Atomic is a 16 step sequencer composing tool with a built in synth that also has the ability to control other softsynths or even hardware via its MIDI out function. The design is circular, inspired by step sequencers such as the Buchla Arbitrary Function Generator and Future Retro Revolution. You can preview Atomic below: [display_podcast]… Read More Atomic Synth Inspired By Buchla, Future Retro Revolution
Future Retro‘s Jered Flickinger has quietly updated his Revolution analog synth, giving it a cool new look, longer battery life and a new OS: The new R2 unit, designated by the gun metal grey chassis, has an updated PC board design using a new RAM chip which extends the internal back up battery life from… Read More Future Retro Revolution R2
The 2008 NAMM Show wasn’t a great year for new synth and electronic music gear……but it was a good year. We’ve already mentioned tons of great new gear that we saw at NAMM in the last couple of weeks, but, following in the footsteps of last year’s modular analog synthgasm, here are our picks for… Read More The 2008 Winter NAMM Show Synthgasm
The long-awaited Future Retro XS semi-modular analog synthesizer is now available. According to designer Jered Flickinger (interview link), the Future Retro XS is intended to be used as either a rackmount or desktop instrument, and its compact size makes it ideal for musicians on the go. Flickinger’s work is always interesting. I’ve got a FR… Read More Future Retro XS Semi-modular Analog Synthesizer
Future Retro’s Jered Flickinger is celebrating 10 successful years in business with a gear porn retrospective of rare FR prototypes. Here’s an image of the Abstrak sequencer, a prototype of a new type of analog sequencer built using discrete logic components. The rhythm switches could define if notes were off, on, or sustained, while the… Read More Future Retro Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary; Rare Gear Porn Pics
NAMM Update: Future Retro had a significant presense at the recent NAMM Winter Show. FR head Jered Flickinger was on hand, demonstrating his latest designs. The Revolution is our latest concept synthesizer providing an intuitive interface which we feel most accurately represents the principles of time and music. From ancient sundials to modern day analog… Read More Future Retro At Namm
2 006 NAMM Show Update: Jered Flickinger from Future Retro introduced their new XS analog modular synthesizer, designed to expand the sound capabilities of their existing products and other modular synthesizer systems. Housed in a aluminum chassis, the unit can be rack mounted taking up 3U spaces, or used with additional desktop end pieces for… Read More Future-Retro Debuts XS Analog Modular Synthesizer / Expander
Future-Retro has announced that The Revolution, an innovative new analog synthesizer, is now in production. The Revolution is Future-Retro’s latest “concept synthesizer”. Future-Retro is best known for its killer 777 synthesizer. According to FR’s Jered Flickinger, The Revolution provides “an intuitive interface which we feel most accurately represents the principles of time and music. From… Read More Future Retro Revolution
We asked Flickinger recently about his interest in electronic music, his company and its latest instrument, the Revolution.… Read More Jered Flickinger: On Future-Retro and Creating a Synth Revolution
Future Retro calls this analog beast the 777, but be warned! It should have been called the Future Retro 666, because its combination of sinful sounds and tempting knobs is highly addictive. The 777 seems innocent enough, until you find yourself wide awake at three in the morning, tweaking the perfect bassline in a cold… Read More Future Retro 777 – Evil Incarnate, or Just an Awesome Synth?
