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From October 13–25, 2026, sign up for the Oberheim mailing list for your chance to win. One winner will be selected at random and announced shortly after the giveaway ends.
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A live performance on the Sequential OB-6 with PolyArp, my MIDI arpeggiator. I play the chords and shape the OB-6 sound while PolyArp generates two independent rhythmic parts in a 3:1 ratio.
The sound comes from the OB-6. PolyArp generates the MIDI patterns and works with external MIDI synths and software instruments, as a plugin or a standalone app on your computer.
"Control voltage doesn't always need to be used exactly as it's generated. Sometimes, making small adjustments to a CV signal is the key to getting the sound you're after.
One of the most common ways to modify CV is with attenuation.
Here, an LFO is modulating one of the Blendex inputs on Toros. At full strength, the modulation is dramatic. By attenuating the LFO signal using a module like Lapsus Os, we reduce its voltage range, creating a much more subtle effect.
Next, we’ll switch Lapsus Os into bipolar mode with a flip of the channel’s switch.
And then there's offset.
Here, we're using Sinc Pr avus to add an offset to the same LFO. The modulation keeps its shape, but its entire voltage range shifts, changing where it begins and how it interacts.
Whether you're using Lapsus Os to fine-tune modulation or Sinc Pravus to shift it into a different range, modifying your control voltage gives you more expressive and precise control over your patches.
"We look at the Filternator from Kanawha Music and Art, a Eurorack module designed to recreate the sound and behavior of vintage high-Q filters or resonators, like those found in instruments like the Solovox. It's circuit is based on capacitors and inductors, which can be switched on and off to change the frequency and resonance of the module. It is also passive and doesn't require any power.
We take a close look at its behavior with a controlled oscillator signal from our trusty Arturia MiniBrute 2, including CV-based mix modulation. We then try it out with an electronic organ sound from our Cherry Audio Blue3.
To find out more, please visit https://www.kanawhamusic.com/filternator
00:00 Introduction
00:14 Background and overview
01:00 Exploring the Filternator with an Arturia MiniBrute 2 source
04:57 Using the Mix CV for filter modulation
09:49 Filternator with the Cherry Audio Blue3 organ
13:38 Conclusion"
"Here we have Shooting Stars from Ethereal Electronics which is a stochastic melody generator that seeds patterns then allows for lots of control over them live and on the fly. It's not-so-secret sauce is the ability to save & recall 4 of its main controls and to use transition times to morph between two sets of melodic settings. There's plenty of external control and as I think the patch examples show - there's a lot of impressive things to play around with here!"
https://etherealelectronics.nl
"Shooting Stars is a high-performance 16HP Eurorack stochastic control voltage sequencer designed for modular synthesizers. It combines intuitive hands-on control with more advanced features, allowing musicians, sound designers, and performers to create evolving melodies.
Random melody synthesis from outer space
Shooting Stars is a Eurorack CV sequencer unlike any other in modular synthesis. A musical, performance-oriented sequencer built around tactile controls, visual feedback, and generative creativity.
At the center of the interface are four aluminium encoder knobs, each paired with a LED strip that shows the value of the parameters as well as the notes. Together, these four encoders form the entire control surface: designed for expressive live interaction rather than menu diving.
Instead of programming notes step-by-step, Shooting Stars forces you to sculpt melodies organically. Turn the encoders to transform the sequence musically. Transpose melodies, expand or compress intervals, introduce rests, and create variation, all while remaining perfectly quantized and locked to the selected musical scale.
Hold and turn an encoder to access meta-parameters, allowing fast adjustment of advanced sequencing parameters including:
Transition time (for evolving melodies) Sequence length Quantization scale Slew Vibrato Gate length Accent behaviour Variation amount Intelligence (This feature will be enabled in firmware 1.1!) Every note is represented visually as a falling shooting star across the LED sky. Pitch, gate activity, accents, and modulation states are reflected through colour and intensity, turning the sequencer into both a musical and visual instrument."
"Hear SL Tymra sounds and see the actual instrument in use. Blend sampled instruments with a second synth layer, then shape the sound with the filter and effects."
"448 sounds for keys, bass, pads, leads and organs. Play a sound as it is, or blend sampled instruments with a second synth layer.
Sample + synth.
Blend sampled instruments with nine synthesis models. Shape each sound with filter, envelopes, modulation, delay, space and chorus.
448 sounds
Two layers
Mono / Legato / Glide
Local AI Match
9 synthesis models
Delay / Space / Chorus"
"Polly is free firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a pocket arranger, inspired by the Yamaha QY70. Play a chord, and a band of eight instruments follows it.
16 styles, each with an Intro, two grooves, fills and an Ending
Write your own chord progressions, and build songs from them, section by section
Record two melodies along the song, and fix any note in the piano roll
128 General MIDI sounds and a drum kit, with a mixer, reverb and chorus
Make your own grooves, save up to four songs, and back them up from the browser
Play from a MIDI keyboard, send MIDI to your computer, and mirror the screen
New in 0.4: melodies start as a choir, and the Ending stays in tune when you ask for it mid-song.
0:00 Play a chord, and the band follows
0:14 16 styles
0:28 Grooves and fills
0:43 Build a song
0:51 Record melodies
1:02 Edit notes
1:16 Sounds, mixer and effects
Built on Felucca by Hügelton Instruments. The piano roll follows the design of Melodee by Kerem Kilic. Sounds by Sonivox EAS. Polly isn't affiliated with Yamaha or M-VAVE."
"My new album 'Vive' is finally out and you can get in tape, vinyl and digital on http://hainbach.bandcamp.com. It will be on streaming next week, too. For now, here is 'And so we continue'. It is a more sombre piece from the album I made on the Synthi AKS, and I tried to stay as minimal as possible. I hope you enjoy it!"
Harmona and Obliquencer by A Magic Pulsewave Electronics as well.
"A celebration of sound and everyday life. Each track is a collage of different recording sessions that reflect both small moments and significant experiences In Hainbach's life over the last two years. Captured in intimate sessions and then woven together to tell one grand story.
released October 13, 2026
Music by Hainbach
Mastered by SALZ Mastering
Artwork by Filip Henin
Design by Aoki & Matsumoto"
"Two lovely 12dB SEM-style filters baked into a configurable dual or cascade architecture with interesting modulation and a ridiculous resonance feedback option. Here's my full review and what I like about it."
