Korg Kronos X 88 SN 101459

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"This Kronos is the perfect tool for live and studio use, with a 16 track sequencer, 9 sound engines and vector synthesis, what more could you ask for? Comes with gator soft case."

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Korg Wavestation | Vector Synthesizer | Demo Songs & Sounds

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"Experience the legendary sounds of the Korg Wavestation, one of the most innovative synthesizers ever created. In this video, we take a look of the iconic wave sequencing, vector synthesis, evolving pads, atmospheric textures, and unique digital soundscapes that made the Wavestation a milestone in synthesizer history.

Originally released in the early 1990s, the Korg Wavestation introduced groundbreaking synthesis technology that continues to inspire musicians, producers, and sound designers today. From lush ambient pads and cinematic soundtracks to electronic music and experimental textures, the Wavestation remains a powerful source of inspiration.

In this video, you'll hear a selection of the factory demo tracks, evolving soundscapes, motion textures and classic Wavestation patches that showcase why this synthesizer has become a cult favorite among keyboardists and synthesizer enthusiasts worldwide.

0:06 Demo1
1:02 Demo2
2:30 Demo3
3:29 Demo4
5:00 Demo5
6:04 Demo6


The Korg Wavestation is widely used in ambient music, film scoring, new age, electronic music, synthwave, and progressive rock productions. Its unique ability to create continuously evolving sounds makes it one of the most distinctive digital synthesizers ever produced."

Korg USA Mourns the Passing of Jack Hotop, Legendary Sound Designer and Innovator

Some sad news in via Korg.

You can find posts on MATRIXSYNTH featuring Jack Hotop here for a look back on his influence in the synthesizer community. The first post was a simple pic back in 2006.

Press release from Korg follows:

Over a 40-Year Career, the Influential Synthesist and Accomplished Touring Keyboardist Shaped the Sonic Architecture of More Than 100 Landmark Instruments, Including the Historic M1 Workstation

MELVILLE, N.Y. - Korg USA announces with deep sadness the passing of longtime employee, celebrated sound designer, and musical instrument industry icon Jack Hotop. Joining Korg USA (then Unicord) in 1983, Hotop started as Senior Voicing Manager and spent over four decades driving the development, sound design, programming, voicing, and product demonstrations for more than 100 Korg products. As a pioneering engineer and exceptionally skilled performer, his extensive contributions helped guide the evolution of synthesizers and digital workstations from the early 1980s through the modern era, leaving an indelible imprint on instruments used by musicians around the world and for generations to come.

Hotop’s foundational expertise was anchored in a rigorous musical and technical background. Raised in a musical family, he began piano lessons at age seven, inspired by his father, a musician featured on several Broadway cast recordings, and numerous pianists on his mother’s side. By age 14, he was actively performing in local bands on a Gibson 101 organ. He pursued formal training at the Berklee College of Music, majoring in arranging, composition, and accompaniment, before expanding into emerging music technology at the Boston School of Electronic Music under Roger Powell. It was there that Hotop established his core synthesis fundamentals using early hardware including the ARP Odyssey, 2600, 2500, and EMS Synthi, building a deep understanding of waveforms, envelopes, low-frequency oscillators, and modulators.

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introducing splines

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"A first tour of the new splines eurorack module by thorn.audio out now.
For more information please visit the manual page at:
://thorn.audio/splines"

This one was sent my way via Meska.

"Splines is a visual vector curve generator in Eurorack format, with a wide frequency range and a built in quantizer, cv scope and cv processing capability.

It can be used in ways similar to a wavetable VCO, LFO, step sequencer or envelope generator.

Onboard quantizer scales, backups and firmware updates are managed as you would use an external USB drive.

It’s a small, shallow, multifaceted addition to any setup, and for touring rigs it can fill many roles in exchange for little space and weight.

in depth.
In the technical sense "splines" are most commonly used in 3d modelling, animation and vector graphics. It's essentially just a way of creating a curved path from one point to another.

In this module, you have up to sixteen user configurable points or nodes which function much like a step sequencer, where the X axis represents time and the Y axis represents voltage.

When the phase(time) reaches the X position of a node, the 1v/oct output changes to the Y position value of that node.

Each of the sixteen nodes also has a configurable trigger setting, determining if the gate output goes high when the phase crosses the X position of the node.

The nodes are connected by a spline and the shape of this spline is determined by three parameters; Tension, Continuity and Bias. The spline output gives you a voltage following this curve.

Tension changes how extreme the curve between the nodes is.

Continuity sets the angle of the spline at the node.

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RYK TimeSlice Looper Module New Firmware V1.2 - sound demos and technique tutorials

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"The New V1.2 Time Slice firmware unleashes some super cool new features including Polyphonic sample playback, Autoslice + Slice marker editing, Morphagene Reels support, and some funky quantised trigger input and output options amongst others . . .

NEW FEATURES LIST:

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FREE SYNTH: NILS' KAWAI K1v (Kawai K1 Emulator) - No talking demo

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"Hello everyone!

Here's to you my "No talking demo" of this FREE emulation of the Kawai K1 synthesizer developed by Nils Schneider, which brings back to life this iconic synthesizer!

The Kawai K1 is a famous japanese classic from 1988 and it was a massive success with both the critics and the public. The company managed to reportedly shift around 50,000 of them. There also was a rackmount version (K1r) and a tabletop option (K1m).

The key to its popularity was certainly down to its sound, which combined single-cycle additive waves with PCM samples. There was another reason though: in the late 80's this D-50-style sample synthesis was out of reach of most musicians, but then the Kawai K1 came along and it was much cheaper than the Roland D-50!

Now you can have it in your DAW with this amazing FREE software emulation!

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Sequential Circuits Prophet VS 61-Key 8-Voice Polyphonic Synthesizer SN 0237

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"The Sequential Circuits Prophet VS (Vector Synthesizer) is a classic 1986 hybrid synth, famed for its innovative joystick that blends four digital oscillators to create rich, evolving pads and otherworldly soundscapes. Designed by the late Dave Smith (RIP), this instrument is a landmark in synth history.

This unit is in great shape for its age, with only minor cosmetic wear consistent with normal use. Fully functional and ready to play.

Serial No.: 2400-0237"

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Sequential Prophet VS – The Synthesizer Behind These Legendary 80s Sounds

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"Discover the iconic sounds of the Sequential Prophet VS – one of the most unique and influential vintage synthesizers ever made! 🎹
This 80s synth can morph between four sounds in real time… and somehow still sounds more futuristic than modern plugins. You’ve probably heard it before—this is the Sequential Prophet VS.

In this video, I break down the most famous Prophet VS sounds, including the legendary evolving vector pads, digital choir textures, and metallic bell tones that defined late ’80s synth music.

The Prophet VS combines digital waveforms with analog filters and groundbreaking vector synthesis, creating rich, evolving sounds t
hat are still widely used in ambient, synthwave, film scoring, and modern music production.

Sound List:
0:07 Fancy - Flames Of Love
0:40 France Gall - Ella, Elle Là
0:57 Icehouse - No Promises
1:13 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
1:28 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Live Version)
1:45 Phil Collins - That`s Just The Way It Is
1:59 Phil Collins - Don`t Lose My Number"

Sequential Prophet VS Rackmount 8-Voice Polyphonic Synthesizer SN 0629

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"The Prophet VS uses Vector Synthesis as its revolutionary new means of sound creation. It uses a total of four oscillators per voice with 127 waveforms (32 user) and dynamic waveform crossfading via the joystick. This was Sequential's first digital synth, and it was also their final synth unfortunately."

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The Crow Hill Company Introduces the THE SH*T SYNTH

The Sh*t Synth - Walkthrough video upload by CROW HILL XTRAS

Press release follows:


The Crow Hill Company turns to extensive and rare collection to turn out THE SH*T SYNTH as compendium of 48 circuit-, wave- and sample-bent instruments

EDINBURGH, UK: The Crow Hill Company is proud to turn to its own extensive and rare collection of hardware to turn out THE SH*T SYNTH — available as a compendium of 48 circuit-, wave- and sample-bent instruments inspired by some of the Edinburgh-based enterprise’s eclectic musical favourites (spanning the likes of Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Joe Maus, Jon Brion, Laurie Spiegel, Radiohead, Throbbing Gristle, and Yazoo) to create something that they collectively ask: is it just shit or ‘the shit’? — as of April 7…

Whatever way anyone chooses to read into the titling of THE SH*T SYNTH as the latest entry into The Crow Hill’s ongoing ORIGINS series of sample-based virtual instrument plug-ins, one thing is for sure: it readily represents a broad selection of three categories of 16 workhorse instruments each, effectively wrapped up into a single plug-in designed to bring a cohesive approach to making music more edgy, lo-fi, retro, and — swimming against the technological tide of so-called progress — decidedly AI (Artificial Intelligence) slop-free. From pianos to strings, plucks, beeps, bass, and pads, the compendium that is THE SH*T SYNTH has been lovingly sculpted by the Edinburgh-based enterprise’s media composer and ‘samplist-in-residence’ Christian Henson to take the hassle out of making existing sounds less refined, catering to those looking for an entirely new bank of Mellotron-style sounds as well as synths that have been long forgotten — for good reason, too!

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Komodo by Krakli - Free Semi Modular Synthesiser Demo

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"Komodo is a semi-modular synthesizer.

It has a vast range of self contained synth engines, Virtual Analog, Physical modelling, FM, and Bell tones (Ring mod) all routable via filters, Vector controllers, and a variety of envelopes and LFOs then on to multiple effects stages.

Each sound engine can furthermore be controlled by a combination of Keyboard, Sequencers or Arpeggiators.

Things can get crazy very quickly. Its also a very large GUI so some may struggle to fit it onto their screens. Komodo has historically not been that popular as it is a dificult beast to tame but persevere and you will be rewarded."

Synth East 2026 Highlights & Performances

video upload by Molten Music Technology

Playlist:

1. Synth East 2025 Highlights

As the dust and electrons settle on another Synth East it's good to spend a little time reliving those moments of synthesizer loveliness. Here are your Synth East 2026 highlights.

2. Synth East 2025 Norwich Synth Club Performances

Two performances from members of the Norwich Synth Club. The first group are called A Vector in Hilbert Space and the second group are called D A C 3.

For more information about the club go here: / norwichsynth [Facebook]

3. Synth East 2025 All-Star Patch-Off

Draw two modular artists out of a hat and persuade them to improvise live on stage - that is the Patch-Off and these are your stars:
Paulee Bow - / @magicalsynthadventure3216
Finlay Shakespeare - https://finlayshakespeare.bandcamp.com/
Nicki from Dots - https://www.iamseeingdots.co.uk/
Gaz Williams - / gazwilliams
Steve Davis - https://theutopiastrong.bandcamp.com/
Robin Vincent - https://moltenmusictechnology.com/
Visuals by Sloon - / sloon_visuals

4. Synth East 2025 Magical Molten Modular Synth Adventure

Saturday night performance by Paulee Bow and Robin Vincent posing as the Magical Molten Modular Synth Adventure.

Paulee Bow - / @magicalsynthadventure3216 Robin Vincent - https://moltenmusictechnology.com/
Visuals by Sloon - / sloon_visuals

And one from Robin Rimbaud-Scanner's channel:

Live at Synth East Norwich (21 Feb 2026)

video upload by Robin Rimbaud-Scanner

"A selection of the opening sequence of music I performed at Synth East in Norwich recently, supporting my old sonic pals Cabaret Voltaire."

“AlfaVox” - AlfaVox System A1905 🎛️🎩✨

video upload by Stephano Gavilanes

"An impromptu sequence with the one and only AlfaVox A1905 system, and the Five12 Vector!👌🏽

Hope you enjoy it! 🤙🏼

Music composed and recorded by Stephano Gavilanes.© Copyright 2026. All rights reserved."

RetroSound Studio Tour: Vintage Digital Synthesizers

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"RetroSound Studio Tour:
Legendary Vintage Digital & Hybrid Synthesizers of the 80s and early 90s

In this episode of RetroSound Studio, I explore classic digital synthesizers that revolutionized electronic music production during the 80s and early 90s. From FM synthesis and wavetable synthesis to vector synthesis, PD synthesis, vitual analog and Roland’s LA synthesis, these instruments introduced a new generation of sound design and defined the sonic identity of an era.

The Yamaha DX7 became one of the best-selling synthesizers of all time, defining FM electric pianos and metallic digital textures. The PPG Wave pioneered wavetable synthesis, laying the foundation for modern digital sound engines. The Sequential Prophet VS introduced vector synthesis, allowing dynamic blending between digital waveforms. The Roland D-50 shaped late-80s pop and film scoring with its LA synthesis architecture, while the Roland JD-800 brought hands-on control back to digital synthesis in the 1990s.

These digital synthesizers shaped genres such as synth-pop, new wave, ambient, house, techno, trance, and film music. Today, they remain highly sought after by producers, collectors, and sound designers researching vintage digital synthesizers, 80s keyboard sounds, virtual analog, classic FM synthesis, and wavetable history."

The Digital & Hybrid Synths:
0:07 Sequential Prophet VS
4:39 PPG wave 2.2
10:36 Yamaha DX7 II FD
14:56 Yamaha DX11
16:39 Casio CZ-101
19:29 Casio VZ-1
21:21 Roland JD-800
26:40 Roland D-50 / D-550
28:00 Korg Wavestation EX / SR
31:24 Korg DW-8000 / EX-8000
32:42 Roland M-VS1
35:57 Kawai K5000R
38:57 Waldorf Microwave
39:44 Waldorf Microwave II XT
41:15 Clavia Nord Modular
41:59 Yamaha AN1x
44:36 Roland JV-1080
45:33 Ensoniq SQ-80
46:23 Quasimidi Raven Max
47:42 Korg Z1

Full Studio Tour playlist:

Buchla Kaleidoscope 29 / Fugindo (261e, 281h, 292h, euroracks)

video upload by takao_kurokawa

"Buchla LEM Snoopy & some eurorack and effects

eurorack modules:
Whimsical Raps: Silhouette
ADDAC System: Stochastic Function Generator
Five12: Vector Sequencer
Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C
OTO Machines BIM"

Eurorack Study 6 / Adagio (Xaoc Odessa, Koszalin, Joranalogue Collide4, etc)

video upload by takao_kurokawa

"modules:
Xaoc Devices: Odessa+Hel, Koszalin, Sewastopol II
Joranalogue Audio Design: Collide 4
Toppobrillo Sport Modulator 2
ADDAC System Stochastic Function Generator
Five12 Vector Sequencer
Hikari Instruments Dual Delay"

Eurorack Study 5 / Estava Bem Tranquilo.

video upload by takao_kurokawa

modules:
Whimsical Raps: Just Friends, Mangrove, Three Sisters, Silhouett
Joranalogue: Morph 4
Make Noise: Maths
Five 12: Vector Sequencer
Hikari Instruments: Dual Delay
Happy Nerding: FX Aid

Kurzweil Introduces SP8 Stage Keyboard Built on Legendary V.A.S.T. engine

"Designed for performers who demand expressive sound, immediate control, and rock-solid reliability, the SP8 Stage Keyboard delivers Kurzweil’s legendary performance DNA in a powerful, streamlined instrument built for the modern stage. Built on Kurzweil’s legendary V.A.S.T. engine, the SP8 combines authentic acoustic realism, deep synthesis, and intuitive hands-on control—giving you everything you need to command the moment."


88-key fully weighted hammer-action keyboard
2 GB of factory sounds powered by FlashPlay® technology
1000 factory programs organized into 10 intuitive categories
Over 200 factory Multis for complex splits and layers
More than 4000 user locations to store your own Programs and Multis
256 Voice Polyphony
German D and Triple Strike Pianos
KSR – Kurzweil String Resonance, for rich, realistic piano response
KB3 ToneReal™ organ modeling, with front-panel knobs acting as drawbars
Classic 6-operator FM synthesis
Classic tine electric pianos, clavinets, harpsichords, and celeste
Bells, glockenspiel, bowed and hit crotales
Vector Synthesis waveforms and classic Kurzweil textures
Updated sounds drawn from the K2700, K2088/61, PC4, and iconic Kurzweil instruments
5 assignable knobs with 3-position Shift (15 virtual knobs total)
5 assignable buttons with 3-position Shift (15 virtual buttons total)
Programmable Variation button
Pitch wheel and assignable modulation wheel
Tap Tempo with programmable tempo control
Dedicated Transpose buttons (semitone or octave)
5-zone MIDI controller in Multi Mode for splits and layers
Arpeggiator, CC Sequencers, and Riffs, with dedicated front-panel buttons
Up to 5 simultaneous arpeggiators or CC sequences in Multi Mode
Built-in Riff and Metronome—always ready when you are
Audio input with FX for line, instrument, or mic sources
Two assignable switch pedal jacks, supporting up to four switch pedals
Half-damper pedal support for expressive piano techniques
One assignable continuous (CC) pedal jack for volume, wah, and more
More info coming soon!

Beetlecrab.audio Vector Digital Synthesizer Desktop Module

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Jamuary 20th 2026 - Sand Flute?

video upload by Captain Credible

"Yes! Cutting edge sand and vector synthesis, two different eras, equally silly concepts. I salute the designers behind the ELZ_1 for spearheading the way into new and undiscovered sonic avenues.
#ELZ_1 #ProVSMINI #jamuary2026"