Synthesizer V, Instrument X & VocalFlex: Dreamtonics - Music China 2026

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"Kanru from Dreamtonics gave us a look at Synthesizer V, Instrument X and VocalFlex at Music China 2026. Synthesizer V is a vocal synthesis system rather than a prompt-based generator. It runs completely offline and converts MIDI notes with typed lyrics into audio.

Since our previous coverage at ADC in Brisatol, the Synthesizer V 2.3.0 beta adds Portuguese, French, German and Italian support. It also includes detailed phoneme editing, so vowel and pronunciation choices can be adjusted per note. Language selection is handled from a dropdown, but the software does not translate lyrics.

Instrument X is the instrumental counterpart, with a launch collection of 15 orchestral and jazz instruments. It uses neural network synthesis combined with physics modelling, runs offline on CPU, and supports Mac and Windows. Articulations replace lyrics in the editor, with staccato, slurs, accents, portamento and pitch curves available. It works as an instrument plug-in and via ARA.

VocalFlex is a real-time voice transformation plug-in with morphing between reference timbres. All three products are one-time purchases, with the Trilogy bundle priced at around $299.

More Info: https://dreamtonics.com/"

MASSIVE XL

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M-Vave FM-1 Sidou VS therapSID 6581

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You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

https://dsablic.github.io/sidou/?fw=sidou

"SIDOU is free firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synth into a Commodore 64 SID instrument: an emulated SID chip (6581 or 8580) played from the FM-1's keys and knobs and over MIDI, with three effect slots after the chip. It also plays and edits GoatTracker 2 songs with a step sequencer and a tracker (0 SEQ, Space PLAY): a new song comes with a SID drum kit and sampled digi drums, and STEP can play a step by chance, roll a new pattern (DICE) or vary one (MUTATE). On a real FM-1 the sound also goes out over USB as an audio input a computer can record. It plays PSID .sid tunes too, from the unit's flash, on its own 6502 (the menu's SIDS: one or two SID chips, PAL or NTSC, with mute and solo for the voices)."

SiDJ FM-1: Play & Remix C64 SID Music

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You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

SiDJ turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a player and live remixer for Commodore 64 music.

▶ Install SiDJ and add songs: https://thomasj.github.io/fm1-sidj/
▶ Try it in your browser first: https://thomasj.github.io/fm1-sidj/emu/
▶ Source code (GPL): https://github.com/thomasj/fm1-sidj

WHAT IT DOES

• Plays tunes from the High Voltage SID Collection on a cycle-exact emulated C64, through a 6581 or 8580 SID

• Remix every voice live from the panel or a MIDI keyboard: transpose, mute and solo, swap waveforms, sync and ring mod, envelopes, the filter, an LFO per voice

• Ride the tempo (25–150 %) and a ±8 % vinyl fader

• Three outputs, alone or together: the FM-1's audio jack; USB audio with no driver (the mix, or each voice on its own channel for recording); or real SID hardware over ASID: SidStation, TherapSID, TeensyROM, USBSID-Pico
The remix builds on the one I made for the TherapSID.

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Behringer Have A Ton Of New Gear - Music China 2026

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Follow-up to Sneak Peak From the Halls - Music China 2026

"Nick's video of a quick visit to the show floor before the opening of Music China 2026 got a load of interest, primarily because Nick & Tami X ended up having a sneaky peek under the wraps at the Behringer stand...

Today the show officially started, so one of the first visits was a whilstle-stop tour of some of the new items - Kevin from Behringer gave us a look at Pro-16, RD-765 and several other early units at Music China 2026.

The Pro-16 is a 16-voice synth based on the Prophet-5 voice architecture. It supports poly aftertouch and includes a split mode with separate left and right parts. The unit is in final form, with global release already underway and China availability expected soon.

The RD-765 is a new drum machine with a layout that references Linndrum and classic Roland-style boxes. It includes classic FX routing, separate outputs, three trigger outputs, MIDI in and out, sync, and an input for sampling. It currently contains basic samples across 16 voices, stores kits, and allows different sounds to be assigned to pads.

We also saw the BCR-32, which includes a sequencer and four pairs of CV outputs. Other early units included a Polyvox-style synth, the JT-2 Mutator envelope follower, Mini Pops-style rhythm hardware, several controllers, and monophonic D-Mini, AKS-Mini and CS-Mini units.

Pricing, details and release dates for many of these remain a bit of a mystery though - I'm sure we'll find out more soon."

Crunchy Electro With the SB01 at Studio 75AV

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"Deaton Chris Anthony shows us a good time with the Superlative SB01 / Space Bee hooked up to the absolutely dreamy setup at Studio 75AV in LA.

Such a lush, glitchy and meaty jam. We absolutely love it!

The SB01 is back in stock and available world wide from our online store as well as through our retailers in the US and Canada; Perfect Circuit and Nightlife Electronics.

Space Bee is a monophonic analog synthesizer manufactured and assembled with care in California as a love letter to our favorite instruments from the past.

Made from a single piece of aluminium, custom designed keyboard and top of the line electromechanical components, the SB01 is built to last and made to be repairable.

Like the instruments that inspired it, the SB01 is an analog powerhouse hidden beneath simple direct controls with a familiar layout that is in our mind an example of pure tactile perfection."

Retromulator 2.1 - Nordic Factory Bank Demo

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nordic rack - clavia nord lead rack

"The original Nord Lead from 1995, running on Nordic, a C++ reimplementation of the Nord Lead 1 DSP program. It was written clean room from the behaviour of the unit, is bit exact to the original DSP program and was checked against a real Nord Lead 1, so no ROM or firmware is needed. 48 voices, unison, morph, arpeggiator and all four slots A-D, each on its own MIDI channel, with its own editor below the rack. Nord Lead 2 programs can be imported and exported."

"Eighteen legends, one plugin. From 90s digital synths running bit-exact on an emulated 56k DSP, through FM and sound chips like the DX7, OPL3, SID and Ayumi, samplers and trackers like the Akai S1000 and FastTracker, all the way to the classic Wurlitzer 200A, Oberheim Matrix-1000 and Minimoog Model D, modeled from their analog circuits, and the Hammond B3 with its tonewheels and Leslie speaker.

Version 2.0 opens every sound parameter of each instrument on a board below the rack.

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Prophet 5/10 rev4 - COMPLETE Synth Collection

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Also see Sequential Prophet 6 /CLASSIC Synths & More

"Here is Prophet 5/10 rev4 - COMPLETE Synth Collection of 72 presets across Groups 3 and 4, where you will find Leads, Basses, Pads, Pluck, FX suitable for styles such as Soul, Funk, Pop, Electronic music, etc"

00:00 Intro 00:03 Vintage Horns 00:27 Simple Pluck 00:52 Funky Clav 01:19 Reso Poly 01:49 Tommy 02:20 1999 02:46 Analog Pad 03:25 Moonlight 03:57 OB-X Pad 04:28 FM Pad 05:07 Stardust 05:38 Crystal Pad 06:14 Cosmo 06:48 Reso Pad 07:17 Subset 07:52 Star Signal 08:15 Major Poly 08:34 Alien Ship 09:10 Levitating 09:52 Galaxy Pad 10:27 Atmosphere 10:56 Dark Cave 11:32 Night Bells 12:16 Lost in Space 12:31 Soft Lead 12:50 Korg Lead 13:08 Fusion Lead 13:25 2 Octave Harmonics 13:44 Square Lead 14:03 Cosmic Lead 14:21 Shining Lead 14:40 Express Lead 14:57 Bernie Lead 15:19 Phat Bass 15:34 Precision Bass 15:52 Sawtooth Bass 16:10 Square Bass 16:29 Avit it Bass 16:47 Sequence Bass

Centralized and Decentralized Control

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"How can we use a synthesizer to explore ideas of centralization and decentralization in social organization, economics, and power relations?

00:00 The 'Perfect Synthesizer'
01:15 Hierarchy
02:01 An Experiment
03:17 Centralization
04:11 Decentralization
05:44 Coercion in Decentralized Systems
06:22 The Decentralized Market and Marx's Coercive Laws of Competition
07:45 Dialectics
08:01 Collectively Governed Regulator"

Mpc3000 os new features coming soon!

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"incremental chop
so testing right now this new function called Chop Incremental (default in ON u can turn it off and go back to old way on OTHER Setting)

you can chop way faster if u set the start point well. basically to calculate the length is 15000/bpm and u have the length of 1/16... so 15000/120 is 125....

the OS will duplicate the length using the end point of previous chop as starting point of the second one making chopping really faster

don't ask me waveform but i can help you in a vintage way

oh yes there is a stop sampling button finally

testing

ps yes using 120 is sloppy, and i like it that tiny bit of space in front"

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