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Thursday, September 03, 2026

Introducing Martinic PRODIGY | Moog Prodigy Plugin Featuring Advanced Circuitry Emulation

Martinic PRODIGY | Moog Prodigy Plugin | Best Preset Showcase (No Talking) ‪@MartinicCom‬

video upload by Davide Puxeddu

"Experience the analog warmth of the legendary Moog Prodigy in this no-talking preset showcase dedicated to the new Martinic Prodigy plugin.

Discover more about the Martinic Prodigy: https://www.martinic.com/prodigy

The original 1979 hardware synthesizer helped define an entire generation of electronic music. The Martinic Prodigy plugin now brings this iconic sound directly into your DAW. Developed with proprietary Advanced Circuitry Emulation technology, it faithfully recreates every nuance of the original analog circuits.

Alongside the classic sound, exclusive modern features have been added, including a built-in analog sequencer with 8 and 16-step modes, an extended Multidrive circuit, and a mono reverb inspired by the Moog 905.

Using studio monitors or high-quality headphones is recommended to capture the full frequency range."

Martinic Prodigy Unleashed | 100% Insurgent Circuits | 100% Prodigy | Demo no. 1

video upload by Solidtrax

"Insurgent Circuits - a collection of 100 patches for the ‪@MartinicCom‬ Prodigy - is available now!

For more info about Prodigy and the Insurgent Circuits collection, visit: https://www.martinic.com/prodigy

Demo Track no. 1.
Sound source: A couple of instances of Martinic Prodigy
Effects: Martinic TG100 Reverb & Martinic AXFX

Want to hear more of my sounds for the Martinic AX73 and other synths? Visit https://solidtrax.nl/shop"



The Moog Prodigy's raw, uncompromising sound helped define a generation of electronic music. But getting that authentic analog character into your productions has always meant tracking down rare, aging hardware that's becoming harder to find and harder to maintain.

The Martinic Prodigy finally brings that iconic sound to your DAW. Built with our Advanced Circuitry Emulation technology, it faithfully recreates every sweet spot of the original 1979 analog circuitry, and adds modern features like a built-in analog sequencer with eight- and sixteen-step modes, an extended Multidrive circuit, and a Moog 905 inspired mono reverb. All at a very affordable price.

RC CIRCUIT BENT 'ETHEREAL NATURE' HANDHELD AMBIENT GENERATOR LIGHT TO SOUND SYNTHESISER


video upload by ResonanceCircuits

"Turn ambient light into tranquil soundscapes."

Wednesday, September 02, 2026

AI250 BXR Eurorack Test Equipment Demo Video


video upload by AI Synthesis

"The AI250 BXR is a eurorack module inspired by vintage nuclear test equipment. It can be used as an audio mangler, cv generator, and VCO. The BXR is a nod to vintage Boxcar Averagers, which were designed to acquire and analyze fast signals. The AI250 specifically replicates the real-time mathematical portion of a Boxcar Averager System, and processes audio or cv signals against either another signal or its internal v/o variable wave-shape VCO."

AI250 BXR Eurorack Test Equipment Build Video
video upload by AI Synthesis

Press release follows:


Portland, OR, USA September 2, 2026 – New for Knobcon, AI Synthesis has released the AI250 BXR in both a built and guaranteed version, as well as in kit and PCB/Panel format.

The AI250 BXR is a eurorack module inspired by vintage nuclear test equipment. It can be used as an audio mangler, cv generator, and VCO. The BXR is a nod to vintage Boxcar Averagers, which were designed to acquire and analyze fast signals. The AI250 specifically replicates the real-time mathematical portion of a Boxcar Averager System, and processes audio or cv signals against either another signal or its internal v/o variable wave-shape VCO. The internal VCO has 11 different voltage select-able wave shapes and can be played v/O.

It's also our first digital module, and runs on the Daisy Patch.

Depth: 39 mm
HP: 14
-V mA: 11mA
+V mA: 120 mA

“In the year 2000, I was in college and obsessed with modular synths, but could barely afford to eat. I knew it was possible to build your own synth, but there wasn’t anyone, or anywhere to turn to for advice. In the past decade, much more information has been published online, and in 2013 I started down my path to DIY modular. Even with all of the information online, there still lacked a single, simple, comprehensive guide for those looking to build their own synthesizer. I want AI Synthesis to be that guide. Prior to building my own synth, I was a dreamer, after building my modular, I felt I had awoken. I want to help others do the same.”

-Abraham Ingle

Founder, AI Synthesis

In addition to providing step by step build instructions, schematics, and circuit explanations, the site also includes a guide for getting started in modular synthesis, and a series of DIY Guides, with information regarding how Resistors actually work, and how to integrate a $26 scope into your Eurorack system.

Pralaya by Senza Testa

"Limited to 10 copies, Pralaya on purple irredescent vinyl + limited edition 'pralaya' module."

Thought this was interesting. Eurorack modules coupled with vinyl on BandCamp.



"The module is strictly limited to 10 copies with purple and gold panel. A chaotic, SLOW, CV generator that acts both as a regular LFO and chaos engine. A different version of the "Tangram" module released on DE. Many values has been tweaked to make this an individual and one time release. Comes with Senza Testa and Djupviks elektronik stickers.

Option for cassette box instead of vinyl now availbale."

What the Këkht Aräkh is a "Switched Capacitor Filter"? - Djupviks Elektronik Faidros Demo


video upload by Kronofonika

"I still haven´t quite figured out how a Switched Capacitor filter works, but who cares?! This is my demo of one of those, a limited second edition of Faidros by Djupviks Elektronik. There is a brief moment where I seem to mic up all colours and metal shades there are in this film, my prompter was not doing me any favours today.

The correct colours available is this one above;

20 exemplars in Purple, yellow and Fools Gold (sort of silver)
20 exemplars in Blue and Proper Gold™.

They wil be available to buy from Djupviks themselves here:
https://djupviksaudio.bandcamp.com/

Green Mod:
https://www.green-mod.com/

And Hylin Devices:
https://hylindevices.com.au/collectio...

I don´t really think I need to tell you this, I´m sure you know how YouTube works, but feel free to metaphorically 'jump around' in the film. I have prepared what one in the literarary and motorcycle gang world call 'chapters' to make it easier to navigate.

00:00 - Intro (duh) - What is a Switched Capacitor Filter?
01:54 - Some kind of Module breakdown, what's what?
04:31 - Using a separate clock source
07:04 - Weird space sounds
08:45 - There's an Album as well???"

They Open-Sourced Kastle 2. Then You Did This. [v1.7 firmware update]


video upload by Bastl Instruments

"Kastle 2/Citadel FW Update v1.7 is LIVE!

The official v1.7 firmware update adds:

• Humanize and Swing
• Assignable LFO MOD destinations
• MIDI velocity and sustain for Alchemist
• CC32 control for Humanize and Swing
• Small fixes

► DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL UPDATE:
https://bastl-instruments.com/support...

► COMPLETE FEATURE LIST + UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS:
https://bastl-instruments.com/content...

► SOURCE CODE + COMPLETE FIRMWARE LIST:
https://github.com/bastl-instruments/..."

RC CIRCUIT BENT 'SIGNAL INTERCEPTOR' EXPERIMENTAL RADIO RECEIVER SOUND GENERATOR NOISE SYNTH


video upload by ResonanceCircuits

"Custom wide band radio for experimental sound design and sampling. No squelch circuitry - allowing everything to be heard..LF/AM/MW/SW/FM transmissions from across the globe, as well as localised electro magnetic fields and other unknown transmissions."

Nopia Launching 15 Sep 2026. See you there?


video upload by Martin Grieco

"After three years, we finally have a date!"

See the Grieco label below for additional posts.

Elastic Melody 1.2 — What’s New


video upload by Elastic Instruments

"A quick demo of some of the new features in Elastic Melody Update 1.2."

"Here comes the full list:

MASTER SECTION

• Added a master level control
• Added a simple volume meter

OSCILLATOR

• Added four more oscillator waveforms for a wider range of sounds
• Added new modulation options:
– Pitch Modulation
– FM Modulation (IAP)
– Decaying FM Modulation (IAP)

FILTER

Tuesday, September 01, 2026

OAM's Patience - A Eurorack LFO Module With a Cycle Rate That Can be Set for Decades


Folding & Unfolding Sine Waves w/ Patience and XPO video upload by Olivia Artz Modular



via Kickstarter

"Patience is an LFO that allows you to set the duration of a change in terms of seconds, minutes, hours, days, month, years, or decades.

Our thinking

Eurorack is widely considered to be an esoteric and expensive way to make music. That’s one framing. Another framing is that Eurorack is a mid-90s platform for modular electronic art that lasted. VRML came and went. RSS flourished and rescinded. Web pages don’t really use HTML anymore. But Eurorack is still. It is a time-tested and community-driven foundation for building conceptual art. For installation art. For slow art. In these contexts the modules that you already have can transform in meaning.

For instance, a clock divider may be used for tracking musical time and for building up musical rhythms. But if your clock divider has primes as an option and you trigger it once a day, the 7’s output will give you a pulse a week. Suddenly you’re patch-programming a calendar. You’re now keeping track of time on the scale of years. You’ve moved from the music of humans to the music of the seasons.

This is where Patience comes in. To help your patches operate at these time scales we made an LFO capable of making a single modulation over the course of hours, days, months, years, or even decades.

Why me
For more than twenty-five years I’ve been studying, designing, and programming systems for slow sound art. Under Pauline Oliveros I studied and practiced deep listening. I worked with Seth Cluett on glacial multi-channel performance systems. I’ve cared deeply about slow art my entire life. Patience is an expression of this and I will give it everything I have.

Why Kickstarter
If we know up front that we have guaranteed orders for Patience we can afford to dedicate the time that this idea deserves. Refining the design, circuitry, software, and assembly process. This is the only way we can foresee making the best possible version of Patience, so here we are.

Incoming from SynTesla & Hans Zimmer's Massive System




via SynTesla

"Since it's back-to-school time, here's a glimpse of what's in store for us at work... We're not letting up!"

SynTesla 2026/2027 Lineup

5U PRODUCT LINE

1. Fourth quarter of 2026: Delivery of "MegaHertz" 5U systems

2. Production of the new Hz series 5U modules:
• Sequencer
• DCO
• Drone Engine
• Noise generator
• Exotic filter
• Wave Animator
• MSE (Multi-Segment Envelope)
• Barber Pole FX
• Stereo Reverb (cloud reverb type)
• Quad Reverb
• CV multiband resonator
• Hz Series master keyboards (61 keys, 4- or 8-channels CVs)

Free Yamaha DX100 Editor Librarian | Web MIDI Patch Manager


video upload by Ian Dixon

"In this video I demonstrate my free web-based Yamaha DX100 editor librarian, which should also work with the Yamaha DX27. It runs locally in your browser using Web MIDI, so your patch data stays on your own machine.

The editor can read the internal voices from the DX100, show the selected patch in real time, edit algorithms, feedback, LFO settings, pitch bend, operator levels, envelopes and frequency settings, and then send edited patches back to the synth. I also show the librarian side, including saving and loading SysEx libraries so you can build up a bigger DX100 patch collection.

https://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/TDL...

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and DX100 / DX27 compatibility
00:31 Web MIDI setup and reading voices
01:01 Real-time editor overview
01:34 Operators, carriers, modulators and envelopes
02:02 Velocity sensitivity and live parameter changes
02:32 Randomize and taming new patches
03:32 Editing and renaming a patch
04:01 Downloading and storing the patch
04:25 Saving the DX100 library
04:48 Loading SysEx and building larger libraries
05:15 Sending patches back to the DX100
05:45 More synth editors and wrap-up"

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.

SynBe - Inspired by 1975 Japanese Synth Bass (demo)


video upload by Hügelton Instruments

"This series' first synthesizer simulation is of a rare Japanese-made bass synthesizer.
This synthesizer possesses features rarely seen in modern synthesizers, such as a unique traveler and simplified oscillator sources.
We has poured its passion for this hard-to-find synthesizer into this simulation software.

Features
・Monophonic synthesizer architecture
・Triangle, Square, Saw, Pulse and Phaser modes
・4’, 8’ and 16’ octave ranges
・Classic Traveler filter
・Twelve factory presets
・Full MIDI CC control
・Separate modern modification section

Available for macOS (AUv2 / VST3) and Windows (VST3).
https://hugelton.itch.io/synbe"



SynBe is a monophonic bass synthesizer inspired by a 1975 Japanese Synth Bass.

I had wanted one for a long time, but finding one is difficult. Rather than wait for the right unit to appear, I started with what was still available: surviving technical documentation, published circuit information, material from related instruments, and other technical references.

Some sections are well documented. Others are incomplete. Where the original circuit cannot be fully determined, SynBe uses the available evidence, related designs, conventional modelling techniques, and listening tests.

Features

Monophonic synthesizer architecture
Triangle, Square, Saw, Pulse and Phaser modes
4’, 8’ and 16’ octave ranges
Classic Traveler filter
Twelve factory presets
Full MIDI CC control
Separate modern modification section
2x internal oversampling
Versioned DSP kernel
Special nice & great graphics by ME!
Archaeology

Most of my previous reconstruction projects started with an instrument sitting in front of me.

SynBe did not.

The reconstruction began with surviving technical documentation and circuit information. I also studied material from contemporary and related instruments where the available information was incomplete.

The signal path was reconstructed section by section, from the oscillator and waveform circuitry through the Traveler filter and VCA.

Sunday, August 30, 2026

EMW DX5000 | DUAL FM SOUND MODULE | Visão geral


video upload by EMW Synthesizers

Click CC followed by the gear icon and your language at the bottom of the player for subtitles once the video starts.

"Uma breve visão geral do nosso novo DX5000."

"A brief overview of our new DX5000."

I checked their site for details, didn't find the DX500, but I did find the DX7000:



Rediscover the legendary sound of classic FM synthesis with the power and convenience of modern technology.

The DX7000 was designed to deliver the powerful and expressive sound of the original Yamaha DX7, with the unmistakable character that defined an entire generation of music. From crystal-clear electric pianos and metallic bells to punchy basses, expressive brass, lush pads and iconic digital textures, the DX7000 brings the classic FM sound back to your studio or stage.
With 1,110 internal sounds carefully organized into categories, the DX7000 is ready to play right out of the box. It also includes memory for 256 user sounds, which can be received via MIDI SysEx from compatible DX7 libraries, editors and software tools.

DX7000 — the classic FM sound, ready for today.

Main Features

• Powerful sound inspired by the original Yamaha DX7
• 1,110 internal sounds organized into categories
• 256 user sound memories via MIDI SysEx
• 16-voice polyphony
• Responds to Pitch Bend, Modulation Wheel and Sustain Pedal
• MIDI Program Change for remote patch selection
• Compatible with DX7 SysEx sound libraries
• Compact and easy to use
• Ideal for studio and live performance

Ear Candy: The Best EP Sounds of the 80s (Full Walkthrough with Intro)


video upload by JimDaneker

"Ear Candy is the ultimate collection of iconic EP (electric piano) sounds from the 80s & early 90s, meticulously deep-sampled for MainStage/Logic and Kontakt. These are the most "expensive" sounding EPs you heard on the biggest hits of the decade, by countless artists.

This is a walkthrough of all patches, with background info on the instruments captured.

Get Ear Candy at:

https://backstagepass.store/earcandy

Table of contents:

00:00:00 - *** Intro Teaser
00:00:32 - *** DX DREAMS: History & FX options
00:02:45 - Clique & reverb options
00:04:01 - Dreaming of the 80s
00:04:25 - Multi-Layer EP: DX Dreams vs. plugin options

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.

Gieskes G2399E Eurorack Delay


video upload by Gijs Gieskes

"https://gieskes.nl/eurorack/?file=G2399E

0:00 1v Octave buffer looping
2:18 Explanation
3:30 Reverse DC motor pitch shined by LFSR2r
4:06 Randomly playing
5:36 Phasing VCOFan
7:26 VU Perc pitch shifting

PT2399 based eurorack delay module."



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"

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.

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