"The hardware R2R Ladder Eurorack module is now available as a free virtual module, marking the first release in VAEMI’s expanding software line.
Istanbul, TΓΌrkiye – September 2026 – Istanbul-based electronic musical instrument manufacturer VAEMI – Volt Age Electronic Musical Instruments has released its first plug-in and first software product: R2R Ladder for VCV Rack.
The new virtual module is a software adaptation of VAEMI’s physical R2R Ladder Eurorack module, preserving the original hardware’s bidirectional architecture and core musical concept. The plug-in is available free of charge through the official VCV Library.
Inspired by the fundamental architecture of an R-2R digital-to-analog converter, R2R Ladder uses eight weighted connections representing eight binary bits. Together, these provide 256 possible binary combinations, opening up a wide range of applications for audio, CV, gates, modulation and waveform processing.
"What if you could run an Elektron Machinedrum inside your computer?
In this video I'm taking a look at Gearmulator MD, an impressive emulation of the legendary Elektron Machinedrum, developed by Joe Landers as a fork of the Gearmulator project.
There is no talking in this video — just a quick look at the interface and a selection of the original factory patterns, so you can hear the emulation in action.
⚙️ ABOUT THE EMULATION
Gearmulator is a low-level emulation project that recreates the hardware used by several classic digital synthesizers and runs their original firmware.
Joe Landers' gearmulator-md-mm fork extends that work with emulations of the Elektron Machinedrum and Elektron Monomachine.
The result is not simply a software recreation inspired by the Machinedrum: it runs the original machine firmware on an emulated version of the underlying hardware.
At the time of making this video the project is still in alpha development, so expect things to continue evolving.
"A walkthrough of the oscillator slot sequencer in Partials & Discrepancies, including the different ways it can control movement through the additive oscillator’s partial structures and parameters.
The eight slots can store different partial shapes, harmonic and disharmonic settings, and FM parameters, while each of the eight synth voices can move through those slots independently.
In the video I go through the main non-clocked and clocked ways of using it, including:
"Testing the polyphonic version of the Monomodule emulator, called Monomodule Six.
As you can see, it uses a multichannel configuration for playback—in this case, 5 of the 6 channels.
It runs pretty smoothly, though it still has a little way to go.
I don't know what do you guys think, but this is absolutely amazing. A month ago, this would have been unthinkable.
Thanks to @halftoneworld for doing this."
"Ocean Swift has released version 1.2 of DevOcean Modular, its modular synthesis and sound design platform. The update adds thirty-five modules, headed by a complete MIDI effects section - Chord Generator, Scale Enforcer, Strummer, Random Notes, MIDI Delay, Velocity Processor and Humanizer - which operate on note data rather than audio.
A second group unbundles functionality that previously lived inside larger multimode modules. Compressor and Limiter, Bracket EQ, RBJ Multimode Filter, the AD, AHD and ADSR envelopes and the Display family are now also available as single-purpose modules, carrying fewer controls to wire and to expose.
The Capsule Manager, which lets a builder give any patch a custom front panel and compile it into a shareable .osmodule file, gains sprite and font skinning, hyperlink labels, styled input and output labels, and exposable XY and sample views that can act as drop targets. The release also includes performance work across undo, the browser and canvas polling, plus new tutorials and factory content.
DevOcean Modular 1.2 is available now for 35% off at €129.99
The demo is the full instrument - every module and preset, no time limit, saving disabled."
"A gentle IDM patch built entirely from one sequencer — Shoal by Ormer Modular, an 8-track generative melody sequencer now officially available in the VCV Library. Each track uses a numeric seed for a deterministic, repeatable pattern.
6 tracks feed FM synth voices (Bogaudio FMOp), 2 tracks drive drums (dbRackModules Drums), with Branches adding probability-based triggering. Everything passes through Chronoblob2 delay into a shared Valley Plateau reverb.
One clock. Eight evolving voices. Nothing loops the same way twice.
"We flip some patches with the @ArturiaOfficial Arturia Pure Sub, a monophonic bass synthesizer plug-in .
It has a sub oscillator, a morphing additive harmonics generator with up to 32 partials, or a VA with morphing between waveforms , a texture engine, a filter, and up to twelve effects slots, plus a separate FX processor stage for detune, colour, presence and space.
Modulation comes from envelopes, function generators, randomisation and macros.
The sound sits firmly in modern bass territory, from Reese and wub to distorted 808s and hard front end, keeping weight in the low end while holding useful mid-range. Pure Sub is available now at 49 or 79 euros."
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:26 Patch flipping favourites
00:06:15 Building a preset: main engine
00:06:48 Harmonic additive section
00:08:22 Texture engine
00:09:30 Filter
00:10:07 Effects and processing
00:10:54 Modulation and pitch envelope
00:14:36 Amount processor
00:20:48 Price and availability
"This cinematic synth soundtrack was made using Waldorf PPG plugin emulations and other VST synths. Inspired by the golden age of francophone technocratic cyber-optimism of the late 70s and early to mid 80s, as identified by @GiscardPunk this track was actually written in the early 2010s for a concept album that never saw the light of day.
"Here is a small demo of this Monomachine/Machinedrum emulator. Yes, you read that right. A true emulator with all its functions included, even parameter locks. Still in Alpha stage and you can see its peaking 75% CPU but its working flawlessly.
You´ll need your original Rom for MD/MM.
Macbook Pro M1 MacOS 12.3 //// Ableton Live 12.2.7
Link to project: https://github.com/joelanders/gearmul..."
Microsonic Plug-In The same microsonic engine as the ODD-1, running in your DAW.
[ LIVE ] Use ODD-1V as a MIDI-capable live effect on your tracks. Four playheads you tune by hand. Eight-voice re-pitching from your keyboard. Full modulation on every parameter.
[ SYNTH ] Load up to eight stereo samples across two independent layers. Four playheads each, every one with its own speed, pitch and TIME PATH. Control-click any control to make it a modulation destination.
NOTE: this is the first demo to feature the MiniMOO on MATRIXSYNTH. The only other post to featuring the MiniMOO dates back to this screenshot in 2007. The site linked there, Church of the 16th bit, is still live!
"Quick look at the Electric Cow Sound Chip Synth (aka MiniMOO) for Atari STE/STFM/TT/Falcon - including it's features and sound demos. This programme lets you access and edit parametes of the Yamaha YM soundchip to create sounds and play them back via MIDI. It's fairly decent synth tbh - the oscillator has various detuning, sub osc / 'stacking' options, capable of some nice chorus-y sounds, a noise source, amplitude modulation and LFO for pitch modulation as well as an envelope that can either be used for pitch or amplitude. The latency is useable with MIDI data that does not have too many notes per bar, and you can play it in real time, but if you throw too many notes at it, it gets a bit latent and/or seems to buffer notes and play them back after a delay. Judging by the name, I guess it was meant to be a MiniMoog emulator if sorts - but that's dubious at best despite that it's a really solid bleep bloop machine!
00:00 - intro 00:39 - overview of the parameters basic fucntions 01:53 - using with midi: lag, latency and other quirks 03:34 - the oscillator 05:39 - VCA (mixer) 06:16 - noise generator 07:36 - Amplitude modulation 08:42 - LFO 09:59 - Envelope Generator 13:19 - saving and loading patches 14:52 - portamento 15:10 - setting MIDI chanel 15:30 - what do I like using it for 16:07 - sound demo 1: bass sound (link to the track in description) 17:26 - sound demo 1: all synth sounds made with the soundchip synth (link to the track in description)
ako - ππππππππ πππππππ, πππππ ππ πππ πππ πππ [vaporwave / hardvapor / horrorvapor / dungeon'n'bass]
video upload by ako
While composing a few demo tracks for Insurgent Circuits for @MartinicCom Prodigy, I decided to make a screen recording of one of the tracks while I was creating it: Prodigy Pulse.
At the end, you’ll hear the finished result. I don’t usually record my production sessions, so this is a rare behind-the-scenes look at how I put a track together. Hopefully, you’ll pick up a thing or two along the way.
"Traveler meets Liminal Space 2 RC5, and things are getting gloriously spacious! Your old pal Keith is pairing KeySolutions Sounds' beautiful new synthesizer VST3 plugin with his haunted digital reverb synth for Blade Runner pads, supersaw bells, enormous churches, and a sitar that's somehow MORE SITAR. So grab your mod wheel, pack a spare delay line, and get ready for a REVERBS-A-GO-GO episode of your favorite talky synthesizer content show!
First, we dig into Traveler: its three different oscillators, gorgeous filters, gain staging, and what happens when you feed it KRC Mathwaves. There are a few Windows wavetable-import quirks to discuss. Naturally, I have opinions.
Then it's on to Liminal Space 2 RC5: new Bricasti M7-inspired algorithm banks evolved from impulse-response measurements, new Micro Pitch and Legacy Enhanced pitch shift modes, and the new Scattering diffusion mode. We compare the Bricasti-inspired "West Church" algorithm against its source IR, explore dark rooms with blooming stereo tails, and put piano, drums, and sitar into some wonderfully unreasonable spaces. There's even a Big Ass Spring. Woot!
Versions shown: Traveler 1.0.9 on Windows and Liminal Space 2 RC5. I purchased Traveler myself. Liminal Space 2 is my own plugin.
π΅ STILL ON SALE: Get Liminal Space 2, KRC Mathwaves, and KRC Orchestral Impressions for just $33 in my 3rd Anniversary 'MAD SCIENCE' bundle: https://www.wavetables.lol/l/mad-scie..."
