new keyboards use a similar form factor, but have sound engines designed to recall four different Yamaha keyboard lines. The Yamaha Reface DX is the… Read More Yamaha Reface DX Synthesizer Review – User-Friendly FM Programming In A Hardware Keyboard

New Soft Synth, bent.fm, Based On Classic Circuit Bending Concepts

Developer Mayank Sanganeria has released bent.fm – a full FM model of a circuit-bent synthesizer. bent.fm allows the user to tweak classic circuit bending modifications like fine and octave-decimated clock bends, and experiment with more esoteric bends. Sanganeria says that bent.fm is ‘for anyone interested in circuit bending, glitch sounds, industrial music, and post-procedural art.’

FM4 Rack Extension Now Available, ‘Farty Brass Sounds’ Not Included

Primal Audio let us know that they’ve released FM4 – their DX-style FM software synthesizer – as a Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason. Heres what they have to say about it: FM4 is a four-operator FM synthesizer for the Reason rack. Modeled on the first commercially available FM synths from the 1980s, FM4 recreates that dirty,… Read More FM4 Rack Extension Now Available, ‘Farty Brass Sounds’ Not Included