NOODLERACK featured in the Molten Music Monthly June 2026 above is now available for the iPad with a different feature set. Note the thumbnail above is not it. Click play and it should start with NOODLERACK. If not jump to the nine minute mark.
Details follow:
"NOODLERACK is a modular synthesizer where users add modules and patch audio, pitch, gates and modulation with cables. The iPad app includes a standalone rack for offline use and a native AUv3 instrument for compatible hosts such as GarageBand.
Standalone supports MIDI, saved patches, Files export/import and WAV recording. The native AUv3 instrument includes 31 module types, host MIDI and clock, 16 automation macros and rack state saved with the host project. Standalone and AUv3 have separate module sets and patch formats.
"We make digital reverb and analog-inspired delay plugins for musicians, engineers and other audio artists. We're obsessed with creating powerful tools with simple interfaces. Our goal is to inspire you and help your work to flow."
"Loom-8 is an 8 track, sequencer-focused groovebox for the M-VAVE FM-1 with a quick workflow for creating variety in your arrangements, heavily inspired by the OP-XY workflow.
Install, demo, and more information at https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-l..."
"A pocket groovebox for the M-VAVE FM-1. Eight tracks, each in its own colour, on six synth engines, a sample player, a break slicer and a drum kit; a 64-step sequencer with tricks and parameter locks; and weave, which crosses two patterns into a third.
What's in it
Eight tracks, each with eight patterns of up to 64 steps: knit (the everyday subtractive voice, with a supersaw unison), rayon (two-operator FM), jacquard (wavetables), bellows (an organ), and cane and voile (physical models and voices from Mutable Instruments Braids) synths; sample and slice, which play the sample bank and chop breaks; or the kit, eleven drum voices on the black keys. 85 factory presets, and 16 of your own.
Tricks on any step: pulse, hold, multiply, ramps, bends, jumps, skips and more; locks for any knob on any step.
Weave a pattern with a copied one: bars or steps in turn, or one's rhythm playing the other's notes.
Players: arp, strum (one key plays a recorded chord) and hold.
The conductor moves the tracks that follow it through a key, a scale and a progression.
Throws: twelve momentary effects a hand, held from the keys, and recorded if you like.
Two send effects (the reverb with the PlayStation's own reverbs among its modes), a mixer with EQ and a compressor on the master, sixteen scenes and a song.
A screen reader: the FM-1 says its screen through FM-1 Screen Reader."
"A synthesis concept like no other. For macOS and Windows.
▶ Try it free for 9 days: https://www.blinksonic.com/holodrift/ ▶ Buy HOLODRIFT — €119 launch price with code L4UNCH, until October 30, 2026/ — Draft timbral scenarios with a wave-crossfading engine. Play a whole family of frequency-domain effects, live. On any sound.
A granular sampler. A spectral effects suite. One instrument.
EIGHT SLOTS. EIGHT MATERIALS. Each slot is a full granular engine. Load samples, loop slices, recordings, live input — or browse 1,360 sounds mapped by timbre, and fill all eight slots with a single lasso.
YOUR SOUND BECOMES A SCORE. HOLODRIFT listens to everything it plays, breaks it into partials and rebuilds it in real time. In WAVE mode, every partial becomes a wavetable: the sampler excites, the harmonics sing.
"An overview of the new official open-source firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1! Featuring an 8-track, 64-step sequencer, six sound engines including samples, and a browser-based workbench. Sound engines include DX7, 808 KIT, 303 BASS, PLUCK, PSG (chiptune), and SAMPLER. You can install the new Open firmware using the Workbench linked below. *The official M-VAVE "Open" firmware is a different branch, and different versioning, than the closed source official M-VAVE firmware that the FM-1 ships with.
Check with dealers on the right on pricing and availability.
Playlist:
1. MiniFreak 49 | Explore the unconventional | ARTURIA
2. MiniFreak 49 | Playthrough | ARTURIA
3. MiniFreak 49 | Overview | ARTURIA
4. Arturia MINIFREAK 49 is an Absolute BEAST! Sound Demo |No Talking| @ArturiaOfficial - Davide Puxeddu and Arturia
5. Arturia MiniFreak 49 - More Control - SonicLAB Presentation - sonicstate
6. MiniFreak 49 vs MiniFreak // There’s nothing mini about it // Review & tutorial - loopop
7. I Called the MiniFreak Synth of the Year in 2023. It Just Grew Up. - Vulture Culture
8. Arturia MINIFREAK 49 — An Almost Perfect Synthesizer - BoBeats
9. The not so Minifreak // Arturia Minifreak 49 - Starsky Carr
10. Arturia MINIFREAK 49 | MUSIC DEMO (No Talking) | Spontaneous SYNTH Patches played by Jalvac 🎹🔥 - FutureMusic.es
11. Arturia MiniFreak 49 Review: Still a Game Changer? - Sineway
12. The New Minifreak 49 Goes Hard! Exploring What Makes it Special - The Midlife Synthesist
Press release follows:
49 full-size semi-weighted keys, expanded panel controls, and a pressure-sensitive XYZ touch matrix bring a new physical dimension to the Freak architecture, while Audio-rate Filter FM and Voice Panning extend its sonic reach - making shaping a patch and playing it feel like the same act.
_Explore the unconventional
Two digital engines. Analog Filters and VCAs per voice. A restless appetite for experimentation. MiniFreak 49 puts the familiar and the unruly within reach, from rich polyphonic textures to fractured rhythms and abrasive harmonics. Play a chord, reach for a control, press into the matrix. Playing a patch is only the beginning.
_Touch, press, transform
The new XYZ touch matrix brings performance, modulation, and navigation onto one surface.
Assign modulation with direct, color-coded feedback, swipe through presets, or watch reactive visualizers follow your playing.
Switch to Freak Control and put the sound under your fingers.
Push a Macro further, tighten the Gate, or use Spice to introduce variation.
Bipolar and vector layouts let you move between contrasting settings and blend across four corners, with pressure adding a third dimension of expression.
_That's not all
Room to play
49 full-size semi-weighted keys with velocity and mono aftertouch give chords, melodic lines, and two-handed performances room to breathe. Aluminum pitch and modulation wheels keep expression under your left hand.
Push every sound further
Audio-rate Filter FM from either engine adds harmonics, grit, and vocal-like textures. Dedicated Type, Wave, Timbre, and Shape controls, plus three selection shortcuts per oscillator, make sound shaping more immediate.
Six voices in stereo
Voice Panning spreads individual voices across the stereo field, adding width to chords and spatial movement to sequences.
MiniFreak 49
Three FX slots, each with a dedicated access button and 13 algorithms, cover everything from chorus and reverb to distortion and vocoder processing.
The Freak architecture
Two digital engines offer 30+ oscillator modes, with algorithms from Arturia, Mutable Instruments and Noise Engineering. Blend their sounds or use Engine 2 to process Engine 1, then shape each voice through its own resonant analog filter.
Shape every step
A 64-step sequencer and four modulation lanes keep notes and timbres in motion. Long-press a step to adjust its length and velocity on the touch matrix. Add arpeggiator ratchets and repeats, or introduce fresh variations with Spice & Dice.
Your Freak in the DAW
Included MiniFreak V brings the hardware’s sound and architecture into your DAW, with preset management and bidirectional control. The MiniFreak 49-compatible version is exclusive to registered MiniFreak 49 hardware owners.
Check with dealers on the right on pricing and avaialability.
Playlist:
1. Roland Boutique JUPITER-08 Synthesizer | Everything You Need to Know - Roland
2. Roland JUPITER-08 Boutique - More Of Everything - SonicLAB Presentation - Sonicstate
3. Roland Jupiter-8 // Showcase & Sound Demos - Loop Rituals
4. Roland Jupiter-08 Sound Demo (no talking) - Bonedo Synthesizers
5. Roland Jupiter-08: A pocket-sized Jupiter? - Limbic Bits
Roland Boutique n/vision Wavetable Synthesizer
Playlist:
1. Roland Boutique n/vision Wavetable Synthesizer | Everything You Need to Know - Roland
2. Roland N/VISION Their 1st Wavetable Synth - SonicLAB - Sonicstate
3. Roland n/Vision Demo with Presets for Ambient and Techno - Limbic Bits
4. Roland n/vision Demo with Factory and Custom Presets - Bonedo Synthesizers
5. Roland - n/vision - Ambient/Dub/Techno Jam - Loop Rituals
Press release follows:
Roland Refreshes the Popular Roland Boutique Lineup with Two Powerful New Additions
Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2026 — Roland announces two new additions to its long-running lineup of Roland Boutique instruments for on-the-go creation, performance, and music production. The JUPITER-08 is a special release that celebrates 45 years of the Roland JUPITER-8, one of the most coveted analog synthesizers of all time. n/vision is a newly developed instrument that elevates the sophisticated character of classic wavetable synthesis with Roland's latest technologies.
Introduced in 2015, Roland Boutique is a growing world of compact instruments that drive fresh creative approaches in electronic music, expanding on legendary sounds of the past with workflows tailored for modern producers and musicians. The sound is immense and iconic—often inspired by famous Roland designs—while the small, portable form factor is made for in-the-moment creativity. Whether performing live on stage, producing in the studio, or playing for pure enjoyment, Roland Boutique delivers an exceptional musical experience for creators of all kinds.
With the latest additions, the current Roland Boutique lineup now includes eight unique models. The JUPITER-08 and n/vision carry on all the great design features that the series is known for, including built-in speakers, flexible battery/USB-C power, and USB audio/MIDI connectivity for interfacing with music software. These new models also include a K-25m keyboard dock, making them standalone instruments for instant inspiration.
JUPITER-08 Synthesizer
Widely regarded as the king of polysynths, the Roland JUPITER-8 has been revered by generations of musicians since its debut in 1981. This powerhouse instrument helped define the era's electronic music with its huge, dreamy tones, and it continues to be heard in classic synth-pop tracks, video game soundtracks, film scores, modern pop hits, and more. The JUPITER-08 celebrates the 45th anniversary of the analog legend with this special addition to the Roland Boutique series. Offering sonic capabilities and interface features inspired by the original hardware, this powerful mini synth delivers classic sound, hands-on control, and modern performance tools in a go-everywhere design.
With its flexible sound engine, the JUPITER-08 is a highly capable musical tool. By default, the synth is set for a retro experience with the eight-part/two-voice architecture of the original JUPITER-8, but users can internally expand the polyphony to 32 voices to meet modern playing needs and craft all-new tonalities. With refined voice allocation and pitch behavior, the JUPITER-08 provides a rich, animated playing experience with enhanced polyphonic performance and genuine vintage-inspired character.
The JUPITER-08 comes equipped with a two-part, 64-step polyphonic sequencer and an arpeggio function, ready to capture ideas and build dynamic, evolving sounds on the fly. Onboard processing is also available for extensive sound shaping and spatial enhancement. Users can tap into 17 unique effects—including chorus and MFX—plus dedicated delay and a reverb with five types and a unique shimmer mode.
n/vision Wavetable Synthesizer
n/vision is a small yet mighty synthesizer that elevates classic wavetable synthesis with advanced Roland sound-shaping techniques. Newly developed for the Roland Boutique series, it delivers a powerful platform for crafting rich tonalities and evolving textures, offering hands-on control for immediate creative interaction and deep menu-driven tools for sophisticated sound design.
Powered by Roland’s latest sound advancements, n/vision allows players to build evocative textures through a tactile synthesizer workflow. Users can easily blend and shape two wavetable layers to create animated movement, moving pads, aggressive leads, complex timbres, and more.
Multiple modulation sources can influence wavetable position, layer balance, pitch, and shaping parameters, enabling highly dynamic sound movement. Roland’s innovative wave-shaper technology transforms incoming waveforms through non-linear processing, generating new harmonics and unique textures that go beyond the capabilities of traditional wavetable synthesis.
n/vision’s top-level interface supports immediate sound creation, but users can dive much deeper if they want. Step LFO, envelope modulation, oscillator modulation, motion recording, and extensive parameter control open powerful sound design capabilities. n/vision also provides additional sonic enhancement with a drive-enhanced analog-modeling filter, multiple filter models inspired by classic synths, and the same powerful effects processing options as the JUPITER-08.
"A short demo of the Access Virus B editor/librarian in Patch Base. Other editors in Patch Base include the Virus A, Virus KB, Virus Indigo, and Virus Classic. Available for Mac and iPad."
Set your pitch with a fader. toggle the lock. Done - your tuning is frozen in place, immune to accidental bumps. Experiment freely, knowing you can always snap back to exactly where you were.
That's Pitchkeeper. A dual-channel precision offset generator with motion looper, born from a real patching need - conceived by Omri Cohen, built by Modulove.
FEATURES
TUNE.LOCK. FORGET.
You've dialed in the perfect pitch. Lock it - and it stays, no matter what. Now the pitch knob on your oscillator is free. Detune for width. Sweep for effect. Come back to perfect tuning with a flick of the toggle.
RECORD. LOOP. MODULATE. Move the fader. Pitchkeeper records that movement - up to 5 minutes - and plays it back as looping CV. Plug it into a filter cutoff, a VCA, a panning module. Keep shaping it by modulating offset and attenuation via fader and pot. Your one-time gesture is now a repeating, evolving part of your patch.
FULL.RANGE. PRECISION Tuning a V/Oct oscillator? Use ±5V. Sending offset to a VCA? Switch to 0–10V. One button cycles through four ranges: ±10V, ±5V, 0–10V, 0–5V. Full fader throw on each range."
You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.
"The creators of SLOOP are back with another custom firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1! CLIPPER 1.0, an experimental firmware that turns the FM-1 into a much deeper polyphonic synthesizer.
With 23 synthesis engines and 407 sounds, Clipper covers everything from classic FM and analogue-style synths to wavetable, vector synthesis, physical modelling, granular sounds, chiptune and much more.
In this video, I'm taking a first look at Clipper, playing some sound demos and having a quick look at the browser-based editor. There's a lot to explore, so this is just a basic overview of what it can do.
CLIPPER 1.0 is experimental. The developer warns that it has had limited testing on the actual FM-1, so expect possible bugs, audio clicks, CPU load issues or storage problems. Back up your projects and sounds before installing, follow the instructions carefully, and proceed at your own risk.
"Announcing From the Vault: Artwork, Autographs, and Electronic Music History
Looking for something a little different for your studio walls?
Our online fundraising auction runs October 19-26, 2026, offering original artwork, professionally framed prints, autographed collectibles, and memorabilia celebrating synthesizers and electronic music.
Highlights include a caricature autographed by Keith Emerson, colorful illustrations by Kyle Platts, intricate music-history prints by Dorothy, and photographs signed by Larry Fast, Roger Powell, and Patrick Moraz. An original painting by David C. Lovelace, created live at the Moogseum during Bob’s 92nd birthday celebration, brings Bob and The Packrat together on canvas.
Every winning bid supports Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum."
"Whether its turning simple mono synths into sounding like music easels, taking a basic polysynth and making it sound like a complex oscillator or just generally continuing to be a weird and wonderful effect for synths ... I'm pretty fascinating with this one. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
The Square ring modulator pedal, Boutique, Hand Made & Designed By Me.
Intro
The Square pedal is simply a ring modulator that takes the input signal and sends it to both inputs of the ring modulator at the same time.
Despite it's simplicity, The Square is capable of producing a wide variety of sounds depending on what you put into it.
Each pedal is unique and made by hand, from the hand bent metal enclosure to the component choices and tolerances. Imperfections are considered part of the aesthetic appeal both sonically and physically.
To understand what the pedal is and all the magical things it can do for your musical productions, we strongly recommend watching the video from DivKid below.
"The Korg MS2000 and MS2000R are classic virtual-analog synthesizers from the early 2000s, known for their distinctive digital character, hands-on controls, vocoder and motion sequencing. The MS2000R is the rack version of the keyboard model.
This open-source project emulates the original hardware at a low level, running the original H8S/2350 firmware and DSP56362 code rather than recreating the synth engine from scratch. It includes a standalone application with the full front panel, plus VST3 and Audio Unit plugin versions.
In this video I’m using the standalone version and playing all 10 factory demo songs in sequence.
No talking — just the demos.
00:00 - Demo Song 1
00:48 - Demo Song 2
02:56 - Demo Song 3
04:30 - Demo Song 4
06:19 - Demo Song 5
07:33 - Demo Song 6
08:57 - Demo Song 7
09:39 - Demo Song 8
11:14 - Demo Song 9
12:32 - Demo Song 10
Makes me think of a new generation Synth Edit based soft synths. For those of you concerned about them, and M-VAVE, taking over site, don't. I'll be filtering out noise as usual. Note supporting member posts are always welcome as a thank you for supporting the site, so you will see demos coming in that route. That said, posts like this one are mainly for informative purposes only, and to give you a perspective on the topic.
Video description:
"Can you 'Vibe Code' a VST? Of course you can :)
Like many of us in this space, I’ve been looking into what “AI” can and can’t do and more specifically how it can help me with Audio/Video and App Creation. Google Flow recently added the ability to 'Vibe Code' your own VST Plugins and I’ve made a half decent FX Plugin…Nothing that will change the Music World, damn, there’s enough of that going on, but it’s quite a cool little Project."
And another project I came across based on the UI of the Moog Messenger but with a different engine.
Vibe Coding VST3 Synth Based off Moog Messenger Preset Editor Layout
Sound test. UI inspired by the Moog Messenger preset editor. Working Windows VST3 and standalone synthesizer with its own sound engine. I used the Moog Messengers preset editor layout and functionality as a foundation for this synth. This does not edit presets on the Moog Messenger and it's not a skin for the preset editor. This is it's own synth.
Developed native synth with JUCE and C++ with GPT Codex. Tested both the standalone app and VST3 inside FL Studio.
The synth currently features two original synthesis algorithms:
⚙️ Mandible = interacting phase-modulated oscillators and asymmetric wavefolding for biting, metallic basses and aggressive textures.
⚙️ Gullet = harmonically rich synthesis shaped by moving resonances and distortion for throaty, vowel-like growls and smoother bass tones.
Added oscillator shaping and sync, multiple filter modes, envelopes, two LFOs, modulation routing, internal feedback, glide, duophonic playing, MIDI-synced pitch and mod wheels, an arpeggiator, a basic step sequencer, and preset saving. The factory bank now includes 17 presets, with ten dedicated bass patches. This is an independent project, unaffiliated with Moog, and isn’t intended to emulate the Messenger’s sound.
More synthesis algorithms are planned for later, including ideas for fractured waveforms, interacting detuned sources, and feedback driven textures. For now, this demonstration explores what Mandible and Gullet can already do as of now.
Built through experimentation, listening, testing, and one working feature at a time. Work in progress."
"Today we're announcing the release of the Katla companion VST and Desktop app. With it, you can control Katla's front panel from your computer, save presets, and customize how Katla behaves.
"Saima from Hop gave us a look at Tactile, an open-source standalone synth from Hop, developed from work in classrooms at Daniel's Music Foundation, a nonprofit working with disabled musicians.
Tactile is wireless, includes its own speaker and comes in light and dark colourways. The playing surface is pressure sensitive and has nine zones. The edges play a major scale, while the centre acts as a random sequencer. Additional areas control half-step bend, octave bend and a single-stage looper.
Patch changes use physical texture pads, with each pad linking a tactile surface to a matching sound character, including smoother and more bit-crushed responses. Key cards transpose the instrument; it defaults to A and changes key when a card is inserted.
Tactile is available from Hop's website. A separate Tactile Sidekick is in prototype and adds CV and MIDI interfacing for Eurorack and controller use.
"In this video, we're taking a hands-on look at the latest SLOOP firmware update, exploring some of the new features and putting them to the test.
SLOOP transforms the M-VAVE FM-1 into a compact, hands-on groovebox for creating electronic music. Version 2.6 brings a bunch of exciting additions, so let's see what they can do in practice!
I'll explore selected new features, demonstrate how they work, and play some loops to show SLOOP 2.6 in action on the M-VAVE FM-1.
