"We're so excited to share with you the new Q108 Amplifier DIY KIT!!
The Q108 Voltage Controlled Amplifier is a staple of any synthesizer system.
The amplitude of any waveform can be controlled by another signal such as an envelope generator, sequencer, oscillator, etc.
An Initial Gain control allows manual adjustment of the amplitude and a Level Control determines the impact of the control signal.
Both Linear and Exponential responses are available to simulate a variety of real-world sounds.
Positive and negative output signal polarities are provided.
Once again, we've done it. We've meticulously recreated the original OPM (YM2151), OPP (YM2164), OPZ (YM2414) and OPZ2 (YM2424) sound chips in deep emulation from numerous digital captures, including the very many undocumented features. For instance, chipsynth OPMZ allows you to use the OPM's CSM mode in music. We also have a full recreation of the exact pattern and mechanics of its often neglected noise generator, and all the exact quirks of its LFO.
The OPZ chip used in the TX81Z was completely undocumented before the development of chipsynth OPMZ, and so we've done a full reverse engineering, discovering all the mysterious register overlays and previously unknown functionality such as internal volume ramping.
We've also done a deep dive on how exactly Yamaha themselves used the chips in the DX100, DX27, DX21, TX81Z and DX11 synthesizers, including their behaviour and analogue output stage and the DX21's chorus, making the whole package virtually identical.
Just as before, chipsynth OPMZ is based on human researched and programmed emulation code."
"A hands-on walkthrough of my free Roland D-110 Editor Librarian, a browser-based Web MIDI tool I developed to make the D-110 much easier to manage and edit from a modern computer. https://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/TDL...
In the video I show how the editor reads the D-110's tones, patches, rhythm setup and system settings, then saves everything into a reusable library. I also go through tone editing, partial mute/solo style workflow, PCM sample selection, synthesis partials, envelopes, filters, patch editing, multi-timbral setups, SysEx import and why the D-110 can be more flexible than a D-50 when you want layered parts and MIDI-channel based arrangements.
The editor runs locally in the browser, uses Web MIDI, and does not send your synth data to the cloud. It is part of my free editor/librarian tools for bringing classic synths back into a modern workflow.
Timestamps 00:00 Why I am building modern editors for vintage synths 00:47 Introducing the free Roland D-110 editor 01:17 Web MIDI setup and reading tones 01:48 Reading patches, rhythm and system settings 02:23 Saving and reopening a master library 02:47 Loading presets and sending sounds to the buffer 03:14 D-110 architecture, partials and PCM/synthesis structures 04:17 Editing PCM samples and synthesis partials 05:09 Filters, envelopes and shaping the sound 06:16 Saving edited tones back to the synth 06:39 Editing multi-timbral patches and MIDI channels 07:39 Layering D-110 sounds in a way the D-50 cannot 08:25 Why editing from the front panel is fiddly 09:21 Importing SysEx and expanding the library 10:06 Managing patches, running locally and wrap-up"
"Project Link: https://github.com/GuitarML/GuitarPed...
Walkthough of my custom STM32 based digital guitar pedal. I give an overview of the features, and then dive into the project hardware and software. I also show a demo of the included Reverb/Delay.
00:00 - Pedal Features
4:25 - Open Source Project Overview
5:58 - KiCad Schematic
10:35 - KiCad PCB layout
16:55 - STM32CubeIDE and code
23:05 - Reverb/Delay Effect Demo
"Drum Machina Go! Finally released at audiowanderer.com A new complex drum machine for the good ol' classic Game Boy DMGo! is the ultimate music tool for your japanese handheld With DMGo! you can make your own music fast and easy with its simple to use step sequencer, and they are going to sound cool with the FX dedicated section EKO, STUTTER, DISTORTION, and KAOS!!!
"The Behringer BCR32 is much more than a MIDI controller with 32 rotary encoders. Join Bartek as he runs us through its powerful hands on sequencing features and shows how the built in Zaquencer can create melodies chords basslines and drums with multiple synthesizers. We really like how immediate the BCR32 feels and how easily it can become the brain of a MIDI or modular synthesizer setup. Let us know what you think about the BCR32 and share your ideas feature requests or bugs at ideas.behringer.com. Check out our other Behringer demos and synthesizer videos to see more gear in action."
USB/MIDI Controller/Sequencer with 32 Multi-Purpose Encoders and Polyphonic 32-Step / 4-Track Zaquencer
BCR32 — THE ZAQUENCER SEQUENCER, NOW WITH 32 KNOBS UNDER YOUR FINGERTIPS
Hardware controllers either give you knobs OR a sequencer. The BCR32 gives you both, in one of the most powerful USB/MIDI control surfaces ever built at this price. Thirty-two multi-purpose encoders. Twenty programmable buttons. A 32-step, 4-track sequencer powered by the legendary ZAQ Audio Zaquencer — the firmware that turned the original BCR2000 into a cult favourite among electronic music producers worldwide.
Every panel element is freely assignable, manually or through an intuitive learn mode. Eight of the 32 encoders are dual-mode with push function. Buttons can act as note on/off, control change, program change, MMC commands or system-exclusive triggers — meaning you can map this thing to literally anything your studio throws at it. Trigger audio clips, drive MIDI instruments, ride DAW automation, or build the entire performance from scratch.
The Zaquencer takes things into another dimension. Mono or polyphonic drum and note tracks, 192 stored patterns each made of 4 tracks, plus 2 independent MIDI controls per track for program change, aftertouch, pitch bend and CCs. Four CV/Gate and Sync connectors lock the BCR32 to modular rigs, drum machines and the analog world. Two assignable footswitch inputs free your hands. A multi-function OLED display, high-visibility multi-colour LED feedback and 4 virtual groups keep complex setups crystal-clear. One MIDI input, two MIDI outputs and a merge function let it double as a USB-to-MIDI interface and cascade with other control units. USB powered, Apple iPad compatible (via Camera Adapter, sold separately), class-compliant for plug-and-play operation. Pure performance power.
The Amiteque FM-01 is a modern hardware FM synthesizer module built around the original Yamaha YM2164 (OPP) FM synthesis chip, the same sound engine used in the Yamaha FB-01.
Unlike software emulations, the FM-01 generates its sound using a genuine Yamaha hardware FM chip.
The FM-01 combines the characteristic sound of classic 4-operator Yamaha FM synthesis with a modern standalone design and straightforward front-panel operation.
Main features:
• Original Yamaha YM2164 (OPP) hardware FM synthesis chip
• 4-operator FM synthesis
• 8-voice polyphony
• Multitimbral operation planned
• Front-panel voice and setup controls
• 16×1 LCD display
• MIDI IN / OUT / THRU
• SysEx support
• Stereo 6.3 mm audio outputs
• External 9 V DC power supply
• Designed and developed in Canada
This demo features the Amiteque FM-01 together with the Amiteque AR-110 analog drum synthesizer and other studio instruments.
TEST SOUNDS - O SINTETIZADOR MAIS COMPLETO QUE JÁ TOQUEI.S-8000. BY TIAGO MALLEN @emwsynthesizers
video upload by Tiago Mallen
"The EMW S-8000 is an 8-voice polyphonic sample-based synthesizer with stereo audio, multimode filtering, envelopes, modulation, effects, and extensive sound-shaping capabilities. It also comes with a large built-in sample library, ready to explore right out of the box."
Explore a new world of sampling with the power and flexibility of modern technology.
The S-8000 combines a compact sample player, synthesizer and effects processor in a single instrument, allowing you to create complete instruments from WAV files using single samples or multi-samples. With pitch, gain, Root Key, start point and loop controls, the S-8000 gives you everything you need to shape and play your own samples.
Its powerful synthesis section features a resonant VCF with dedicated envelope, VCA with ADSR and LFO with multiple waveforms, along with Velocity, Mod Wheel and Aftertouch modulation. A wide range of effects, including Chorus, Phaser, Delay, Reverb, Bloom and Stereo Spread, further expands its sonic possibilities.
Samples are stored on a microSD card, making it easy to build and organize large sound libraries. The S-8000 also includes MIDI IN/THRU, a color graphic display and high-quality stereo audio output, with many synthesis, performance and effects parameters available for external control via MIDI CC.
The S-8000 also comes with a growing library of samples organized by instrument and equipment. EMW regularly expands this collection with new sounds and updates, allowing the S-8000 to continuously grow with new instruments and sonic possibilities.
S-8000 — powerful sampling and synthesis in a compact instrument.
"A short musical example with B.A.C.H., a generative Eurorack module.
Here, B.A.C.H. is used to build a polyphonic fugue, with several voices developing and interacting over time.
B.A.C.H. was designed to explore generative composition, counterpoint, repetition and evolution (without trying to replace the musician!)."
B.A.C.H. generates melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures in real time. At each clock pulse, it determines the activity of the four tracks, along with their pitches, durations and dynamics. The result is shaped by the selected compositional language and the constraints defined by the musician.
The module controls a modular system directly through its Gate, Pitch and Mod outputs. It can also control MIDI synthesizers and sound modules. Each voice has its own configurable MIDI channel.
Twelve compositional languages FUGUE constructs a multi-voice exposition from a subject, answers, a countersubject and episodes.
CANON develops a leading line through imitation, transposition, delay, contrary motion, retrograde or augmentation.
PROBA uses Markov chains and several transition vocabularies to produce directed randomness.
TINTINNABULI combines a melodic voice with voices whose notes are drawn from a triad or the current chord.
MINIMAL applies gradual processes of phase shifting, addition, substitution and hocketing.
"Hi everyone, this is the Levitate Expansion synth from Synamodec. The Synamodec Levitate Expansion is a massively upgraded version of the original standalone desktop synthesizer. While the standard Levitate primarily consisted of just three simplified blocks (Legus, Neura, and the Nxpctd delay), the Expansion turns the machine into a deep semi-modular instrument by adding the following new modules, expanded sections, and dedicated processing blocks: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
1. New Sound & Modulation Modules • "Crazy" Module: An entirely new, dedicated noise/sound generator designed for extra sonic chaos, which includes its own LFO and EQ controls. [1, 2] • 6 LFOs (Low-Frequency Oscillators): The standard edition had highly limited internal modulation. The expansion adds 6 independent LFOs distributed across the modules (e.g., inside Legus, Crazy, the VCFs, and the Phaser/Delay) to dynamically modulate parameters. [1, 2, 3] • VCA & Dedicated Envelope Generator: A full Voltage Controlled Amplifier accompanied by a dedicated ADSR/Envelope generator and a Gate/Trigger output for syncing with external hardware. [1]
2. New Audio Processing & Effects Blocks • Dual VCF (Voltage Controlled Filters): Two filters designed exclusively for this edition with individual level controls for external inputs, high-pass (HP) and band-pass (BP) outputs. • Phaser / Delay: Replaces the basic delay block with an advanced Phaser/Delay unit capable of extensive CV modulation. • Dedicated Fuzz & Distortion: Two distinct, independent analog overdrive circuits allowing you to grit up your signals separately. • 6-Band EQ / Filter: A fixed frequency equalizer section to shape the tone of your mix. • Master Mixer: A comprehensive mixing stage featuring physical levels and a lever to blend pure audio signals with heavily processed ones. [1, 2, 3]
3. Expanded Features on Existing Blocks • Legus Expanded: Upgraded with an extra exterior output, an external audio input, and 2 integrated CV inputs. • Neura Expanded: Boosted into a Triple Oscillator setup featuring an increased count of signal generators and a dedicated external output. [1, 2]
4. Eurorack Patch Points Unlike the standalone standard unit, the Expansion adds a vast matrix of external CV inputs and outputs. This allows every module to cross-patch internally or interact seamlessly with external Eurorack gear.
If you're interested, send me a message and we can chat. It’s on sale throughout October. miguel@synamodec.com"
"Nikolator is a physical modeling synthesizer based on a musical Tesla coil.
Instead of using conventional oscillators or samples, it generates sound by modeling the resonant circuit, discharge and resulting sound in the air.
We have made the Tesla coil itself into a playable software instrument.
Features
・Physical modeling of a musical Tesla coil
・Monophonic and polyphonic modes
・Voltage, current and discharge controls
・Adjustable arc length, branching and channel behavior
・Drive envelope
・4 × 6 modulation matrix
・Paraphonic valve low pass filter
・Twenty-two factory presets and user presets
・MIDI velocity, pitch bend, modulation wheel and sustain pedal with assignable modulation routing
"Find the generative harmonic sequencer here: https://www.mutestate.com/diatonicseq...
The generative harmonic sequencer creates af diatonic field of chords from a scale, moves around between the derived chords (or intervals and triads) after a set number of bars (in this case 4) a portal into another scale and key is created ... by either reinterpreting the active chord, mutating on of the notes by a semitone, or converting it into its negative counterpart using negative harmony. In this demo the sequencer controlled an Elektron digitone, a teensy based bass synth (digitaur) and an Elektron digitakt. The sequencer has seven tracks in total, a bass track, a harmony track and a melody track and finally four drum tracks. Besides midi it also has an internal sound engine."
"Some sounds from 11 of the factory presets in Overtonium."
"Played on an Expressive E Osmose CE. Everything you hear comes from the plugin, with no external effects."
"Overtonium is a 32-partial additive synthesizer laid out like a 32-channel mixer. Every channel is one sine oscillator locked to a harmonic of the played note, and every channel has its own tuning, envelope and modulation.
The control worth reaching for first is TUNE. It sweeps each partial continuously between equal temperament and just intonation. At the just end the partial sits at an exact integer ratio with the fundamental and the whole stack fuses into a single timbre. At the equal end each partial snaps to the nearest semitone and the same stack smears into a chord.
Formats: VST3, AU (macOS), LV2 (Linux) and standalone.
"This video showcases my software recreation of the legendary Waldorf Wave—a hybrid wavetable synthesizer known for its huge digital oscillators, analogue filters and unusually complex hardware architecture.
The project is built in C++ using JUCE and is available as a standalone instrument and plug-in. Rather than simply making a modern synth that sounds similar, I’ve tried to reproduce the structure and behaviour of the original machine.
The emulation models:
• The Wave’s 250 kHz, 8-bit time-multiplexed wavetable oscillator system • Signed mixer overflow—including the characteristic Waldorf “ASIC Mix Bug” • Digital 12 dB high-pass filtering • CEM3387-style reconstruction filtering, resonant four-pole low-pass filtering, VCAs and panning • 12-bit stepped control voltages, sample-and-hold behaviour, saturation, noise and output coupling • Three independent 16-voice WDV boards, matching a fully expanded 48-voice Wave • The original 480 × 64 monochrome LCD and front-panel workflow
The instrument can also run authenticated Waldorf Wave OS 1.700 firmware. An emulated 68000 CPU executes the original main operating system, while a second runtime executes the genuine WDV voice-board program. Their shared-memory communication, voice-update masks, semaphores and hardware-register writes are reproduced and traced inside the model.
The oscillator ASIC itself remains undocumented, so its internal operation is represented by a behavioural model based on the Wave’s published architecture, firmware activity and known hardware characteristics. This is therefore an ongoing reverse-engineering and preservation project—not a claim of perfect, bit-exact emulation.
Waldorf and Wave are trademarks of their respective owner. This independent project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Waldorf Music.
Ocean Swift's Wave Editor – Offers studio-grade processing without bloat and unnecessary features.
The processing is Ocean Swift's own DSP, the same code that runs in DevOcean Modular and the Sound Creator Suite. Tone shaping, dynamics, character and repair, alongside the everyday work of gain, fades, phase, silence and format conversion. It is a growing library, and it grows from a platform that has been under development for years.
Every effect can be applied to one channel or both. Loop points can be found automatically, snapped to zero crossings, and crossfaded so they stop clicking. Files carry their RIFF metadata and NKS tags intact.
The time has come.
ARK is ready and you cannot imagine what this milestone means to us, this is the biggest project we've been involved in, and it could not have happened without the best of the super heroes by our side: Mangu from Tesseract modular!
Release date is October 26th and final sales price after taxes is 666€ - $765USD. ARK also comes as a POD bundle for standalone action for 808€ - 920USD
What is ARK?
ARK is a music production computer where algorithms, chance, and signals converge in a single creative workspace.
A 16-track canvas where you can place CV generators, drum voices, synth voices, and different types of samplers, including drum players, slicers, and granular samplers.
At its core is a powerful composition system built around scales, chords, and harmonic relationships. Build progressions, generate melodies, and develop musical ideas that stay connected to the harmonic context of your track."
"Aito Ventures is launching an new app. Detune is an iPhone app that teaches sound design and music theory through short interactive lessons. It runs its own wavetable synth engine, and every lesson, challenge and free-play session is played on that engine rather than on video.
The Sound Synthesis path is 29 modules across seven acts, covering waveforms, the volume envelope, the filter, two-oscillator patches, filter envelopes, the LFO, resonance, effects, mono and glide, the sub oscillator, noise, the modulation matrix, and FM, ring modulation and hard sync. Each act ends with a checkpoint patch the user builds from scratch and keeps.
The Music Theory path is ten modules (scales, triads, chord changes, minor colour, fifths and octaves, chord progressions, melody, keys, and rhythm) taught by ear, with no notation required.
Challenges are ear-based: pick the brighter of two sounds, match a target patch, place the notes. A daily patch gives one sound-design problem per day.
Synth engine: two wavetable oscillators plus a sub oscillator and noise source; low-pass, band-pass and high-pass filter with resonance; two envelopes; LFO; modulation matrix; delay, reverb, distortion, chorus and phaser.
Pricing: free to download. Pro unlocks every module in both paths and unlimited lessons: $59.99 per year with a 7-day free trial, or $12.99 per month."
"DEGAUSS is a sampler instrument for macOS and Windows (VST3/AU) that puts rare vintage synthesizers behind a fully functional green phosphor CRT display. The library was sampled over the years in synth studios, private collections and on my own gear. The interface is designed as a physical object: the scope switches between green, blue, red and an anaglyph 3D mode, the cabinet's power switch bypasses the plugin, and a hidden panel below the screen holds volume, contrast and brightness controls. The promo shoot was done on a real 1980s green phosphor monitor, not rendered.
"Traveler 1.1.0 expands your sound-design options with a new wavetable browser, graphical envelope editing, deeper modulation, and improved DAW compatibility.
For more information on Traveler or to download the 14 day demo visit:
Good news for Iridium Core users! We have started the first public beta of Iridium Core OS 4.1.0, a free firmware update for all Iridium Core users that increases polyphony from 12 to 16 voices.
With this update, Iridium Core now offers the same polyphony as the other Iridium models.
The final update will be available soon, free of charge, to all Iridium Core users via your My Waldorf account."
