Showing posts with label New Makers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Makers. Show all posts
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Gilded Synthesizer Sound Demo
video upload by GraveyardWifi
"This is a diy analog digital 8-voice paraphonic synthesizer I designed and built over the past year. It features external midi control capabilities as well and an integrated keyboard.
More information on the circuit and build process can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14EuB...
All audio is captured directly from the synthesizer through an M-Audio profire 2626 interface and has no post processing aside from gain matching."
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: DIY, GraveyardWifi, New DIY, New Makers, New Synths, News
LABELS/MORE: DIY, GraveyardWifi, New DIY, New Makers, New Synths, News
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
VAV N-Wave: Middle-Out Waveshaper
video upload by Magical Synth Adventure
"Join me as I take the @control_voltage VAV N-Wave Middle-Out Waveshaper for a spin!
The N-Wave is a really imaginative waveshaper. Some waveshapers might fold over the peaks of an incoming waveform, some might rectify them - squaring things off like a fuzz pedal. N-wave keeps the peaks of waveform - like the top and bottom of a saw wave - intact, and instead lets you shape and turn up on the volume on a section in the middle of the waveform - leading to unique tones. This is especially true, as you can vary the width of this middle section!"
video uploads by control_voltage
Playlist:
1. VAV N-Wave: Step Sequenced Threshold
One fun live performance (or studio) use for the N-Wave is to connect a Step Sequencer on the Threshold CV and generate different timbres for each step in a sequence. These act as accents and add a lot of life and feel to your sequences and the feel can easily be changed on the fly using something like a Joranalogue Step 8 as your source of steps.2. VAV N-Wave: Threshold Ring Modulation
In Part 2 of the VAV N-Wave Video Manual, we look at using the threshold control and bipolar vca cv to create new waveforms that have a mixture of normal and ring modulated (quadrature) segments.3. VAV N-Wave Mangles a Triangle
Here, the N-Wave does quite a number on an unsuspecting triangle wave with the help of some nearby modules. N-Wave is kind of like that one kid's house where everyone hung out and cooked up weird DnD campaigns or something. But for modular signals.
"N-Wave is a novel waveshaper for the Eurorack modular format. Unlike traditional wavefolders and clippers, which operate on the peaks of a waveform, N-Wave leaves peaks intact. All you need to expand your sound palette greatly is a VCO signal and a few twists of the knobs!
Using its internal bipolar VCA (aka four quadrant multiplier, aaka ring modulator) you can apply gain reduction and polarity inversion to an inner portion of the wave slope that you define with the THRESHOLD and OFFSET controls.
All functions can also be controlled via control voltage inputs. LFOs, Audio Rate VCOs, ADSR Envelopes, 1V/Oct signals, sequenced voltages, sample and hold signals, noise, and sub octave signals are all very good choices and can produce results ranging from very musical to very strange. An external detector signal can also be applied if you don't want to trigger the detector on the waveform you're modifying.
If you like, you can also use N-Wave as a high quality bipolar VCA, attenuverter, or ring modulator with the THRESHOLD set to maximum and dynamically mute the effect by applying 0V or a negative voltage to the threshold either using a sequencer or manual control, which allows for hocketing and rhythmic effects.
N-Wave can also operate all the way down to 0hz (DC), so, in addition to audio, it can process LFOs, envelopes, 1V/octave sequences, and any other signal that varies amplitude over time (Sorry, square waves and pulse waves. Your super-sonic rise times are hard to shape in an audible way, but you do work well as control signals).
N-Wave is 10HP and uses Burr Brown op amps for the primary signal path alongside high quality Texas Instruments ICs that are carefully chosen to best fit their roles in the circuit."
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: eurorack, New Makers, New Modules, News, VAV
LABELS/MORE: eurorack, New Makers, New Modules, News, VAV
Tuesday, September 08, 2026
FlatDSP Introduces RUNE for Ableton Live
video upload by Flat DSP
"Rune is a versatile synthesiser with an expressive interface, built for Ableton Live."
More Info: https://flatdsp.com/products/rune
Purchase: https://flatdsp.gumroad.com/l/rune
Additional details via the maker:
"My name is Luke Abbott, I’m an electronic music producer and have been releasing music since 2006.
Making software instruments has long been a part of my practice, and now I am gearing up to release some of them.
I set up Flat DSP to give them a home, and the first one out the door is Rune: a Max for Live synth I’ve been working on for the last 18 months.
It's a characterful subtractive synth with a responsive, playful UI that encourages you to develop and explore sounds.
The synth engine is based on wavetables I sampled from hardware gear in my studio. It has a multi-mode filter, loopable envelopes, parameter instability control, an envelope range control and has a built-in reverb effect that can be fed from the filter or the filter delta output.
The gain structure is carefully designed to add character. It has a LoFi mode that introduces digital artefacts and a controllable amount of instability threaded throughout the architecture that introduces variation. It also works with Live’s tuning systems.
All of this is controllable in the UI. Each component is fully interactive and visually conveys what it is doing. It’s designed to be fun and quick to use without having to learn it inside-out, while still offering a deep level control of the synth engine.
Many of the UI objects have a second layer of parameters, and the UI flips to expose direct MIDI mapping within Live.
It is available now, priced at $35 which I hope is accessible enough to a lot of people. I’ve enabled regional purchasing-power pricing as well for places where it is not."
More Info: https://flatdsp.com/products/rune
Purchase: https://flatdsp.gumroad.com/l/rune
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: FlatDSP, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: FlatDSP, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
Filament Makes Orchestrating Plugins a Snap
video upload by Metamyther and Forma Labs Audio
"Forma Labs' Filament transforms a single Midi sequence into a fully orchestrated, multi-instrument arrangement in real time. In this video, we look at Filament's powerful workflow, including intelligent chord revoicing, its flexible routing matrix, and built-in phrase arpeggiators. Whether you're composing cinematic scores, building evolving ambient textures, creating hybrid orchestral-electronic music, or experimenting with complex MIDI routing, Filament offers a radically different approach to composition.
Check out Filament: https://formalabsaudio.com/a/metamyther"
"filament hosts up to 64 VST/AU instruments inside a single DAW track—orchestral libraries, synths, or any combination you want. Route any of 8 input voices to any output, each with its own transpose (−24 to +24 semitones). Bass voice to cellos at −12, middle voices to violas at 0, top voice to violins at +12—or one chord spread across three synths, each in its own octave. One chord in, full orchestration out.
64 VST/AU plugin slots
Self-contained in one DAW track
Per-connection transpose
Unlimited routing flexibility"
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Forma Labs, New Makers, New Soft Synths, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: Forma Labs, New Makers, New Soft Synths, Soft Synths
Monday, September 07, 2026
MOdARK by Cristián Vogel
via NeverEngineLabs where you'll find samples under the EXTRAS section. Be sure to see the graphic novel as well.

MOdARK
Software instrument for Mac and Windows
Prize winning composer Cristián Vogel's latest digital creation is not your conventional software instrument. It is an extraordinary and unique approach to instrument-as-world-building. Built around a stunning 3D performance interface and an equally compelling physical modelling sound core.
MODARK is a new kind of digital instrument for composers, sound designers and sonic explorers. It invites you to enter a resonant 3D world where sound is not only triggered or edited, but inhabited, shaped and performed.
At its centre is a modal physical-modelling engine: a living body of frequencies, decays, resonances and gestures. You can import or analyse source material, build impossible instruments from spectral fingerprints, excite them with strikes, bows and samples, and explore the results through a visual interface that feels closer to navigating a sonic sculpture than operating a conventional soft synth.
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Cristián Vogel, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: Cristián Vogel, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
Phaseburn One sound demo: everything you hear is one synth [Open Beta]
video upload by Phaseburn Music
"Phaseburn One is a synthesizer built around a phase-locked loop: the main oscillator tracks a reference signal, and whatever you patch into that reference becomes part of the sound. Everything you hear is the plugin on its own, nothing else added.
In the video: the PLL lab, the morphing oscillator and its fold, four step sequencers and four LFOs, the probability sequencer, the mixer and patchbay.
VST3, CLAP, AU and standalone, macOS and Windows, instrument or effect. Free open beta until 15 October 2026.
https://phaseburn.music"
The following is some additional info directly in via Phaseburn Music:
"I want to introduce Phaseburn One, a synthesizer we have been working on for several years, which is now in open beta and free for everyone until 15 October.
The sound is built on a phase-locked loop. One oscillator listens to another and keeps trying to match it, and the interesting part starts where it fails. When it tracks accurately the tone comes out clear and strangely alive, and when the loop is loosened you hear the chase itself: the oscillator catches up with the target, overshoots, breaks off, finds the frequency again, sometimes clinging to a harmonic instead of the note you played. PLLs are not new, they have appeared before as modules and effects, but as far as we can tell nobody has built a whole instrument around one. Four macro dials open the loop by ear, so none of the theory is needed to land somewhere usable.
Three more oscillators sit beside it: Morph, which sweeps between waveform families, a Vector shaping oscillator and a Sub. A transient module can add a click, noise or a metallic edge, or build a kick out of a sine. Around the loop there is a modular patchbay where you draw the cables yourself, a rack of seven effects and a mixer, and almost everything can be modulated from a dedicated section of LFOs and modulation sequencers.
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Phaseburn Music, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Phaseburn Music, Soft Synths
The BOTANICA Sequencer: First Look
video upload by human.motives
Playlist:
1. The BOTANICA Sequencer: First Look at My New Project
0:00 Intro2. Botanica: Live Demo of My Custom MIDI Sequencer 3. BOTANICA - Sequencer Prototype | Try It Now
2:35 What is BOTANICA
4:00 Sequencer features
12:17 Jam demo
17:29 Outro
"I've been designing and building my own midi sequencer called BOTANICA. This hardware midi sequencer creates expressive sequences from simple patterns.
In this video I tell you about how I started this project (learning electronics and pcb design), a demo of the sequencer and the project status. You can get involved by playtesting, discussing in my discord channel and stay up to date.
Go to https://humanmotives.org/ for more information and links.
Timestamps:
A first look at the Botanica midi sequencer prototype. See how this custom hardware controls generative sound design.
I have been refining the design and interface of this new project for quite a while now. This device features a custom pcb and a tactile front panel, allowing for hands-on control over complex musical patterns. It is built for anyone interested in diy electronics and the process of creating custom musical tools from scratch.
Watching the digital display react to each knob turn is satisfying. Botanica is designed to push my generative music performances further, giving me more control over the output. It is a work in progress, but seeing it come to life on the workbench is a major milestone for this modular synth project."
"BOTANICA is in prototype phase with a small group of testers. After that, the first 5–10 units get built for sale."
"A natural sequencer that grows simple patterns into whole compositions."
FEATURES
Sculpt intricate sequences from 1 to 64 steps. Add, trim away, create space to add fills and variations.
TIMED PHRASES
Add timed phrases and variations to from 1/2/4/8 bars to continuous chance-based evolution.
GENERATIVE MELODIES
Seed melodies and dial in Root, Semitones and Range to taste. Color them with a preset scale (Seasons)
EXPLORE WITHOUT RISK
Turn knobs, modulate, experiment. Dial everything back to return to your original sequence and tones.
EXPRESSIVE REPEATS
Blossom adds timed MIDI repeats at varying intervals and velocity curves
TONAL OPTIONS
Pattern, Arpeggiator and Chord modes
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LABELS/MORE: DIY, human.motives, New DIY, New Makers, New Tools, News
LABELS/MORE: DIY, human.motives, New DIY, New Makers, New Tools, News
VITA SYNTHS
video uploads by Vitamin AH3PCm
Playlist at the time of this post:
1. ADS BD - VITA SYNTHS - Sound Demo
Sound demo of the VITA SYNTHS Modular Algorithmic Bass Drum Eurorack Synthesizer ADS-BD with no effects, accompanied by the VITA SYNTHS Modular Algorithmic Closed & Open Hi-Hat Eurorack Synthesizer ADS-HH and Behringer PRO-800.2. DR-SEQ-64 Drum Sequencer – Quick Pattern Edit Tutorial
A demonstration of the DR-SEQ-64 module by VITA SYNTHS, showing how to:
delete an existing pattern,
create a new pattern,
save and later load a pattern.
The video also shows that an unsaved pattern is not lost if the module is powered off unexpectedly, and it will be restored when the module is turned on again. This feature helps prevent loss of unsaved patterns.
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: eurorack, New Makers, New Modules, News, Vita Synths
LABELS/MORE: eurorack, New Makers, New Modules, News, Vita Synths
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Introducing TRAVELER: A Cinematic Hybrid Synthesizer
video uploads by KeySolutions Sounds
Playlist:
1. Introducing TRAVELER: A Cinematic Hybrid Synthesizer
2. TRAVELER: The Expressive Cinematic Hybrid Synth | Official Walkthrough
3. TRAVELER Track Walkthrough by Venus Theory
"Meet TRAVELER, the expressive cinematic hybrid synthesizer from KeySolutions Sounds.
Designed to move effortlessly from intimate detail to thunderous motion, TRAVELER combines the gravity and depth of classic hardware instruments with a flexible modern sound engine built for composers, producers, performers, and sound designers.
In this video Mike Martin provides a tour of TRAVELER’s features, sound, and expressive possibilities.
Explore TRAVELER download the free 14-day demo and take advantage of the limited time launch offer: https://www.keysolutionssounds.com/tr...
Traveler's preset library features sounds from Venus Theory, David Helpling, Scott McAuley, Drew Schlesinger, James Dyson, James Terris, Tom Hammer, Jerry Kovarsky, and Mike Martin."
ENDLESS DESTINATIONS
TRAVELER is an artist-built cinematic hybrid synthesizer with bold dreams and is centered around the one thing that sets us all on our way – Expression. From intimate to thunderous, it Instantly rewards dynamics and carries with it a promise of endless musical journeys.
Crafted with passion for composers, producers, and sound designers, TRAVELER brings together the unmistakable gravity and depth of classic hardware instruments with the flexibility to forge entirely new sonic territory. Its familiar, immediate interface and emotionally rewarding sound engine deliver a unique yet unmistakable character, strong sympathetic harmonics and expansive width and motion, inviting sonic exploration from the very first touch.
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: KeySolutions Sounds, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: KeySolutions Sounds, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Playing Light Like an Instrument — Open-Source LED Synthesizer
video upload by engmung
Note 1:43 in the video. Patternflow can be used as a controller via OSC.
"Patternflow is an open-source LED synthesizer — a 128×64 HUB75E matrix driven by an ESP32-S3, with four knobs wired straight into the pattern math. Turn a knob, and the pattern bends with your hand.
▶ Get one — Patternflow on Crowd Supply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/engmung/p...
Everything is open source: STL files, Blender sources, PCB gerbers, and firmware. The full build runs around $100 depending on where you order parts.
— What's in the video —
0:00 This is Patternflow
0:08 How it works
0:26 Build your own (~$100)
1:04 Make patterns in your browser
1:42 OSC — a pocket-size VJ rig
2:03 Why it's open source
Patternflow began with Nam June Paik's Participation TV (1963), the first work where the audience could touch the image. I wanted to go one step further — so I built an instrument where you make the image yourself.
The full story, from Paik to Patternflow:
https://patternflow.work/journal/nam-...
▶ Try it in your browser (no hardware needed): https://patternflow.work
▶ Build one — all files + build guide: https://github.com/engmung/Patternflow
▶ Join the builders — Discord: / discord
▶ Patterns, daily: / patternflow.work
Patternflow is sponsored by PCBWay.
#esp32 #ledmatrix #opensource #synthesizer #diy #maker #hub75 #mediaart"
Details:
Standalone LED visual synth with 4 rotary encoders and 128x64 RGB LED matrix (8,192 pixels).
Runs on ESP32-S3 with all generative visuals rendered live in real time.
Bidirectional wireless OSC support for Ableton (Max for Live) and TouchDesigner.
Internal hidden battery bay for cordless portable performance.
Over 150 community-created patterns and browser simulator.
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: DIY, New Controllers, New DIY, New Makers, News, Patternflow, Video Synths
LABELS/MORE: DIY, New Controllers, New DIY, New Makers, News, Patternflow, Video Synths
Friday, August 28, 2026
He made a turntable synth & Built a DIY Drum Machine
video upload by Daisy
"Can I build an instrument with a turntable-inspired interface? Let's make a sampler synth that can record a sound and play it back as I spin a disc.
Documentation (parts list, schematic, software, & more): https://daisy.audio/blogs/seeds-n-cir...
Daisy Seed: https://daisy.audio/products/seed3
plugdata: https://plugdata.org/
About Daisy
Daisy is an embedded audio platform for creating musical instruments, effects, synthesizers, and other audio projects. Learn more at https://daisy.audio
Credits
Production team: Michael Corell, Andrew Ikenberry, and Takumi Ogata
Presenter: Takumi Ogata
Music: Eugen Schott (bensound)
Stock footage: Pexels
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:39 Designing the turntable interface
2:48 Rotary encoders are useful and surprisingly easy to program
4:09 Controlling the pitch of a sample
5:11 Controlling the position of a sample
6:46 Time to build!
8:42 Demo
10:36 Outro"
Building a DIY Drum Machine
video upload by Daisy
"Let's build a standalone drum machine using the Daisy Seed!
Blog version: https://electro-smith.com/blogs/seeds...
Get the Daisy Seed: https://daisy.audio/products/seed3
plugdata: https://plugdata.org/
Join the community:
/ discord
https://forum.electro-smith.com/
Sections:
0:00 Overview
3:37 Switch & LED Test
3:58 4-Step Sequencer
6:40 Hardware
8:01 Programming"
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Daisy, DIY, New DIY, New Makers, News
LABELS/MORE: Daisy, DIY, New DIY, New Makers, News
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Yamaha CS Series Chip Clones by Ando Pilve
This was shared by Ando Pilve on Facebook (Aug 22):
"If you know what this is, you know what these are. Coming soon!"
Note the PILVE iG00153AP and iG00156AP chips left.
Followed by (2nd board image with the the iG00158AP pictured in place from January 21):
"IG00158 waveshaper chip clones are now available on Reverb and eBay. They are drop-in replaceable into the original footprint or a DIP-16 socket."
and from March 2025:
"IG00151 VCA clones are now available on Reverb and eBay! They are drop-in replaceable and can coexist with original chips without modifications."
You can find them on Ando's Gear Shop on Reverb here, and eBay here.
You'll find additional details on each captured from the listings below.
Ando Pilve also brought us the Kijimi Stereo Output Mod as well as a few recordings featuring Black Corporation's Xerxes and Deckards Dream. Deckards Dream of course was based on the CS80.
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: New DIY, New Makers, News, Pilve
LABELS/MORE: New DIY, New Makers, News, Pilve
Cenere | Generative Synth
video uploads by Stagecraft Software
"On September 1st, we at Stagecraft Software (a Chicago-based music software company) will release a new subtractive synth called Cenere. It's designed to combine a vintage character with the power of modern wavetables.
One of the synth's biggest advancements is the Unison Engine, where each voice has its own subtle, independent movement that users can modify for all kinds of unique behaviors [see the Poly Glide video below]. This creates a thick, shifting sound bed that feels organic before it even reaches the filter stage.
Speaking of filters, there's a large selection of analog-modeled filters, including comb, mirror, and continuously morphing ones. Along with any of the synth's parameters, they can be modulated using LFOs, ADSRs, and more for a dynamic sound.
Here's a quick outline of the biggest features:
- Vintage style oscillators with true real time hard sync
- Large selection of analog modeled filters, including continuous morph filters
- Audio rate mod capable parameters
- Link parameters to LFOs, ADSRs, and more
- Unison engine (9 layers) with spread, gravity, drift control for incredible depth
- Velocity / Aftertouch / MPE / note (pitch) modding
- Polyphonic portamento
- 20+ quality effects"
https://www.stagecraftsoftware.com/products/cenere/
Modern Synth Feature : Poly Glide
video upload by Stagecraft Software
"A quick look at the history and a modern implementation of Polyphonic portamento. Uses our upcoming synth, Cenere, as we just finished implementing this and wanted to take it for a spin!"
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths, Stagecraft Software
LABELS/MORE: New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths, Stagecraft Software
Monday, August 24, 2026
DIY Lo-Fi FM Drum Machine with Arduino Nano on Breadboard - A Few Beats
video upload by Waiting For Zyo
"Another DIY instrument! This time I used a famous microcontroller: an Arduino Nano (compatible, tbh), a few buttons, and some code to made a really basic (lo-fi) FM drum machine with a built-in sequencer.
Here are some of its features:
• 4 instruments: kick, snare, hi-hat, and tom
• 4 main sound controls: tune, decay, FM amount, and FM ratio
• 4 secondary sound controls: balance, pitch envelope decay, pitch envelope range, and FM feedback
• A full 16-step sequencer with swing and basic parameter locks and on-grid rolls
At the moment, it only has a basic audio output, so I recorded everything into Ableton and added a bit of filtering and some reverb.
These are four beats I made from scratch using only these basic parameters and the internal sequencer.
Enjoy!"
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LABELS/MORE: Arduino, DIY, New DIY, New Makers, Zyo
LABELS/MORE: Arduino, DIY, New DIY, New Makers, Zyo
Friday, August 21, 2026
The Amazing "TRAVELER" - OUT SEPTEMBER 1ST - FROM KEYSOLUTIONS SOUNDS #vst #keysolutionssounds
video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds and KeySolutions Sounds
"I am very excited to announce that after 20 years, @KeySolutionsSounds is back! TRAVELER is an incredible Virtual Instrument with a multitude of modulation options and extremely straight forward to navigate. and it sounds absolutely huge!!
It has been an absolute pleasure creating 60 of the factory sounds for this amazing VST, It is lush, fat, versatile and very unique! this one really is not to be missed!
Out September 1st available from - https://www.keysolutionssounds.com/"
video uploads by KeySolutions Sounds and Mike Martin
"This is how it all began, but I would not be here without the help and support of my friends. Thanks to all that have made this a reality. I can not wait to release TRAVELER to the world."
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Key Solution Sounds, Korg, MATRIXSYNTH Members, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: Key Solution Sounds, Korg, MATRIXSYNTH Members, New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Soft Synths
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Tri-Oscillator Desktop Synth from POTAR Design | make sci-fi soundscapes and audio textures
video upload by POTAR
"Three Nand Gate Oscillators and a built-in delay that adds interesting modulations to the already far-out sounds. Create interesting soundscapes, drones, and audio textures." -
https://potardesign.com
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: DIY, New DIY, New Makers, POTAR
LABELS/MORE: DIY, New DIY, New Makers, POTAR
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
MONOCHORD: chord instrument sampled from 80s-2000s hardware (Mac/Win)
MONOCHORD in under 90 seconds (no talking) video upload by orph



"MONOCHORD is a dream machine, harmony workstation and chord instrument for macOS and Windows. It maps full chords to single keys, so chord progressions, melodies and arp patterns can be performed with one click or key press, no piano or theory training required. It ships with 600+ hand-voiced and adjustable chords (from simple triads to pianistic nine-note chords), 425 multisampled instruments in an 11.8 GB library recorded from hardware instruments from the 1980s to 2000s, 15 effect & modulation engines, MIDI output for routing to hardware and DAWs, and full audio and MIDI export and user multisample & chord import."
Buy here: https://www.orph.audio/monochord
MONOCHORD is a chord instrument & harmony workstation for producers, composers and sound artists — 425 vintage instrument sounds captured in the character of iconic 1980s–2000s hardware, 600+ hand-voiced chords, 15 effect engines, full MIDI routing and audio/MIDI export. Build chord-based arrangements from a single key press or mouse click. What normally takes piano and harmony training, a chain of plugins and a slow setup happens here in under a minute, leaving only the music.
FORMATS
Standalone · VST3 · AU
macOS 10.13+ · Windows 10 / 11
Universal · Apple Silicon + Intel
64-bit only
AUDIO
32-bit float internal
44.1–192 kHz
6 synthesis engines · FM · analog · wavetable · additive · granular · PCM
LIBRARY
~11.6 GB sample library · one-time first-launch download (streamed)
425 sounds · 70+ multisampled instruments
SYSTEM & I/O
~12 GB free disk space · SSD recommended
16 GB RAM minimum · 32 GB recommended
Internet for activation + one-time sample download
MIDI in / out · DAW automation
Export: MIDI · audio (full/ dry/ wet mixes) (key · scale · tempo)
Hosts: Logic Pro · Ableton Live · Cubase / Nuendo • FL Studio etc"
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Orph, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: New Makers, New Soft Synths, News, Orph, Soft Synths
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Organismi OR-1 free sequencer for iPad -- experimentation
video upload by Peter Kirn
via Organismi Instruments
OR—1
Patterns that breathe on their own.
Features
Four independent voices
Euclidean rhythms
Stochastic drift
Natural polyrhythm
Shared modulators
Scale & chord harmony
Built for performance
Compatibility
macOS 10.13 or newer
Apple Silicon / Intel
VST3, AUv2, AUv3 (iPad version from AppleStore), CLAP and Standalone
You can find a write-up by Peter Kirn on Create Digital Music.
Note an OR-2 Granular Effects Engine is also in the works:
OR—2
Granular effects to explore sounds from the other side.
Features
Four independent voices
Euclidean rhythms
Stochastic drift
Natural polyrhythm
Shared modulators
Scale & chord harmony
Built for performance
Compatibility
macOS 10.13 or newer
Apple Silicon / Intel
VST3, AUv2, CLAP and Standalone
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: iOS, New Makers, New Mobile Apps, New Soft Synths, New Synth Effects, New Tools, News, Organismi, Soft Synths
LABELS/MORE: iOS, New Makers, New Mobile Apps, New Soft Synths, New Synth Effects, New Tools, News, Organismi, Soft Synths
Monday, August 17, 2026
ESP32 D-50 Synthesizer - A Roland D50 CLONE with ESP32
video upload by László Róbert Kasza
"An ESP32-powered hardware synthesizer project based on the classic Roland D-50 architecture.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?..."
Polyphonic D50 sampler synthesizer with ESP32 in YAMAHA DX21 Hardwer :)
video upload by László Róbert Kasza
"Unfortunately, the motherboard of my dx21 synth is broken beyond repair. So she got new electronics. I have uploaded a code I wrote using Roland D50 sound samples.
So what everyone feared has come true. The Yamaha Roland DX-D50-21 :)
Abilities:
-4 d50samples
-TVA Envelope
Course, Fine, Keyfollow
-The sampling frequency is 48000Hz.
Signal on 16 bits or more
-The device is polyphonic up to 10 tones
2 LFO controlled 2 parametric EQ
-Upper Lower Choruse
-Reverb engine
-Roland D50sysex compatibility...
-hd44780 compatible LCD Display (Not implement more)
-https://data.dynareg.se/breadandbutte...
(If we are bored, we can listen to internet radio on it.)
https://github.com/kaszarobert1/ESP_D...
More FM firmware:
https://github.com/kaszarobert1/-ESP3...
Yamaha DX21 KeyMatrix Arduino Due Firmware:
https://github.com/kaszarobert1/yamah..."
See dealers on the right for pricing and availability on gear.
LABELS/MORE: Arduino, DIY, Kasza, New DIY, New Makers, New Synths, News, Roland
LABELS/MORE: Arduino, DIY, Kasza, New DIY, New Makers, New Synths, News, Roland
Sunday, August 16, 2026
The First Custom Panel for Plinky 12 is Here!
video upload by Nathan Plante Synths and Charles Vestal
"I'm so excited that the first custom panel has been released! Meet AMBIOTICA by Charles Vestal, an implementation of his lovely iOs app/VST by the same name for Plinky 12. Its easy to create relaxing ambient beds with this panel and lots of fun to tweak and explore.
Charles Vestal
/ @charlesv
Ambiotica for Plinky 12
https://www.plinky12.com/community/ch...
The App
https://charles.pizza/apps/ambiotica"
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LABELS/MORE: New Makers, News, Plinky, Vestal
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