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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"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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ELZ_1 core | Sound Design Examples #3 Flute

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"Dr. Endo demonstrates how to create unique sounds with the ELZ_1 core, exploring its creative possibilities.
https://sonicware.jp/pages/elz_1-core

ELZ_1 core is a compact synthesizer module designed to bring the ELZ_1 sound into the gear you already use - keyboards, MIDI controllers, DAWs, and live rigs.
● 18 Distinctive Synth Engines ● 49 Versatile Effects ● 2 USB Ports for PC & Controller

This is a made-to-order product and will not be available in stores. Available exclusively through our webshop.

#SONICWARE #ELZ1core #ELZ1 #ELZ_1 #Synthesizer #SynthModule #CompactSynth #Keyboardist #DAW #MusicProduction #MIDIController #SynthEffects #SoundDesign #HardwareSynth #WavetableSynth #FMSynth #GranularSynth #PhysicalModelingSynth #VirtualAnalogSynth #LowBitSynth #8BitSynth #NoiseSynth"

Acousmatic Gestures with ReSynthesizer | Make Noise

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Acousmatic Gestures with ReSynthesizer!

Almost any sound has a lot of unknowns hiding in it.

And the simple gesture of turning the knob at different speeds through larger or smaller portions of the Array lets us sort of inscribe the motion of our hand directly onto this sound, even if it had no rhythmic relation to it originally.

http://www.makenoisemusic.com"

Jake's Custom Shop Quad Arpeggiator - Eurorack Module Kickstarter

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"What if you could solo on the modular synth like a Rock Star?
Quad Arpeggiator isn't just 4 totally independent 16-step CV sequencers. It's a synth-soloing machine. Each Arpeggio has it's own button-knob for quick adjustment. Turn a knob to set pitch, click it to go to the next step, set the pitch and repeat. Press + Hold + Turn to set arpeggio lengths from 1 to 16 steps.

But here's where it really shines. Turn any knob quick and the Quad Arpeggiator rips through a pentatonic scale like your shredding on a guitar, or keyboard. (or keytar if that's your thing). Musical expertise not required.
Everything's tuned to pentatonic scale, so: it. just. sounds. awesome. period.

Four Clock Inputs, Four 1 Volt-Per-Octave CV outputs.

Back the Quad ADSR on Launch Day, (Nov 1st) and get 32% OFF + These Absolutely Crazy Bright Red 1980's Sweat Bands so you can look, feel and play your modular synth like a Rock Star:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/..."

"Write Four Parts Fast.

Quad Arpeggiator gives you four independent 16-step minor pentatonic melodic lanes you can shape in real time, so hooks, basslines, counter-melodies, and fills come together fast.

How it works

Connect CV OUT 1 to a VCO.

Turn ARP 1 knob to set the pitch of your first note.

Short Press ARP 1 Knob to go to the next step.

Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have a complete sequence.

Plug a clock signal into GATE IN 1.

Long-Press ARP 1 Knob to start/ Stop the Clock."

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Synthfest | UK 2026 - The Roland System 700 Recreated

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"Analogue Solutions have built a full-scale recreation of the Roland System 700, and it is enormous. This is the Series 700, demoed at Synthfest UK 2026 by Tom Carpenter of Analogue Solutions - in production, available to order now, and about £33,000 for the complete system.

It sits alongside the Colossus and the Maximus as one of those instruments most of us will only ever see at a show. I've had both of those in here, and this is the same league: wooden cabinets, full-size jacks, and a huge amount of custom-made parts because almost nothing off the shelf would do.

What Tom walks through:

The main cab - a complete synthesizer in its own right, partially pre-patched
The sequencer
The oscillator bank: six oscillators
Filters and VCAs
Accessory blocks: phaser, delay and extra filters
How you can start with the main block and add the side blocks over time
Why it costs what it costs

Crucially, this isn't vapourware or a crowdfunding promise. It's in production now.

About the sound: same problem as my Loom video - my radio mic had silently reset itself to not record, so Tom's audio is gone. I've subtitled his side of the conversation instead. Apologies, but the synth is worth seeing."