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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Arturia Introduces the MiniFreak 49

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.

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Roland Announces JUPITER-08 and n/vision Roland Boutique Instruments

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.

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Electro Jam with PWM Malevolent / Roland TR-606 / Aira Compact S-1

video upload by ghostradioshow

Monday, October 19, 2026

PolyArp 1.4.0 + Moog Subsequent 37 | Standalone Tutorial

video upload by Iris Orbit

"Explore PolyArp 1.4.0:
https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/

Build a two-part MIDI pattern with PolyArp 1.4.0, then play it on a Moog Subsequent 37. Follow the English on-screen explanations from MIDI setup through Repeat Last, custom Draw rhythms and the final performance at 121 BPM.

Setup:
Novation Launchkey Mini MK3 → PolyArp 1.4.0 standalone → Moog Subsequent 37

The Moog is in Duo Mode for two-note paraphonic playing: two pitches share its filter. PolyArp generates MIDI; the Moog provides the sound.

The walkthrough covers Gate, octave range and shift, Direction, fixed velocities, and editing each hand's rhythm. Repeat Last with Count 2 plays the final note of the pattern twice in total. In Draw mode, notes are removed to create space in each part.

Chapters:
0:00 Performance preview and MIDI setup
0:20 Shape the rhythm and note range
0:42 Repeat Last and Count
1:14 Edit both rhythms in Draw
1:44 Live performance at 121 BPM"

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NEW Future Retro 777 - Not just an acid machine.

video upload by zafrosoundz

https://future-retro.com/

"A really simple Jam exploring the timbres of the instrument and using the remix function for a variation on the bass riff. This bass is mainly using the Sub on Osc 1.

Gear
Medusa - Intro noise
MC707 - Mixer, efx, drums and pad
FR777 - Bass

‪@FutureRetroSynths‬"

Megafold Legio: Wavefolder+waveshaper and chorus on the Legio platform

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Megafold Legio combines our wavefolder with waveshaping, dynamics tracking, and stereo chorus for all sorts of harmonic destruction.

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

Let's start with Gain. This drives your signal into the wavefolder, adding more folds and harmonic complexity as you push it.

Shape changes the character of the folding itself, giving you another way to transform the harmonics and completely reshape your sound.

And when Gain and Shape are pulled back, they work together as a blend, letting you mix the processed sound with your original signal.

Envelop lets Megafold follow the dynamics of your incoming audio, so the folding and shaping can respond to how your sound changes over time.

Then there's stereo chorus. One switch controls the amount while the other changes its speed, adding stereo movement to all that folded mayhem.

And if you need a little more mayhem, send a gate to FSU.

Today your Legio is folding, shaping, and chorusing your sound. A quick USB swap and it can be crushing bits, processing dynamics, mangling grains, or doing something completely different.

23 Firmwares.One Legio.

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

Morphor Echon 6 sounds

video upload by David Bessell

"Demo sounds for the Echon 6 physical modelling synthesizer. There is a lot more you can do with this than the presets suggest. This is where I got to after about a week, there are deeper functions I haven't touched yet but its sounding good so far. All sounds are just a single layer, a tough of external reverb added."

Hainbach - In Memoriam

video upload by HAINBACH

"A year to the day my mother passed away. I wrote this piece in memory of her, and it is out now on my new album 'Vive'. Some of you might have already seen and heard this on my video to the string armonica, which I used as the melody instrument here. Listen to the album here:"

Virus A and B Editors for PatchBase

video upload by Coffeeshopped

"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."

https://coffeeshopped.com/2026/10/access-virus-virus-b-editors-available-today

Korg Wavestate - "Aether" Soundset (40 Exclusive Performances)

video upload by LFOstore

"Step into the light. Aether is a collection of 40 exclusive performances for Korg Wavestate, woven from air, glass and morning sun. Imagine a luminous golden horizon, a sea of clouds drifting far below, crystal spheres floating weightlessly through an endless sky. This is the world these sounds were crafted to build around you.

At its heart are the pads: shimmering, slowly breathing, rising like first light over the clouds. They turn like light through a prism, drift like mist at dawn and bloom into soft harmonic halos. Around them, sequences and arpeggios sparkle in the spirit of the Berlin School and the golden age of 80s electronica, but on its bright side, where every pulse is a ray of sunlight rather than a shadow. Glass bells, silver plucks and tender leads complete the sky.

As a sound designer for Access Music, Native Instruments, and Modal Electronics, OttO K. Schwarz shaped every performance with one aim: sounds that feel weightless but never empty. Many performances are multi-layered, with evolving textures and melodic phrases that invite you to simply hold a chord and listen.

All presets are tuned for real-time expression: the modulation wheel and other assigned parameters open the sound like clouds parting, giving you intuitive control over several parameters at once. Whether you’re scoring a film, composing ambient or electronic music, guiding a meditation session or playing live, “Aether” offers a palette of sounds that are light, luminous and deeply musical.

Please find more details here - https://ottolfo.sellfy.store/wavestate/"

Daisy Pod - Build Your OWN Music Gear (Beginner-Friendly) | Unboxing & First Look

video upload by Pocket Trax

Meet Omri Cohen's First Eurorack Module - Pitch Keeper

video upload by Omri Cohen

You should know Omri Cohen from his numerous VCV Rack and eurorac tutorial videos here on MATRIXSYNTH. Pitch Keeper is his first eurorack module.

"My first Eurorack module is finally available / Pitch Keeper overview and tutorial"

Introduction - 00:00
Basic functionality - 01:58
Motion Looper - 07:09
Risers and transitions - 11:21
Not just with VCOs - 13:05
Locking modulation - 16:25
Recording performances - 19:40
Synced looping - 22:24
Pitch sequences - 24:38
Mixing the input - 27:09
As a macro controller - 28:54
Disclaimer - 31:10

"Here is all the information about Pitch Keeper: https://modulove.io/pitchkeeper." Some captured for the site archives:

"THE clou

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."

AlphaTheta ChordCat Groovebox and Chord Engine - SonicDEMO

video upload by sonicstate

"We're looking at the ‪@alphathetaglobal‬ AlphaTheta ChordCat, a compact eight-track groovebox. It has built-in sounds, effects, sequencing and the ChordCruiser chord-generation system. It runs on battery or USB, and includes USB MIDI, MIDI in/out/thru, stereo outputs and headphones.

ChordCat is more than a groovebox and has chord helper functions which makes creating riffs and arrangements pretty straightforward. Matt takes us through sounds, sequencing, chord creation, effects, pattern handling, performance controls and DAW integration.

The sound banks include basses, keys, leads, pads, guitars, plucks, mallets, brass, strings, stabs and drum kits, with the 4x4 X-Y pad used for auditioning presets.

ChordCruiser shows chord names and notes, works with key and scale settings, and offers further chord choices after each selection. Matt built a four-chord set, then recorded it into the sequencer. The sequencer records note length, allows step entry, and lets each step hold gate and velocity values.

We also cover delay, arpeggiator, reverb and chorus sends, track volume and pan, ducking, filter and amp envelope editing, plus automation recording.Pattern copy, direction changes, switchback, step shift, chaining, muting and soloing can be used to reshape the sequence.

ChordCat Manager works on PC and Mac for sequence import/export. ChordCruiser is also coming as a plugin only, with beta access via AlphaTheta.

UK pricing is around £239 -£250.

Key Moments
00:00:00 Introduction and hardware overview
00:01:54 Sound browsing and preset auditioning
00:03:07 Chord mode, scales and ChordCruiser
00:09:47 Recording chords and step editing
00:11:28 Delay, arpeggiator and per-step control
00:14:52 Drums, track levels and sends
00:20:15 Filters, envelopes and automation
00:23:32 Pattern variations, direction and chaining
00:29:44 DAW MIDI, ChordCat Manager, plugin beta and price"

Practicing Plinky 12 chord

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"Quick practice on Plinky 12 chord, still in the learning phase .

Thank you for watching. My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with. You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/. If you'd like to support the channel consider buying music from bandcamp ;) Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

23 Engines, 407 Sounds! Clipper 1.0 for the M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by PhilipsKnobs

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.

CLIPPER INSTALLATION:
https://isod89.github.io/clipper-fm1/

CLIPPER WEB EDITOR:
https://isod89.github.io/clipper-fm1/..."

Believe The HYP-1/ Acid Techno on M-Vave FM-1

video upload by HanzVolt

"Why dont you have 6?"

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

Baikonur 4: a virtual instrument sampled from a SOMA Lyra-8

video upload by Fangtooth Instruments

"Baikonur 4 is a cinematic virtual instrument built from deep-sampled recordings of the Soma Lyra-8 — an analog synthesizer known for its unpredictable, organic character. Available now as VST3/AU.

🔗 Get it here: https://fangtoothinstruments.com

Baikonur 4 features multiple mic positions, a built-in arpeggiator, and a full effects chain — covering everything from dark atmospheric drones to percussive textures and alien tonalities. Designed for film, game, and horror scoring"

Baikonur 4 is a sample-based synthesizer built from the sound of the SOMA Lyra-8™, a celebrated analog drone instrument. Rather than model it, Baikonur 4 captures its character through multi-channel recording and lets you reshape it with modulation, filtering and effects.

What makes the instrument distinctive is how each sound was recorded: every source was captured through four separate “mic” channels, each with its own tone, which you blend to taste on the main page.

Main — The direct signal, run through analog EQ, analog saturation and transformers for weight and color.
Room — The signal sent through a Fender Princeton Reverb amplifier and then a Universal Audio OX amp top box with the “Room” control fully raised — the source of the channel’s name.
Cab L / Cab R — Two different speaker-cabinet impulse responses, each captured in a different room and without the amplifier used on the Room channel — adding width and a sense of space.

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The Bob Moog Foundation Announces Online Art & Memorabilia Auction

via The Bob Moog Foundation

"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."

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