Roland Enters the Modular Market with Plug-Out Filter D-Beam & Scatter Eurorack Module

"Introducing the Roland Plug-Out Digital Filter for Euro Rack Synthesizers! Now you can have that virtual sound you've been missing! Roland has emulated every analog component in vintage analog circuits and packed into a euro format module. We didn't stop there, boys and girls, we added the famous scatter effect, so everyone can enjoy scatting!

• Roland’s ACB technology models each component and every aspect of vintage filters

• Faithful recreation of all filters Roland has crafted through the years, the original TB-303, SH-101, System 700 and Jupiter 80 filters.

• Authentic filter behavior with smooth response and classic sound

We’ve meticulously analyzed the circuitry of the original TB-303 piece by piece, right down to the individual circuit behavior. Using Analog Circuit Behavior (ACB) technology, we’ve fully reproduced the TB-303’s -18dB per octave ladder low-pass filter used in the original, capturing that unmistakable cutoff and resonance character.

In addition to the faithful reproduction of classic TB tones, the Plug-Out Digital Filter is packed with new sounds that live and breathe. Bubbling synth filtering, hard distortion filtering, trippy delay sounds, and drippy effects—they’re all here, and then some. We've recreated every filter Roland has in it's rich history, even the Moog one!

The Scatter function features slicing, reverse, gating, and other effects, allowing you to instantly create variations, stutters, and glitches that would normally require painstaking editing in a DAW. You can keep things fresh and interesting with 8 different Scatter variations and 10 levels of Scatter depth.

God I hate April fools jokes, I'm so addicted to the internet for real news, and on April 1st I just can't beat them, so I'll join in on the fun.

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I do like the green on black of the new Roland modules. :)
This one sent my way via Robert Borries.

Walldorf Pulse Dos - Polyphonic Demo

Published on Sep 17, 2013 Bob Borries·8 videos

"WallDorph Pulsar Two"

Polyphony at :58.

Walldorf Pulse on eBay

Miniwave Highpass modulation

Published on Aug 10, 2013 Christopher Winkels·63 videos

"An implementation of the Bob Borries modulation trick to mimic PWM on a Miniwave.

Simply put, an LFO (or EG, or other modulation source) sweeps the cutoff on a ramp (rising sawtooth) wave being fed into a highpass filter. The output of the highpass HPF drives the Miniwave input.

Changing the waveshape of the ramp changes the spectral content of the Miniwave, lending a PWM style tonal sweep.

Not everything sounds great, but they beauty of it is that one can go from subtle sweeps to nails-on-a-chalkboard grind with relatively little effort."

Musikmesse: πλoytec (Ploytec) πλ2 (PI L Squared) Demonstration

Musikmesse: πλoytec (Ploytec) πλ2 (PI L Squared) Demonstration (20130411) from ICON on Vimeo.
Musikmesse: πλoytec (Ploytec) πλ2 (PI L Squared) Demonstration (20130411)

Anyone know what this is? That's a Yamaha KX25 MIDI controller so I'm guessing it's software.

Update via Bob Borries in the comments: "It looks to me like the cube plugged into the midi port is a tiny analog hardware synth. It's powered by the voltage in the midi cable and has one audio output. Amazingly small, yet has a big sound. I wonder how you edit the sounds for the 64 user presets?"

Update2:

MESSE13: Ploytec Pi L Squared (Pi Lambda Squared)

Published on Apr 12, 2013 FrequencyTestSystem·72 videos

"This Synth is already a favorite of mine! Nice raw 8bit-ish sound. Crazy idea.

I will do an english subtitle in the next few days. analog OSCs, digital musical filter, analog HF-Signal lilter, duo phone, Square waveform with variable width."

Update3:

MESSE13:KeyFob Sized MIDI Synth with Analog Filter

Published on Apr 14, 2013 sonicstate·493 videos

"MESSE13:KeyFob Sized MIDI Synth with Analog Filter Ploytec Pi L Squared - 2 Voice MIDI Powered Synth"

Update4: via Slujj in the comments.

MESSE13: Ploytec πλ² ( pi lambda squared a.k.a. Pi L SQUARED) German presentation

Published on Apr 13, 2013 FrequencyTestSystem·73 videos

"Ploytec πλ² ( pi lambda squared a.k.a. Pi L SQUARED) German presentation video by developer Markus Medau, himself."

Clean RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer Album Scans

Clean scans added to the bottom of this post courtesy of Bob Borries in the comments.

IDOW & MATRIXSYNTH Modular Pic of the Week - Week 21 Contest Winner!

"Our twenty-first winner of the Modular Pic of the Week contest goes to Bob Borries for his 'Lightning Volts."

Being a fan of Wendy Carlos, Larry Fast, NIN and BT, Bob had to own a Moog modular, but since Moog don't build modules anymore, he bought a Synthesizers.com system. Vo1t is the moniker for my music. The photo is multiple exposures of lasers and smoke.

For more info on Vo1t: http://www.vo1t.com

We'd like to give a big thanks and congratulations to Bob Borries for his submission! This is the 21st week of a 30-week contest, and we are looking forward to many more modular photo submissions, so please keep 'em coming! For details on how to submit and what you can win, see this post.

For more info on the upcoming 'I Dream of Wires' documentary, be sure to see the trailer and IndieGoGo fund raising campaign here.

See the IDOW label for all posts pertaining to the film including the weekly contest winners."

How the Animoog X/Y Pad Works

If you are curious how the X/Y Pad on Animoog works, Bob Borries has a great page that illustrates what it does. See the site for the animated gifs and a little more info.

via Bob Borries in the comments of the original Animoog post.

"The X/Y Pad has 8 horizontal timbres zones that crossfade in the up/down direction. You can assign a different timbre for each zone, Each timbre has an oscillator going through audio processing with parameters you can change in the left/right direction."

MOV03602 - Intua Beatmaker

YouTube via xgee1. Anyone ID the app?

Update via Bob Borries in the comments: "It's called "Beatmaker" I was going to buy a MPC-500, but for what I need this suits me fine."

Intua Beatmaker on iTunes:


via the Intua website:


Mobile sampler interface
In your pocket, ideally suited for live or for fast, intuitive composition, the 16 multi-touch pads enable you to load, slice, tune, and trigger sounds from an extensive sample library. Live pattern recording and sound control with the simplicity of a finger movement


Lay down your ideas. All your ideas
Experience BeatMaker step sequencer for creating your grooves. The tactile editor makes music composing really quick and easy while keeping a precise synchronization. Limitless patterns, endless possibilities, delivered on tune and on time.


Create your song while performing live
Arrange your song snippets to your liking, loop and improvise in real time all the building blocks of your tune into something meaningful.


Enhance, alter, add new perspectives
Give a new impulse to your sound material using audio effects. BeatMaker provides two independent effect channels including synchronized delay, 3-band EQ, and the famous "Bit-Crusher". You can apply new rhythmic pattern to your drum loops, change textures and frequencies and recreate the lovely vintage sound.


Record your own sounds
Record new sounds wherever you are, and use them instantly in your compositions ! (Only on iPhone and iPod Touch 2nd Gen models)

Packing things up for another ride

Time to pack your bag and move on? Want to use that drum kit in another song? BeatMaker lets you load and save your sound kits and projects at anytime.


Synchronize and update your personal library
Thanks to BeatPack, the free BeatMaker synchronization companion, you can easily expand your audio library. Share your personal audio samples from your computer directly into BeatMaker. Bringing your sound material everywhere has never been so easy !

Great tune ? Pass it on
Export your piece to one audio file, share it, or just re-use it as another sound base for further compositions. BeatMaker also allows you to export your songs to MIDI files, that you can later import into your favourite desktop sequencer.

RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer RCA-Victor LM-1922 LP

via this auction

"Extremely rare synthesizer LP from 1955 original mono pressing, RCA Victor LM-1922."

If anyone knows where to find a readable scan of the album notes let me know.

Update via twitter.com/hamageddon: you can find more info on the album including audio downloads here.

Update via imaginear in the comments: "Also check out programme 12 of The Tone Generation radio series which focuses solely on the RCA Music Synthesizer."

Update: bottom four scans below via Cliff. Click on each to read.

Update 4/24/12 via oAtStAo "This person has a wealth of info on their site"

Update 5/8/12: Cleaned up scans below via Bob Borries in the comments. Click on them to read.

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