OUT NOW | Stylophone Gen R-8 | Touch analog synthesizer

Published on Oct 29, 2019 Stylophone

"OUT NOW: The new LIMITED EDITION Stylophone Gen R-8 analog synthesizer packs a mean punch – with fat room-shaking bass and the dirtiest, grittiest sounds.

• Full analog signal path
• Steel enclosure
• Dual VCOs with Saw, Square and PWM (oscillator 1)
• Sub oscillators and Subsub oscillators for room-shaking bass
• Unique British design 12dB VCF with Low pass, High pass, Band pass and wide Notch
• Fast and punchy envelope
• Supersensitive 3-octave TOUCH keyboard
• Glide and Modulation keys for expressive performance control
• 8 waveform LFO with S&H and One-shot feature
• 19 CV/Gate patch points for advanced modular patching
• Grungy analog style Delay with modulation CV
• Drive knob for extra boost and fatness
• 16-step sequencer with 8 banks and on-the-fly switching
• MIDI in/out"

And the press release including price:

"British company DUBREQ announces the launch of its much-anticipated STYLOPHONE GEN R-8 touch analog synthesizer.

Designed and manufactured in Britain.

Since its invention in the late 1960s, the Stylophone’s raw electronic tones have been loved across the world.

Now DUBREQ are about to release the biggest and most powerful Stylophone instrument yet: the STYLOPHONE GEN R-8.

This touch Analog Synthesizer is packed with features you’d expect in larger, more expensive instruments, including a full analog signal path, Dual VCOs with Saw, Square and PWM, 8 waveform LFO plus sub-oscillators for room shaking bass.

It also comes with a 16-step sequencer, a sensitive 3-octave TOUCH keyboard. a 12dB VCF with Low pass, High pass, Band pass and wide Notch, plus Glide and Modulation for more expressive performance control. All within a hefty steel enclosure.

The Gen R-8 is the ultimate Stylophone instrument, aimed at serious musicians and synth fans alike. You can use it with any kind of hardware set up to get incredibly raw and gritty sounds and comes with 19 CV/Gate patch points for advanced modular patching

The first signs are that this new Stylophone instrument could become a future cult classic and DUBREQ are limiting the first production run to only 500 of these synths.

Price for the initial 500 units:
$349 / €329 / £299"

Dubreq Announces the Stylophone Gen R-8 Pro Analog Synth

Published on Jan 15, 2019 Stylophone

"The Stylophone Gen R-8 - the latest analog touch synthesizer from Dubreq.

The Stylophone GEN R-8 is a dual VCO British made boutique synthesizer with a fully analog signal path and a touch keyboard that you can play with your finger.

The VCOs have "divide-down analog" sub-oscillators (one octave down) and subsub oscillators (two octaves down) that all can be switched on at the same time for a total of six oscillators sounding at once.

The filter is a proprietary British design 12 dB state variable filter with Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Wide Notch modes.

An eight waveform LFO with dual outputs can be patched to all of the GEN R-8s CV inputs or external CV inputs on other instruments.

There's a patch panel with 19 3.5mm jack CV/Gate and audio patch points which makes it integrate nicely with Eurorack systems.

The traditional ADSR envelope has been augmented with a short hold stage at the Attack/Decay peak for a punchier sound.

An analog style Delay (based on the Princeton pt2399 chip) is nice and grungy and can be modulated with the Time CV input.

The mixer has a unity AUX input which allows external sound sources to be processed through the GEN R-8s Filter/Delay/Drive audio chain, where the Drive is a classic British silicon diode overdrive circuit with an added JFET booster stage.

A step sequencer with 8 banks and 16 steps per sequence can play the GEN R-8 synthesizer engine or external synthesizers through the CV/Gate or MIDI outputs.

The GEN R-8 also works as a MIDI controller keyboard (with Local ON/OFF) where the CV/Gate outputs on the sequencer doubles as keyboard CV/Gate when the sequencer is not running.

Finally, the 3-octave touch keyboard has two additional performance keys for momentary engagement of Glide and Modulation, and it's all enclosed in a heavy duty black powder coated steel casing."

https://dubreq.com/genr8/

Introducing the Stylophone CPM DF-8, a powerful addition to the Compact Portable Modular (CPM) range

video upload by Stylophone

What is This Madness - A Synth with No Envelopes? // Stylophone CPM DS-2

video upload by Starsky Carr

"What can you do with a synth that has no envelopes? It turns out to be very therapeutic. Stylophone's latest release is the CPM DS-2 (what happened to DS-1?) - it's a drone synth which can create all sorts of interesting, ambient, dramatic, demonic, lush, chilled textures and soundscapes.

The clever bit is having everything bouncing around to a single LFO with multiple waveforms, 2 outputs, different phases etc."

0:00 WTF is a drone synth?
3:12 Intro demo
4:48 What's in the box?
5:53 Oscillators 3340 VCOs
8:42 Filters 12dB LP HP 3320
11:29 ULTRA LFO
16:03 Reverb abd Delay
19:08 Final Jam
22:01 Final Thoughts



"This cutting-edge filter unit combines the precision of a smooth analog recreation of the classic 2045 Lowpass filter with the bold, dynamic character of Stylophone’s proprietary GEN R-8 filter.

Sign up for the waiting list:
https://stylophone.com/stylophone-df-...

Come and see it at NAMM 2025

Dubbed 'Beauty and the Beast,' the DF-8 offers unparalleled flexibility. The 2045 filter delivers a silky 24 dB/octave Lowpass mode, while the GEN R-8 snarls and howls in all four modes—Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass and Notch. Together, these filters unlock three additional combination types: Bandpass+, Band Reject+, and a wide Notch+ mode, providing an expansive palette of unique filter sounds.

Both filter channels have all eight filter types and are controlled by two full ADSR envelopes with multiple trigger modes to cater for every need. They can be triggered by a gate signal, by an audio signal threshold, by a manual trigger button and they can even auto-repeat in a loop mode acting as LFOs.
The DF-8 is so much more than a dual filter box—it’s a complete sound design tool. Equipped with two white noise sources, a Sample & Hold modulation source with adjustable slew, and a crunchy PT2399 delay with modulation, it serves as a sound source capable of everything from subtle atmospheres to all out sonic chaos.

Like all CPM units, the DF-8 is designed for portability and flexibility. It features:
• Multiple power options, including AA batteries, external PSU, or Eurorack power bus
• A built-in 2W speaker for instant listening without amplification plus stereo outputs
• Stylophone’s unique enclosure design with side ribs allow multiple CPM units to be locked together, for stability like a large modular, and for easy system expansion
Pair the CPM DF-8 with the CPM DS-2 to create the ultimate compact portable analog modular system for studio or stage use.

Features list:

2 Analog multi-mode filter channels with high resonance self-oscillation

8 Filter types per channel:
4 types of GEN R-8 (12 dB/oct) filters with LP, BP, HP and NOTCH modes
1 type of 2045 (24 dB/oct) filter with LP mode
3 combination types (12/24 dB/oct) with BP+, BR+ and NOTCH+ modes

2 ADSR envelopes with linear and exponential response

4 Envelope trigger/gate modes:
Analog CV trigger/gate signal input
Audio signal input with adjustable trigger/gate threshold
Manual trigger/gate button
Auto-repeat AR envelope loop mode

2 VCAs with envelope inverters

2 White noise sources with volume controls

3 Envelope depth attenuverters

4 Bypass switches for filters and VCAs

1 Sample & Hold modulation source with sync input and adjustable slew

1 Vintage PT2399 tape-style delay with modulation

14 Modular patch points for audio, envelopes, filters, VCAs and S&H

3-Into-1 mixer with stereo or mono output

2 Stereo outputs (line level/phones) with seperate volume controls

1 Built-in 2 Watt speaker

6 AA battery compartment

1 Eurorack power bus connector

42 HP Eurorack front panel format"

NAMM 2019: Stylophone Gen R-8

Published on Feb 3, 2019 CatSynth TV

"We spend a couple of minutes with the Stylohphone Gen R-8 from Dubreq at NAMM 2018.

"DUBREQ launch[es] the Stylophone Gen R-8, a brand NEW Touch Analog Synthesizer, designed and manufactured in Britain. Packed with features of much larger and more expensive instruments.
The Stylophone Gen R-8 is sure to be a highlight of NAMM 2019.

Full analog signal path
Steel enclosure
Dual VCOs with Saw, Square and PWM (oscillator 1)
Sub oscillators and Subsub oscillators for room shaking bass
Unique British design 12dB VCF with Low pass, High pass, Band pass and wide Notch
Fast and punchy envelope
Supersensitive 3-octave TOUCH keyboard
Glide and Modulation keys for expressive performance control
8 waveform LFO with S&H and One-shot feature
19 CV/Gate patch points for advanced modular patching
Grungy analog style Delay with modulation CV
Drive knob for extra boost and fatness
16-step sequencer with 8 banks and on-the-fly switching
MIDI in/out"

The Stylophone was a lot of fun, but we only had a few minutes to scratch the surface in a crowded and noisy corridor at NAMM. We hope to have a chance to explore it in more detail in the future.

For more information, please visit https://dubreq.com/genr8/

For more NAMM 2019 coverage, please subscribe to this channel and visit www.catsynth.com"

Stylophone GEN R-8 demo part 4/4 full video - Giorgio Moroder Chase

Published on Jan 22, 2019 Stylophone

"Stylophone GEN R-8 - the latest analog touch synthesizer from Dubreq."

Stylophone GEN R-8

03-The Dubreq Stylophone Gen R-8: LFO

Published on Jan 2, 2020 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the LFO present on the Dubreq Stylophone Gen R-8.

This video was funded by the Patreon supporters of Automatic Gainsay. Support the creation of this video and all of the Automatic Gainsay videos that have helped you by becoming an Automatic Gainsay supporter on Patreon!
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The theme music was composed entirely through multitracking the Stylophone Gen R-8. The drums were constructed out of GarageBand loops."

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Stylophone GEN R-8 demo part 3/4

Published on Jan 21, 2019 Stylophone

"Stylophone GEN R-8 - the latest analog touch synthesizer from Dubreq."

Stylophone GEN R-8

01-The Dubreq Stylophone Gen R-8: Oscillators

Published on Dec 24, 2019 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the oscillators present on the Stylophone Gen R-8.

This video is made possible by the contributions of Patreon supporters. If you enjoy and benefit from Automatic Gainsay videos, consider contributing to the Automatic Gainsay Patreon account!
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The theme to this video was made through multitracking the Stylophone Gen R-8. The drums were created through combinations of GarageBand loops."

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Berlin School Ambient-ish Jam - Zoom R8, Gen R-8, ELZ_1 play, PSS-380

video upload by ChrisLody

"Full Disclosure: I occasionally take on freelance work at Sonicware and Stylophone on an hourly rate producing synth & sample sound design, beta testing, checking English text, video manuals, promo content etc. This video wasn't paid for directly but as a result of my work with Sonicware and Stylophone it is marked as Paid Promotion

So I feel very lucky this year to have worked with a few wonderful companies, mainly Sonicware and Stylophone. Obviously I've been sent the gear I've worked on for Sonicware as you'll see it all over my channel, but also Stylophone were very nice to me and sent me a Gen R-8 from their vaults!

I'm also lucky that my wife (and in-laws) appreciates my second job/hobby and buys me music gear for Christmas, that's where the Zoom R8 multitrack recorder I'm using here came from. I bought a Zoom Livetrak L-6 this year for my dawless jams which I love, but it records all it's channel simultaneously so layering is not possible. Layering is an interesting way of working which I've often used on the channel with a four track tape recorder, mixer and a send effect (most often a Zoom 1201), but this replaces the need for all that with a lot more features to boot.

What surprised me the most about the R8 is that you can record, mix and even master a whole track without relying on a DAW. All effects etc you hear are the R8 alone here. It has a send reverb slot, a send chorus/delay slot and then a single insert effects chain. The insert effect can only be doing one thing at once so you'll typically record through it onto an audio track or you can record dry and re-record (bounce) through it later if you prefer. There are a number of algorithms which are just a number of effects slots in a chain which can be configured to your liking. You switch algorithms, channel, contents and settings or preset of the insert effect depending what you need it for and when. This information is not well presented in the manual though so I geeked out and made a spreadsheet to show more simply which algorithms can contain which type of effect and which can be synced to tempo. That's available here: https://mega.nz/file/quxm3CoD#H1-u2Db... (I printed and laminated these, yes I know how to nerd)

Perhaps the only let down about the R8 is there's no sync options, though it's not really expecting you to work that way. You can have the metronome on headphones only which may be the way to do things, but I suspect I end up recording and panning a click from a Volca/Liven as a way around this.

By the way the small glockenspiel was part of my present from my in-laws. I've never had much luck recording them because of the huge spike in volume when the bar is hit (transient) so I almost gave up, but after studying the effects I saw the R8 has a 'slow attack' effect which was perfect for this as it completely kills the clackiness of the hit. Nice one. I'm recording through one of the two built in mics for that btw.

A quick word about the Stylophone Gen R-8, it's a dirty little beast. It's been kind of wild to get to grips with and I'm finding it's not suited to quite a lot of patches I'd normally make, smooth basses are out of the question for example because it sounds like the oscillator resets at the start of each new note (maybe the envelope, idk) so there's always a percussive click. Plus the filter sound is agro with settings that would normally tame it, it refuses to be calm. But for more aggressive tones it's very nice so I'll probably use it mostly for that!"

https://chrislody.bandcamp.com

Stylophone Gen R-8 Sneak Preview At Superbooth 2019

Published on May 24, 2019 Synthtopia

"Here's a sneak preview of the Stylophone Gen R-8 synthesizer from Superbooth 2019.

The Gen R-8 is sort of an uber-Stylophone - combining the original's stylus interface with a much more powerful semi-modular synth engine."

06-The Dubreq Stylopone Gen R-8-Control Section

Published on Jan 26, 2020 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the left-hand modulation and portamento controls of the Stylophone Gen R-8.

This video was funded by the Patreon supporters of Automatic Gainsay. Support the creation of this video and all of the Automatic Gainsay videos that have helped you by becoming an Automatic Gainsay supporter on Patreon!
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The theme music was composed entirely through multitracking the Stylophone Gen R-8. The drums were constructed out of GarageBand loops."

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05-The Dubreq Stylophone Gen R-8-Sequencer and Drive

Published on Jan 20, 2020 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is the sound and functionality of the Sequencer and Drive functionalities present on the Dubreq Stylophone Gen R-8."

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Stylophone GEN R-8 demo part 2/4

Published on Jan 20, 2019 Stylophone

"Stylophone GEN R-8 - the latest analog touch synthesizer from Dubreq."

02-The Dubreq Stylophone Gen R-8-Filters

Published on Dec 28, 2019 AutomaticGainsay

"This video was funded by the Patreon supporters of Automatic Gainsay. Support the creation of this video and all of the Automatic Gainsay videos that have helped you by becoming an Automatic Gainsay supporter on Patreon!
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The theme music was composed entirely through multitracking the Stylophone Gen R-8. The drums were constructed out of GarageBand loops."

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Stylophone GEN R-8 demo part 1/4

Published on Jan 19, 2019 Stylophone

"Yep, that's the bassline from Giorgio Moroder's 'Chase'.

The Stylophone Gen R-8 - the latest analog touch synthesizer from Dubreq."

Stylophone Gen R-8 Synthesizer At NAMM 2019

Published on Jan 28, 2019 Synthtopia

"At the 2019 NAMM Show, Dubreq introduced a new stylus synthesizer, the Stylophone Gen R-8."

The Stylophone GEN R-8

Published on Nov 24, 2019 MrFirechild

"This track is using sounds exclusively from the analog Stylophone GEN R-8 synthesizer, except the kick (ARP 2600) and Vocals (Behringer VC340). Additional white noise is also added via AUX input for some sounds.
Visuals created using www.plane9.com
Composed and produced by www.firechild.se"

Stylophone GEN R-8 Sounds Bloody Good!

Published on May 10, 2019 BoBeats

"First impressions of the Stylophone GEN R-8. I find it gorgeous."

Patreon: http://bit.ly/bobeatspatreon

NAMM 2019 Dubreq Stylophone GEN R-8 Analog Synthesizer

Published on Jan 24, 2019 SYNTH ANATOMY

"At NAMM 2019, Dubreq presented the Stylophone GEN R-8 semi-modular analog Synthesizer with an analog synth engine, sequencer and touch keyboard. Here is a first look video! Sorry for the bad audio, I had major recording issues."

Analogue Synthesizers: Roland System 100, Moog DFAM, Dubreq Stylophone Gen R-8, KORG SQ-1

video upload by Tanoi

"Just noodling - Roland System 100, Moog DFAM, Dubreq Stylophone Gen r-8, Korg SQ-1
Korg SQ-1 modulates the filter of the Roland System 100 / 102"