"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.
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
"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.
"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.
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
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)
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
"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!
"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
Dub Techno transforms your Novation Circuit Tracks into a modern Dub Techno instrument where hypnotic grooves, evolving atmospheres and endless echoes meet the precision of Techno.
Inspired by the meeting point between Dub and Techno, the pack explores both worlds without compromise. Featuring 120 patches — including 56 Dub Chords, 16 Deep Basses, 24 Poly Synths, 16 Pads, 6 Performance Effects — plus 18 demo projects, the collection blends dub chords, evolving delays, cavernous reverbs and atmospheric textures with solid drums, sub basslines and hypnotic sequences, creating everything from introspective listening experiences to late-night club tracks.
Dub Techno captures the essence of the genre: repetition, subtle evolution and space. Every patch has been designed to breathe, evolve and interact with delay and reverb, allowing simple patterns to grow into rich, immersive soundscapes full of movement and emotion.
"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."
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.
"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.
"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."
"I thought this might be a fun experiment. I made this simple patch and allowed the Pet Rock to determine the rhythms over a 4-day period. Each day I made small changes to modulation, bpm, scale, etc, but the patch is relatively static. It sounds quite different from day to day.
"I thought this might be a fun experiment. I made this simple patch and allowed Supra to determine the rhythms and melodies over a 24 hour period. The rhythm should change every 3 hours and the scale should change every 12 hours. I made minor changes like knob position and clock division but most of the changes are from Supra.
In this video, I’ve tried to briefly outline the main functions of the M-Wave FM-1 synthesizer. I didn't focus on simply switching algorithm - there are plenty of other reviews covering that - but instead delved into the finer details. I also demonstrated M-Wave’s new stereo effects, showing how they work with the FM-1 and sequences using my own custom presets for the synth.
Timeline:
00:00 - 00:50 Introduction
00:50 - 04:02 Internal FX's Overview
04:02 - 04:42 Few words about Sequencer
04:42 - 06:15 External pedals M-Vave Elemental Pro & Galaxia engage in work
06:15 - 07:33 Jamming with Sequences from "Ambient & Dreams" library for FM-1
07:33 - 09:22 EDIT button & FM Operators
09:22 - 10:20 LFO funcionality
10:20 - 13:20 ARP analysis
13:20 - 13:54 Explaining the ENV (Envelope)
13:54 - 15:10 More about EDIT button & 6 Operators work
15:10 - 15:38 Ideas of sound programming for M-Vave FM-1
15:38 - 18:32 Examples of 'Ambient & Dreams' Presets & my Sequences
18:32 - My Conclusion
"This distorted acid lead is not a sample: Profligacy emulates the Korg Prophecy, the synth behind that Prodigy sound.I tested the plugin by Joe Landers in Ableton Live. CPU usage stays at just 5–8%.In this video: The Prodigy-style sounds, the automation behind them, and more presets.
🎹 What you'll get in this video:
• Profligacy: a free, open-source Korg Prophecy emulator
• CPU test in Ableton Live: 5–8% usage
• Prodigy-style acid leads and their automation
• More presets demos
• Honest limits: ROM required, alpha status, monophonic
⚠️ What you need to know:
• You need your own ROM of the original firmware. It is not included, and I don't provide or link it.
• The plugin is an early alpha version, so bugs are possible.
