Lens filter from New Systems Instruments | Knobcon 2026

video upload by CatSynth TV

"Evan from New Systems Instruments takes on a tour of the new Lens filter. It is designed to have a very wode range of focus (bandwidth), allowing from very tight focus on harmonics in the incoming sound to wide moderately-filtered sounds. It also has feedback options for drive and other effects.

The Lens is expected to be available later this fall (2026).

To find out more, please visit https://nsinstruments.com/

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0:00 Introduction
0:18 A tour of the features of Lens
5:16 A demo with tight focus and an inharmonic source
8:44 Conclusion"

Technos Acxel VST3 from DenverSynthLabs

video upload by manmade madman

"I always lusted after a Technos Acxel from 1984, but they didn't really exist. There were only about 4 ever made and those barely made it into public view. But there were pictures of them, and I had my imagination. So, 30 years later, I made it myself, and then I made it better.

Now available at: store.denversynth.com"

"AXCEL

Every partial, hand-drawn.
Modeled after the Technos Acxel — a Quebec-built additive synthesizer from 1986-1992, with somewhere between 30 and 40 units ever made. Two engine slots share one wave bank, one Grapher, and one mod bus: Slot A is the Acxel's additive and sinusoidal resynthesis engine, Slot B is a wavetable machine, and you can run either or both at once.

AXCEL plugin GUI

- Acxel-accurate additive engine: up to 32 partials per voice, each independently addressable on the Grapher for amplitude, phase, and detune

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Avalon TB-303 VST by Denver Synth

video upload by manmade madman

"The Abstrakt Avalon was made to perfectly replicate everything in a vintage Roland TB-303, and add features like an additional mod envelope, more knobs for greater control, and excellent metal build quality. But they were rare, expensive on the secondary market, and hard to find. Some people have waited half a decade for delivery.

Until now.

Made by a complete 303 madman deep in a laboratory under strictest of top-secrecy and tightest guarded listening chambers, this digital version gives you everything you could ever want, then goes a little further with more programming modes, tweakable settings for slide/glide and resonance, Devil Fish mods, adds all the filter cartridges (even your own!) new colored skins, and the should-be-patentable EZ buttons. Also included for analog authenticity is the db-cell technology, adding pure analog noise modulation for non-repeatability where it counts; in vintage circuits. Best of all: it matches the hardware through rigorous test harnesses, and countless hours of listening. If it didn't sound authentic, it wouldn't get released.

Thank goodness, it does.

Available now: store.denversynth.com

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Ober-Moog Prototype from DenverSynth

video upload by manmade madman

"The bassline from @nineinchnails The Becoming has always haunted me. Originally done on a borrowed 'OberMoog' prototype [matrix note: see prior posts here], the original synth underwent massive engineering changes, management, and versioning until it finally became the OB-Mx, which was a "better" synth, but didn't quite sound the same. I know this, because I owned an OB-Mx. Anyways, our Ober-Moog VST gets pretty close, and goes beyond. Plus, it's got 500+ presets, an EZ button for randomization, and Hand Of God for impossible automated modulation. Available now at store.denversynth.com

How close does this get?
I guess only TR can say for sure.

#nineinchnails #vst #denversynth #obermoog #obmx"

OBERMOOG

The synth that wasn't.
A 1:1 recreation of the Oberheim OB-Mx panel, voiced as the ‘Ober-Moog’ — the pre-production prototype Trent Reznor borrowed from Richard Bugg and used for the bassline of Nine Inch Nails’ The Becoming. Never officially released, barely documented, and rebuilt here from every source that exists, contested claims included.

- Full OB-Mx architecture: dual VCO per voice, MM-VCF and SEM-VCF in series or parallel, four-stage envelopes with free-run and repeat

- Voiced specifically as the Ober-Moog prototype, not a stock OB-Mx — the one unit with its own name, its own history, and no official spec sheet


- Unison/spread/detune matching the OB-Mx's card-based voice architecture, mono or up to full polyphony

- Modulation matrix covering breath, pressure, velocity, note number, wheel, and pedal across twelve assignable destinations

- Built from every documented source on the instrument, with the honest gaps left as gaps rather than guessed at EZ button gets you into a usable patch in seconds; the panel underneath goes as deep as the original hardware did

ElectroComp EML-101 VST from DenverSynthLabs

video upload by manmade madman

"Heres a short demo showing how analog this thing sounds.

Now available at store.denversynth.com"

ELECTROCOMP 101

A faithful emulation of a machine older than your dad's synth collection.
Four oscillators, a full patch bay, and a state-variable filter with an INPUT DRIVE stage that distorts inside its own resonant loop — the original's signature scream, modeled all the way down to the resonance itself breaking up under drive. Duophonic voice architecture, a MODULATOR that goes OFF → AM → RING, a sample & hold SAMPLER clocked off OSC 1, and enough patch points to make questionable routing decisions like it's still the Nixon administration. Patch it by hand for hours, or hit EZ to find something you wouldn't have thought of in a million years.

- Four oscillators — OSC 1 steps through triangle/saw/square/pulse/sine across HI/LO range, OSC 2–4 morph continuously via COLOR — feeding a duophonic voice architecture (KB1/KB2)

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ZEROBOY: a Zero-input mixer demo. This time with a beat!

video upload by manmade madman

"Sometimes, you just have to have a play!

Available now at store.denversynth.com"

ZEROBOY

Zero-input mixer. DIY noise artist's playground.
A digital no-input mixer: four channels, two effect returns that are full mixer channels in their own right, db-cell running as the board's own noise floor, and a live patch bay — everything you hear starts as the board's own hiss going round a feedback loop until it finds a mode. CASCADE feeds each channel into the next, wrapping channel four back to channel one; CHEAP/SOLID decides how hard the shared power rail sags and lets every channel modulate every other one through it.

ZEROBOY plugin GUI
Four mixer channels, each with seven selectable circuit topologies and Mackie-style 3-band EQ, plus a CASCADE that feeds straight into the next channel — channel four wraps back to channel one

Reverb and delay aren't send effects — they're two more full mixer channels with their own gain, EQ, and aux sends, already wired into a two-node feedback loop with each other

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INFIDEL low fidelity DIY modular synth from DenverSynthLabs

video upload by manmade madman

"INFIDEL shown here put through its paces.
This is an intentionally non-musical demo to show the power and sound of INFIDEL. It gets loud. If you don't like it, good.
The point is, you've never heard a VST sound like this, ever.
What we make hasn't existed before.
So, stop chasing other people's sound, and make something that's your very own for a change.
With roughly 1/3rd of the available modules shown here, you can tweak until morning.
Just make sure you get some sleep sometimes!

store.denversynth.com"



"INFIDEL is a full modular synth built around one idea: every module runs its own cheap sign-magnitude DAC, at its own sample rate and bit depth, so the whole rack can sound exactly as broken as you want it to — on purpose. You don't have to earn that sound with a soldering iron or a twenty-minute boot sequence. Hit INIT FULL and you've got a working 47-module, 81-cable patch across four buses — lead, drone, texture, drums — before you've turned a single knob. Hit EZ on any module and it rolls a new setting that's checked to never go silent. Cables snap to the nearest free jack, drop onto an existing cable to insert a module inline, or swap one module for another while keeping every cable that matches by name. It's fast to get a sound out of, and it stays deep — a 53-module library and KEY-locked lo-fi clocking mean there's always one more place to take it.

- 53 user modules across Sources, Filters, Effects, Drums, Utilities and Logic — including an 8-model VCF BANK (CS-80, IR3109, SSM2044, CEM3320, SSM2040, STEINER, EMS DIODE, WASP) and effects ported from SpringBoy, BucketBoy, Thermion and Ironwall

- Every module runs its own cheap lo-fi DAC — RATE 1–32 kHz, BITS 2–16 — and KEY locks a module's clock to the last note played, so the grit tracks pitch instead of just buzzing underneath it

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PlantsSystem-GenerativeNoise-KOSMOS&AtariGothConsole

video upload by plantssystem

PlantsSystem-GothCosole5

video upload by plantssystem

"plantssystem presents a new generative noise piece built with Atari Goth Console, Hikari Instruments Duos, and the KOSMOS generative system.

This setup combines three independent layers of instability:

- Atari Goth Console providing dual‑oscillator metallic noise
- Duos injecting audio‑rate FM and random CV into both oscillators
- KOSMOS generating motion‑based control signals that drive the entire patch

The Atari unit is pushed into continuous self‑oscillation by Duos’ strong CV, while KOSMOS supplies evolving gate and modulation patterns.

As a result, the system produces self‑running glitch textures, shifting metallic bursts, and unpredictable FM artifacts that never repeat.

It’s a small generative ecosystem where noise, motion, and CV interference create a constantly mutating sonic structure."

NAESE Gives Synth Communities Free Space on the Expo Floor

Press release follows:

New complimentary Community Table program will give selected synth and electronic-music communities and educational programs expo-floor space alongside manufacturers, independent builders, and software developers at NAESE 2027.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 22, 2026 — When the inaugural North American Electronic Sound Expo opens in Cleveland next April, some of the tables on its show floor won't belong to companies at all.

NAESE announced today that it will reserve a limited number of complimentary Community Tables for established synth and electronic-music communities and educational programs, giving selected groups a physical home inside the expo alongside hardware manufacturers, independent builders, software developers, performers, and educators.

Each participating group will receive a complimentary six-foot table on the NAESE show floor, plus two representative badges for the price of one. NAESE is setting aside a portion of its expo floor for community use free of charge.

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Darkglass Electronics Axioma: Monophonic Synthesizer

video upload by Darkglass Electronics

"An axiom needs no proof and a voice needs no permission to change history. Both are driven by conviction. Axioma, our long awaited mono synth plugin for the Anagram platform, is made of it.

More on Axioma: https://www.darkglass.com/en-eu/pages...
More on Anagram: https://www.darkglass.com/en-eu/produ...

Track:
Composed, interpreted, and produced by Sebastian Pinilla:
Soundcloud: / kylo-rec
Instagram: / kylorec

Co-writer: Jesse Mäläskä
Instagram: / jessemalaska
Youtube: / @jessemalaska"
Anagram´s AXIOMA Synth! Deep dive

video upload by Bass Fox aka Quincas Moreira

"Everything you need to know about the long awaited, highly anticipated new SYNTH block for the Darkglass Anagram!"

"Inspired by vintage synthesizers, our monophonic synthetizer plugin for Anagram lets you explore the sound of blending different wave shapes, mixing two oscillators, sub oscillator, shape the overall response with multiple filters, and turn notes into repeating patterns with the arpeggiator."

The Crow Hill Company Announces Availability of Utterly Terrifying CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Utterly Terrifying Choir - WALKTHROUGH video upload by CROW HILL

Press release follows:


The Crow Hill Company announces availability of CHILDREN’S CHOIR, crafting terrifying sounds from school-age children to deliver broad spectrum of timbral possibilities

EDINBURGH, UK: The Crow Hill Company is proud to announce availability of CHILDREN’S CHOIR — crafting terrifying sounds from a school-age troupe of boys singing with just the right amount of ‘beautiful menace’ and an ability to be creative while working with the Edinburgh-based enterprise in support of delivering an instrument based around an expertly curated sample-set with a broad range of timbral possibilities designed by media composers with other media composers in mind — as of September 21…

Asked about the task of crafting CHILDREN’S CHOIR, The Crow Hill Company co-founder and media composer Christian Henson has his tongue not entirely out of his creative cheek in response, resurrecting the famous showbiz warning usually credited to American comedian W.C. Fields, effectively, by way of opening: “Never work with animals and children! So what’s this going to be like? Getting kids to be slightly demonic, evil, scary… they love it! And they totally seem to get making it so pretty that it’s scary. So we thought we’d try and nurture that spirit in a children’s choir library designed particularly for media composers — people who write for film, TV, and computer games. Why are these guys going to be wanting to use a children’s choir? Maybe there’s something set in a boarding school, maybe there’s something slightly choral and religious, but, more times than not, something unsettling is needed, and that’s where we’ve gone with this one. There are limits to how long children should be asked to perform. So, we thought we’d use the time thoughtfully, curating a selection of singing styles that capture this spirit. As opposed to giving you yet another library with ‘AAs’, ‘EEs’, ‘Ahs’, ‘Ohs’, and ‘MMs’, etcetera, AHOH, OHEH [and many more singing styles are available using the EXPRESSION wheel]. There’s some lovely WAVERING stuff where the pitch centres change. They sound great and scary when you cluster up, but on their own — or just a couple of notes — they have all sorts of childlike menace. There’s terrifying RISES and FALLS. And we’ve got a whole bunch of SHORT [singing styles].

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Yamaha FS1R Comes to Software with FSVR Emulator

via musica.studio

ALL 88 ALGORITHMS
Every FM algorithm from the hardware, with the voiced and unvoiced operators the FS1R is known for.

THE FACTORY BANKS BUILT IN
1408 voices [patches], 384 performances and 90 formant sequences read out of the ROM, so the patch browser needs no dump of your own.

FSEQ PLAYBACK
The formant sequences that made the FS1R sound like nothing else, with every loop mode, the start delay and MIDI clock sync.

THE FRONT PANEL IS THE GUI
Down to the cursor stops and the controller set, read out of the firmware's own screen tables rather than off a photo.

VST3, CLAP AND STANDALONE
Windows, macOS and Linux, built on every push, with no installer and no dependencies.

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Nord Modular G1 emulated in Gearmulator: it finally makes sound | #1

video upload by animatek

Patreon patches, downloads, and exclusive content - / animatek
The emulated Nord Modular G1 is now playing: the original G1 OS running on a computer, using Gearmulator, and controlled from my Animatek NME editor as if it were the real synth. First test, in pre-alpha phase.

⬇️ IN THIS VIDEO ⬇️

I document the first sound from a Nord Modular G1 emulator. The original G1 operating system runs on an emulated 68331 processor and loads its programs on four emulated DSP56303s, with the same kernel that Gearmulator uses for the Nord Lead 2X. The Animatek NME editor connects via PC Port and loads patches with oscillators, a mixer, and filters onto the virtual G1. And just like with the hardware, I close the editor, the synth continues playing, and when I open it again, it retrieves the patch.

This is a snapshot of the development process, bugs and all: clicks, filters that aren't working yet, unfinished clocks and sequencers, and empty banks. The emulator isn't released yet, and no ROMs are being distributed. This is episode 1 of the emulator's development diary. I'll upload a new one whenever there's a noticeable improvement.

⬇️ INDEX ⬇️

0:00 - Nord Modular G1 emulator on Gearmulator
0:44 - The engine: the G1's 4 DSPs and the first sound
1:24 - Animatek NME connected to the virtual G1: oscillator and output
2:00 - Mixer with various waveforms
2:29 - Nord Modular filters: simple ones yes, complex ones halfway
2:59 - Clocks and sequencers, not yet
3:20 - PWM, and things that cut the sound
4:24 - I turn the emulator off and on again
5:03 - Reconnecting via PC Port and empty banks
5:27 - Loading Nord Modular patches: the drone patch yes, others no
5:55 - The G1 emulator from scratch
6:38 - The two outputs and the low-pass and high-pass filters
6:55 - I close the Editor… and the emulated G1 keeps playing
7:21 - I cut the emulator: real test
7:34 - Project status

⬇️ RESOURCES AND TRAINING ⬇️

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The Usual Suspects Introduces the 88EmuPlayer Emulator

Demo video upload by Numero Uno

Also see Retromulator 1.6 What's New

"Low-level Sound Canvas series emulator, running the original firmware. Every sound you hear is from the emulator, no additional processing applied.

theusualsuspects.io/downloads/88emuplayer
Join our Discord: discord.gg/WJ9cxySnsM

00:00 Overblow – Night Slave (SC-88Pro)
00:25 Myth – SC-88 Demos (SC-88)
01:26 Departure For Space – Gradius (MIDI Power Pro 5) (SC-88Pro)
02:40 Stellar – HaruMKT (POWER! SC-55) (SC-55mk2)
04:14 Within End's Reach – MelonadeM (SC-8850)
05:56 Plok! Breezy Beach – HaruMKT (SC-8850)
07:19 DANCE II – Idecs Hyper Groove (SC-88Pro)

08:46 WALL FIVE MIX – SC-8850 Demos (SC-8850)
09:59 Embarrassment – Policenauts (MIDI Power Pro 3) (SC-88Pro)
11:07 Jazz & Fusion 2 – Idecs Hyper Groove (SC-8850)
12:04 Six and Seven – Theme Hospital (SC-88)
13:23 passport.mid – Windows 3.0 (SC-88)

Thanks to HaruMKT and MelonadeM for contributing with their compositions!
All the emulators are original work by TUS, except the SC-55 emulation core which is originally based on the work of NukeYKT."

"88Emu emulates the hardware inside most Sound Canvas modules and related earlier sound generators, used for retro gaming and DTM. It runs the original firmware on emulated CPUs and sound chips, including the firmware’s instrument selection, voice allocation, effects, MIDI handling and front-panel behavior. You supply the ROM images; they are not included.

88EmuPlayer is NOT a DAW-compatible plugin, but instead a standalone application for playing MIDI files and using those devices from a MIDI keyboard, sequencer or game. 88EmuCli uses the same emulation to render files to WAV offline using a command line interface, without having to wait for the song to play in real time."

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Villains Drum Synth For Mac Demo 1

video upload by Limnetic Villains

"Soon to be released on https://ko-fi.com/limnetic/shop"

[$8] DIY eurorack modular synth SSI2144 VCF | based on Sound Semiconductor SSI2144

video upload by HAGIWO

"My 93rd original eurorack modular synth DIY projects.
Sound Semiconductor SSI2144 Low pass filter VCF

working documents (schematics)
https://note.com/solder_state/n/n5c10...

Please support me to continue projects.
In patreon you will find content about my background , technical information.
/ hagiwo"

L-1 Frequency Crossover. New module from L-1 Synthesizer. Overview and first test.

video upload by Aleksei Laman

"L-1 Frequency Crossover.
Midside/Stereo. 24 dB/oct. Discrete blacksea gain cells.
The module divides input signal into 3 frequency bands - low, mid, high.
Send-returns from each band for outboard processing.
Filters cutoff frequencies and bands levels are voltage controllable.

L-1 Synthesizer website: http://L-1.su/
L-1 Synthesizer User Group: / l1usergroup"

Meet RAVIK — 8 Voices, 24 Engines & Generative Drum Sequencing

video upload by Våld Labs

"RAVIK is an eight-voice drum synthesizer from Våld Labs, built for everything from focused electronic drums to metallic, resonant and unpredictable percussion.

Every channel has its own synthesis engine, VEKTE-based algorithmic sequencer, pitch settings, modulation and effects. Build a kit, give each voice a rhythm, then explore how the parts interact.

Its 24 engines cover familiar drum sounds alongside FM, physical models, and uncoventional engines such as resonators, SID, bytebeat, GENDYN, VOSIM and more.

SEM and proprietary Polivoks-inspired filters provide another way to shape each voice, while SNAP controls the impact at the start of a hit.

Free Beta at https://valdlabs.com/ravik

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The Far Reaches of the Envelope／Hikari Instruments Triple AD #modularsynth #モジュラーシンセ

video upload by MY FIRST SYNTH TOKYO

"I made some beats and generated noise using only the Hikari Instruments Triple AD.

The Triple AD features standard envelope mode and cycling mode, and can also be controlled by incoming trigger (voltage) timing.

By combining its LFO and envelope functions, you can enjoy a full performance with just this single module.

It’s easily the worst—and coolest—way to use an envelope module imaginable!
#eurorack #eurorackmodular #envelope"

Triple AD from Hikari Instruments provides three independent Attack/Decay envelope generators in an uncommonly tiny Eurorack footprint. Each of the envelopes has a dedicated trigger input and an output.

All envelopes can be set to self-cycling mode either manually via a switch or using control voltage or gate signals sent into the cycle input jack, extending the module's utility into LFO-like territory. Additionally, above each of the outputs, there is a 3-position range switch, enabling access to envelope times from 0.2 ms to eight seconds in length.

Triple AD Features

Three AD envelopes

Per-channel cycle mode may be activated manually or momentarily set via CV/Gate

Definable envelope duration from 0.2ms - 8s

Gator Legio: Stereo supersaw PM oscillator on the Legio platform

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Gator Legio is a stereo supersaw oscillator inspired by the Manis Iteritas Alia core, with piles of detuned saws, phase modulation, and plenty of stereo movement.

Get a Legio module and swap to this firmware today:
https://noiseengineering.us/products/...

Let's start with Detune. This spreads the saw voices apart in pitch, taking your sound from a tight unison to a huge, dense, swarm of saws.

Saw Mod changes the character of those waves, giving you another way to push the harmonics with that classic Noise Engineering sound.

Then there's Saw Count. This switch changes the number of saw waves in the swarm.

And since Gator is stereo, the Stereoness switch spreads those voices across the stereo field for an even wider sound.

The inputs are for phase modulation. Feed in another oscillator and you can take that supersaw into much stranger territory.

And send a gate to the 8vA input and Gator instantly jumps up an octave, giving you another fun way to animate a sequence.

Gator is one of several synth voices available for Legio. You'll also find AT, Plus, Unda, Reso, and plenty of completely different percussion voices and effects to swap in over USB.

23 Firmwares.One Legio.

Visit noiseengineering.us or your favorite retailer to get a Legio module in your case."