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Arturia Minifreak 37,
Minifreak 49,
Waldorf Iridium,Protein,
Supercritical Red Shift 6,
Doepfer R2m,
Mutable Instruments Midipal,
Enjoy Godfather,
Elektron Tonverk,
Hologram Electronics Microcosm,
Strymon Cloudburst, Big Sky MX, in Dual Mono Mode controlled with
Midi CC by, 16n Faderbank, AtoVproject ,
Minor Scale,
31.10.2026
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Behringer Open Source IGNITE 64-channel Multi-track Sequencer Incoming

via GitHub

There is a Creator in every human being. Our mission is to empower those who have not and cannot.

Source code for the Behringer IGNITE 64-channel multi-track sequencer.

Key features

64-channel multi-track sequencer with a song, scene, track and pattern structure

Patterns of up to 16 bars with 16 steps per bar, scenes of up to 200 bars, 96 PPQN timing

Real-time recording, undo, fill, solo/skip, gang and sculpt functions

Transpose control and up to 10 user-defined scales

Internal General MIDI sound engine

5 MIDI DIN in/out pairs, USB MIDI, and USB host MIDI for up to 5 devices

MIDI clock sync, MIDI Machine Control and remote control

8 CV and 8 Gate jacks with calibration, plus sync in/out

Wi-Fi connectivity

Release status

This repository contains the IGNITE application, its audio engine and hardware protocol, and the Buildroot tree for the Linux image. Material that could not be redistributed was removed, so some parts need your own replacements before they build (see the README in each folder). There is no official firmware release here yet.

Front panel
Touchscreen
16 RGB step pads, each with its own encoder
8 assignable knobs (A–H) and a jog wheel
ROW and BAR encoders
Transport, song/scene/track/pattern, and edit buttons
USB-A port (5 V, 1 A) with a USB STOP button

High Defininition Modular Colourizer / Posterizer Video FX Processor

video upload by LoFiFuture

https://www.lofifuture.shop/product/h...

"Yet to be named! This is a prototype I for a new type of glitch colourizer / posterizer I have been doing research and development on for the better part of a year. It takes your standard high definition signal and splits it into 7 differential pairs that can be disconnected one by one and re-patched in all the wrong ways! It provides a similar colourise effect to what I find in a lot of HD scalers, but takes it to a whole new level!

It will happily process a 1080p 60fps video signal as well as a bunch of lower resolutions.

There are 14 switches that disconnect the lines of data, 14 switches that bus and of these lines of data together and 28 3.5mm jacks that are the 14 differential and outputs.

A lot of colourise effects can be accessed with just the toggle switches, no need to patch any cables for quick fx!"

SynthFest 2026 Walkthrough

video uploads by Molten Music Technology

"I visited SynthFest for the day in Sheffield and these were the bits of synth and modular that caught my attention."

You can use the player controls to skip around once started.

Playlist:

1. SynthFest 2026 Walkthrough

Sound On Sound magazine brought back SynthFest this year to delight us with synthesisers, modular and electronic music technology. It was filled with gear, seminars and a good dollop of community. Here's my walkthrough of the main expo in the hope of giving you some of the vibe of this fabulous show. Check out my handful of other videos getting closer in on some of the interesting bits that caught my attention. https://www.synthfest.co.uk/

2. SynthFest 2026 Noise Lab Beat Designer

To go along with their Drum Designer module, Noise Lab has come up with a fully featured drum machine called Beat Designer. https://www.noiselab.se/

3. SynthFest 2026 Orbiton

A remarkable new prototype instrument called Orbiton. It uses these twangy lamellas to physically modulate the sound. Currently the sound source is a DSP internal synth, but the intention is to be able to use the lamella vibrations as oscillators as the instrument develops. https://orbitonsynth.com/

4. SynthFest 2026 Delia Derbyshire Day

Grabbed a few moments at the Delia Derbyshire Day booth who are using Delia's legacy to empowered women in electronic music and technology. This was juston the Insta360 camera so the video and audio are a bit ropey, but it's a wonderful charity who deserve a shout-out. https://deliaderbyshireday.com/

5. SynthFest 2026 Half-Time Modular 8TR, 2TR and a Looper

Half-Time Modular are released a stereo, 2-track recorder module that will capture your performance at the touch of a button. Very neat in 2HP but also useful as a 1U tile. They also had a prototype looper - one to watch out for. https://www.halftimemodular.com/

6. SynthFest 2026 MidiCake Una

Una is a sort of build-a-band, hardware interactive composer that responds to what you play and jams around it. https://midicake.com/

7. SynthFest 2026 Rides in the Storm Rhythm Rides

Rides in the Storm were showing their not-quite-working drum machine Rhythm Rides. It's a massive source of modular drums, pattern generation and percussive grooving. Should be running at Superbooth next year. https://rides-in-the-storm.de/

8. SynthFest 2026 Bradshaw Instruments Drumkid

Sample-based drum module that's a whole kit to play with and includes lots of probabilistic messing about. https://bradshawinstruments.myshopify.com

9. SynthFest 2026 CLIP Photon Smasher

CLIP are a community-led project that brings people together over the generation of sound, and making and listening to music. They had two different Photon Smashers to show us. https://www.clipsoundandmusic.uk/

10. SynthFest 2026 Ian Helliwell

Discovered a superbly dressed man, showing some wondefully put together boxes, making some fascinating noises. That man is audio/visual artist Ian Helliwell. https://www.ianhelliwell.co.uk/

11. SynthFest 2026 F*ck With Sound

F*ck With Sound were showing three modules including a Ring Modulator, Distortion and Spatial mixing thing. https://www.fwithsound.com/

12. SynthFest 2026 Wonkystuff FluxMEMORY/h

Wonkystuff has pulled the FluxMEMORY out of the AE Modular format and put it into your hand. The handheld FluxMemory/h gives you four sample playback heads that you can mix and mess with. https://wonkystuff.co.uk/

13. SynthFest 2026 Eternal Research Demon Box

Strange triangulaar box that feeds of electromagnetic fields and outputs MIDI notes and other bits of data. https://eternalresearch.com/

14. SynthFest 2026 Transistor Sound Labs Bitloader

Bitloader is a sample-based drum module that's the perfect companion to the Stepper Drum which been in development for a very long time. However, Nina seemed to think that January could be the moment to get both of these modules released! https://www.transistorsoundslabs.com/

See the labels below for additonal posts on each.

Formanta P432 (1989) - Presets & Midi Demo

video upload by LFOstore

"We've got this only one midified soviet polyphonic synthesizer from 1989 in perfect condition.
With case, manuals & factory pedal.

In this demo we are showing preset sounds wuth small amount of Valhalla Supermassive Reverb & Arturia Keystep for midi examples.

The Formanta P-432 is a digital pre-set synthesizer with 32 sounds based on stored ROM sounds for many popular real instruments including piano, harmonica, accordion, organ, Hammond, flute, brass, woodwind, various electric keyboards and some synthesizer sounds as well."

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ARP Odyssey rev.1 auto repeat & S/H

video upload by Senor KAGA Broadcast

"Vintage ARP Odyssey rev.1 (Late model)
Original 4023 filter broke, replaced it with a substitute from Synthchaser.
Verified its operation while auto-repeat and S/H."

AtomoSynth Reveals Mochika X7 Analog Synth

AtomoSynth Mochika X7 | Reveal | Analog Synth Sequence & Textures (No Talking)
video upload by Atomosynth

"Hello world! A simple sequence, a lot of different textures. No talking, just the new MochikaX7. Every sound you hear comes from the synth itself: the analog square/saw oscillator, DCO, the noise oscillator, and the vactrol filter.

Available as a *Eurorack module* with an extensive patch bay, and as a *standalone desktop synth* with a 3D-printed case.

Classic analog square and saw oscillator, plus noise oscillator
Digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) with square, saw, triangle, and sine waveforms
Voltage-controlled low-pass and high-pass vactrol filter
Extensive modulation and a new modulatable onboard delay
32-step sequencer with 9 playing modes and 100-pattern memory
Sync via external clock, MIDI clock, and USB MIDI clock
18-point patch bay (9 inputs, 9 outputs)
Desktop: 255 × 145 × 83 mm, 19 V power supply included
Eurorack: 48 HP, 25 mm deep, 123 mA (+12 V), 80 mA (−12 V), 30 mA (+5 V)

🇵🇪 Designed, hand-assembled, calibrated, and tested with care in Lima, Peru by the AtomoSynth team.

🔗 *More info / availability:*
https://atomosynth.co/"

"We are proud to bring back to the world the all-time classic AtomoSynth Mochika. This new version, “X7,” represents a rebirth of the classic Mochika sound, along with extensive modulation capabilities and a new modulatable onboard delay effect.

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Synthesizers.com Announces the Q215 DIGITAL REVERB

via Synthesizers.com

Note: Synthesizers.com is happy to announce they are showing off their new design this weekend at the Brooklyn Synth EXPO, October 17-18, 2026.

COMING SOON -- NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY

The Q215 DIGITAL REVERB from Synthesizers.com.

We are proud to announce that we have added a multi-mode STEREO reverb to our lineup. Featuring detailed reverbs created to work well within a modular setup, this module is sure to add new sounds and textures to your case that are sure to inspire you.

With multiple reverb algorithms, the Q215 can easily fill the role of everything from a subtle spatial enhancer to an intense sonic shaper -- especially if you add modulation to any of the four CV inputs. You may find yourself in some decidedly abstract territory, creating dream-like soundscapes or ambient dub workouts with just a twist of a knob.

We have chosen ease of use over pages of menus. Simply use the Mode button to select the next algorithm. Some are more natural while others are decidedly synthetic.

The Q215 features a wide range of reverb styles, some of which even include period accurate sample rate adjustments to capture the proper tone. (The two Abstract Large Hall algorithms are decidedly dark and gritty -- part of that darkness comes from the 32Khz sample rate for those modes.)

The module puts out a STEREO SIGNAL (though it still sounds great in mono) from a mono input or a stereo input. The module will process all the usual +/-5V signals but can also work with line level signals as well, such as drum machines and synthesizers. The built in GAIN control allows the user to adjust the headroom and can be pushed into slight clipping if so desired.

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SIDE FX – Quad Eurorack Multi-Effects Module | Granular, Reverb, Glitch & Pitch Demo

video upload by RYK Modular

"SIDE FX: 14HP Eurorack multi-effects module. Reverb, delay, granular, pitch shift and glitch in four chain-able blocks, with CV, clock and MIDI control.

IDE FX is a QUAD ALGORITHMIC FX PROCESSOR, using four effects BLOCKS in parallel / serial combinations for ultimate creative flexibility."

0:00 Introduction
0:15 Big Spaces, Tiny Spaces, Dirty Spaces, Doomed Spaces !
0:44 PRESET: "Behind You"
1:25 PRESET: "Pitch Swirl"
1:37 Dual Pitch Shift
1:59 PRESET: "Melancholia"
2:21 Pitch Shift Delay, & Glitch !
2:50 PRESET: "Old Tape Echo"
3:15 Modulators
3:49 Preset Edit
4:16 Granular - Vocal Crowd Generator
4:32 PRESET "Ghost Trails"
4:50 Multi Tap Delays
5:33 PRESET "Follow Echoes"
5:43 FX Send Mutes !
6:21 FX Process Blocks List

Explaining and testing RYK Side FX
video upload by Stazma

"Today we check out the newx multi effect module by RYK Modular: Side FX

This one seem to draws a lot of inspiration from the H 3000 "Ultra Harmonizer" by Eventide even tho it's not a clone at all. It let you use four effects and route them in many different ways using algorithms that look very much like the ones you would find in a 4-OP FM synthesizer (who said Algo?!). It's a great module, very powerfull and quite easy to use even for someone like me who does not like screens on modules."

via RYK

Want a Pitch Shifted delay into some lush Reverb, with a bit of Chorus for good measure ? How about some Phaser action into a Glitch effect, and a dollop of Bit Crush to taste !

SIDE FX lets you process up to four effect BLOCKS via different algorithms, to create complex, deep evolving effects to envelop your music in a rich syrup of your choosing.

It comes with loads of PRESET FX chains, from ear-mangling grit, to subtle presence, to brain-melting time-space freak-outs.

Or you can create your own PRESETS and save them to the internal SD Card, share with friends and impress your enemies.

Four user-definable CV inputs are available for modulating any parameter, along with a Clock Input for keeping things tidy and time-synchronised, oh, and a MIDI input for all of the above!

Don't have a spare LFO ?

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MASAMUNE, MURAMASA & The Pursuit of Happiness

video uploads by timfromtheborder

Playlist:

1. MASAMUNE Granular Chopper for Drambo

The MASAMUNE effect uses granular synthesis to chop live audio and turn it into percussive rhythm. It uses Drambo’s Code module and you can grab it here:

https://patchstorage.com/masamune/

2. MURAMASA Transient Slice Looper for Drambo

Create rhythmic loops out of any audio material. Available at https://patchstorage.com/muramasa/

3. The Pursuit of Happiness… a Drambo tape delay module

I cooked up a micro-looper/tape delay Code module in Drambo. This is a little demo. You can grab it here:

https://patchstorage.com/pursuit-of-h...

"Drambo is an innovative modular groovebox and audio processing environment. Modular components are used to build synthesized and sample-based instruments and audio effects using high-quality DSP and audio-rate modulation. Tied to a powerful sequencer, it’s an optimal music creation tool for sound design, composition, performance, and experimentation."

"MASAMUNE Granular Chopper

Named after the legendary samurai sword, MASAMUNE will slice your sound into live beats.

An audio-chopping effect: turn any source audio into rhythmic percussion.

Made with the Code module. This is a RACK preset."

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Moog Micromoog & Modular w/ AJH/MiniMod, Hermod+ analog synth jam

video upload by DreamsOfWires

"Testing my faulty Micromoog with some helpful modules from AJH Synth: My poor old Moog isn't scaling/tracking correctly, so the V-Scale module is being used to modify the 1V/Oct output of the sequencer to produce the correct notes. Video guide to how this was achieved: • Correcting Vintage Synths with V-SCALE - T... [below]

Normally the Micromoog follows a 0.95V/Oct voltage to pitch scale, but mine can no longer even be calibrated to this with it's internal trimmers, so until it can be serviced (probably with some new components), the V-Scale at least makes it useable with external controllers and sequencers.

Sequenced by the Squarp Hermod+, the synth's faulty tracking is then corrected using AJH Synth's V-Scale module, gates coverted by the AMSynths AM997 Gate to S-Trig converter.

Micromoog filter modulated by AJH Tap Tempo VC-LFO, random gate skip by AJH CHance Delay.

Drone is 3 AJH MiniMod VCOs into Matrix VCF.

Mixed in the Cosmotronic Cosmix Pro, reverb from FX Aid, delay from 2HP DLY, final mix recorded on the Disting Mk4."

Video guide to how it was achieved:

Correcting Vintage Synths with V-SCALE - Tackling Tracking & Tuning Problems #ajhsynth

video upload by AJH Synth Official

"Using V-SCALE to compensate for the tuning/tracking problems on one of my Vintage Synthesizers, this time a Moog Micromoog from the late 70's. Also, showing how PRECISION VOLTAGES can also be helpful, and bringing the TAP TEMPO VC-LFO, CHANCE DELAY, and the MATRIX VCF into a short performance demo - FULL performance video by ‪@DreamsOfWires‬ can be found here: • Moog Micromoog & Modular w/ AJH/MiniMod, H... [above]

V-SCALE at its simplest will function as a highly accurate buffered multiple, but four of its five outputs are adjustable by way of multi-turn trimmers. These allow for very gradual adjustments to outgoing CV signals, so that they can be made viable for synths or VCOs that are not scaling properly.

Here I'm adjusting/modifying a 1V/Oct signal from a sequencer so that it controls my old Micromoog correctly, but it could also be used with incoming signals other than 1V/Oct, or even to correct am incoming signal which itself isn't scaling correctly or as desired. Each trimmer has an adjustment range of +/- 5%.

My Micromoog's tracking is so far off that it cannot even be corrected using the internal trimmers on the synth, so I'm using the Keyboard Output (KBD) as the CV input, instead. of the intended OSC input. This method bypasses the keyboard, so the keyboard voltage isn't added to incoming control voltages, and so doesn't interfere with it. The only drawback is that the root key will have to be changed to match the notes on a keyboard. That's where the PRECISION VOLTAGES comes in - it can accurately offset an incoming control voltage by semitones and octaves, either up or down."

Nord Modular G1 emulado (G1-Emu alpha 10) · Sound Demo 01

video upload by animatek

"Patreon - / animatek

Así suena G1-Emu alpha 10, el Nord Modular G1 emulado: el sistema operativo original corriendo sobre una CPU y cuatro DSP emulados, editado con Animatek NME. Sin hablar, solo sonido: una quincena de patches, de principio a fin.

⬇️ EN ESTE VÍDEO ⬇️

Una demo de sonido sin voz de G1-Emu alpha 10, el emulador del Nord Modular G1. Suenan pads, un órgano, drones, secuenciadores y un patch de cuatro slots con morphs, todos cargados desde Animatek NME. Se ve también el Patch Mutator de NME y el panel virtual del G1 con su pantalla, sus knobs y sus LEDs.

Si vienes del sintetizador modular virtual (VCV Rack, The Grid de Bitwig), esto es el modular de Clavia de finales de los 90, ahora en software. Es una alpha de la comunidad: el emulador no incluye ROM y necesitas tu propia copia de un Nord Modular rack con OS 3.03.

⬇️ ÍNDICE ⬇️

0:00 - Matriseq en el Nord Modular G1 emulado
0:50 - Fluid
1:30 - H-organ, un órgano modular
2:35 - Pads: Wide Pad y DreamPad
3:10 - Additive_PG, síntesis aditiva
4:50 - Stivves Seq, secuenciador con kick
5:30 - World of Seq III
6:30 - Butoh Drone y droon
7:50 - Clasico, con el Patch Mutator
9:15 - Auto-Eno1, música generativa
10:10 - PadSynt
11:30 - Luz Suspendida, cuatro slots
13:10 - Pulso Raíz, morphs y cuatro slots

⬇️ RECURSOS Y FORMACIÓN ⬇️

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Sonicware Introduces ELZ_1 core

video upload by SONICWARE

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Elektron Machinedrum & Monomachine Emulations Come to Software

Elektron MD + MM emulations playing 2008 Autechre Echoplex sysexes

video upload by Joe Landers

"Thank you to ios for the very detailed Reaper project with all the program changes and automations: https://watmm-archive.com/t/96054/2#c...

Thank you to The Usual Suspects for the gearmulator project.

For the Machinedrum and Monomachine emulations, see my fork of gearmulator here: https://github.com/joelanders/gearmul...

There's a Discord server here: / discord

Please note I'm not affiliated with TUS, so please don't ask for support on their Discord :)

Thank you to all of my tireless alpha testers on Discord :)

Thank you to Elektron for decades of cool gear :)
Thank you to Autechre for the music :)"

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Torso Live Session #8: Nene H

video upload by torso electronics and Nene H

"torso electronics presents a live session recorded at ikii, an intimate listening space for sound and art in Berlin.

In this episode, Nene H performs with the modular system at the centre of her current live and studio practice. The set moves through raw, buzzing, glassy textures, uneasy rhythmic patterns, and moments of melancholia.

Her live setup is entirely hardware-based, with no computer, timecode, or pre-recorded material. Its voices include a Make Noise DPO, Synthesis Technology Cloud Terrarium, Erica Synths Bass VCO, and Noise Engineering Basimilus, summed through an Intellijel Mixup.

Sequencing comes from the T1 and Make Noise René 2. René moves around a grid rather than following a conventional line from beginning to end, allowing patterns to appear in orders that would be difficult to write by hand.

Rather than following a fixed structure, Nene H records the system, samples it, and plays the material again. Sounds move continuously between synthesis, recording, sampling, and performance, allowing the set to find its shape in real time.

The result is raw, restless, and emotionally charged, shaped by Nene H’s close relationship with a system that has developed its own personality over time.

About Nene H
Nene H is a Turkish-Azerbaijani producer, DJ, and live artist based in Berlin. A conservatory-trained pianist, her work moves between club music, improvisation, composition, and collaborative performance.

Her catalog spans Standard Deviation, Intrepid Skin, Live From Earth, Incienso, and UMAY. Her albums include Ali علي and Second Skin. Her forthcoming EP, Seltsame Fabeln, arrives October 16, 2026 on UMAY."

Yamaha CS Series Chip Clones by Ando Pilve

This was shared by Ando Pilve on Facebook (Aug 22):

"If you know what this is, you know what these are. Coming soon!"

Note the PILVE iG00153AP and iG00156AP chips left.

Followed by (2nd board image with the the iG00158AP pictured in place from January 21):

"IG00158 waveshaper chip clones are now available on Reverb and eBay. They are drop-in replaceable into the original footprint or a DIP-16 socket."

and from March 2025:

"IG00151 VCA clones are now available on Reverb and eBay! They are drop-in replaceable and can coexist with original chips without modifications."

You can find them on Ando's Gear Shop on Reverb here, and eBay here.

You'll find additional details on each captured from the listings below.

Ando Pilve also brought us the Kijimi Stereo Output Mod as well as a few recordings featuring Black Corporation's Xerxes and Deckards Dream. Deckards Dream of course was based on the CS80.

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Introducing Thorus XT

video uploads by UVI

Playlist:

1. Introducing Thorus XT - Video credits: Anthony H. | Music credits: Théo G.
2. UVI Thorus XT | Overview - Video credits: Venus Theory
3. UVI Thorus XT | Showcase - Video credits: Théo G.

"Thorus XT - Extended Chorus Designer
https://www.uvi.net/thorus-xt

Discover Thorus XT, a state-of-the-art chorus effect offering the best of both digital and analog circuit-modeled techniques with up to 8 variable, fully continuous voices, and deeply shapable extended analog controls.

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass"

A deep, flexible, state-of-the-art digital chorus, Thorus has long been one of UVI's best-selling effects. Thorus XT offers a brand new take, driven by advanced DSP and joined by a second engine that faithfully models the analog bucket-brigade circuits that chorus was born on. Two worlds, one plugin, from brilliant shimmer to grainy vintage modulation, and everywhere in-between.

Your Sound, Your Way

Both digital and analog engines run on the same morphable 8-voice architecture and the same set of controls. Set your modulation once, switch engines, and hear the identical movement through two very different paths, keep whichever one best suits the material.

Two Engines, Unified Control

Cutting-edge DSP drives a variable chorus architecture with continuous and morphable voice control; sweeping voices results in the last voice fading in and out smoothly, with no stepping. Speed and Depth shape the modulation, Shape sets its waveform as sine or triangle, Edge dials feedback and color, and Stereo Mode places the image. Fewer voices give pronounced, identifiable modulation; more voices blur the line into a thick, immersive wash.

Digital - Clean, Precise, Transparent

The digital engine is the Thorus chorus you know and love, refined. Clean, precise, prized for its clarity, now with a continuously variable voice count. Every voice reads a single shared delay line at interpolated positions, for a crystalline, detailed sound. When clean isn't the objective, Quality becomes a band-limited sample-rate reducer delivering a downsampled, lo-fi edge that stays musical where it counts.

Analog - Warm, Colored, Alive

The analog engine is a faithful bucket-brigade chip emulation, found in classic hardware units like the Dimension D, and Juno-6. Where the digital engine is clean by design, Thorus XT’s analog engine gives you the natural imperfections of hardware: aliasing, resonance, pumping compression, hiss, per-voice variation—all fully shapable through an extended control set.

This Eurorack filter has AUTO DYNAMICS! // Flow 3 from Joranalogue *MEGA DEMO*

video upload by DivKid and Joranalogue Audio Design

"As we'd expect from Joranalogue, they take inspiration from classic, seemingly simple functions and turn them into musical and technically impressive devices. Flow 3 is a compact filter that builds upon on the idea of an auto wah, it's a filter with 'auto dynamics'. There's on board modulation, that can modulate itself or your modular system, stave variable filter outputs, CV over everything and an easy to play with layout in 6HP."

Update: Press release follows:

Joranalogue Audio Design announces availability of Flow 3 auto-dynamic filter module for Eurorack that sounds bigger than it looks

STEKENE, BELGIUM: having made its impressive-sounding debut during a showcase at SUPERBOOTH26, May 7-9, FEZ-Berlin, Germany, high-quality Eurorack music synthesiser modules-maker Joranalogue Audio Design is proud to announce availability of Flow 3 — an auto-dynamic filter that sounds bigger than it looks, thanks to the novel variation on the classic state variable filter topology that lies behind its compact 6 HP panel — as of August 25…

Firstly, Flow 3’s core integrator saturation of its simultaneous — low-pass (LP2), attenuates frequencies above the filter frequency (or cutoff) at -12 dB/octave and self-oscillates at a phase of 180°; bandpass (BP2), selects a band of frequencies around the filter frequency (but below and above that the attenuation slope is -6 dB) and self-oscillates at a phase of 90°; and high-pass (HP2), attenuates frequencies below the filter frequency at -12 dB/octave and self-oscillates at a phase of 0° — outputs provide for a sound that is clean yet distinctive.

RESONANCE response is exceptionally smooth — it, too, can easily reach self-oscillation (at higher feedback levels), the temperature compensation and exact calibration effectively transforming Flow 3 into a reliable quadrature sine/cosine VCO (Voltage-Controlled Oscillator) with tight pitch tracking.

The ace up Flow 3’s sleeve, however, lies in its auto-dynamic nature — helpfully highlighted by the non-erasable AUTO DYNAMIC FILTER graphic positioned across that compact, clean-cut 6 HP panel. After all, it is a filter that can modulate itself, achieved by a combined DECAY generator/envelope follower circuit controlling the filter frequency over an adjustable range; either fire decay envelopes from external triggers, or flip it to AUTO mode to follow along with the incoming signal’s amplitude envelope (or both, simultaneously).

Saying all that, then, creating heavy-hitting analogue kick drum sounds becomes a breeze, but, with a bit of patching, Flow 3 can even be used as a spectrum splitter (or crossover), cleanly separating the full audio range into low and high portions, for dual-band signal processing — perfectly possible thanks to the Linkwitz-Riley filter response at minimum resonance.

Ultimately, users of Flow 3 can clearly get carried away as the Eurorack module concerned creatively takes the old auto-filter concept to new voltage-controlled heights, hearing for themselves exactly what the fuss was all about at that impressive-sounding SUPERBOOTH26 showcase!

Coming complete with a 16-to-10-pin Eurorack power cable, two black M3 x 6 mm hex screws, two black nylon washers, and a hex key, Flow 3 is available as a 6 HP module — measuring 128.5 mm (H) x 30 mm (W) x 52 mm (D) with a +12 V: 45 mA/-12 V: 45 mA maximum current draw, reverse polarity (MOSFET) power protection, 100 kΩ impedance inputs and 0 Ω (compensated) impedance outputs — through Joranalogue Audio Design’s growing global network of authorised dealers at a MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) of €215.00 EUR or $225.00 USD.

Check with dealers on the right.

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Bad Gear - Electribe ER-1

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. No, there is no episode about the Korg Electribe ER-1 out there yet - I had to look it up myself - and yes, the snares totally sound like sh*t!"

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:33 Overview Tempera
01:27 Percussion Synths
02:10 Low Boost
02:23 The Sample Situation
03:00 Master Delay, Ring Modulator
03:25 Audio Ins, Trance Gate
03:36 Accent Track, Motion Sequencer
03:58 Sequencer (Timing, Swing)
04:14 Quirks, Limitations, Versions, Pricing
05:10 H*te Screen
05:34 Jam 1 ( LoFi House )
06:25 Jam 2 ( Elektro )
07:30 Finale ( Retrofuturist Techno )
07:57 VERDICT

The LOST Bad Gear Episode

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. In a time like ours when material needs no longer exist in music production the accumulation of things seems to have become more important than ever.

Today we are going to talk about Novation Drumstation. While today’s synth clones are mostly used for home studio decoration this 1996 drum machine and shameless Roland TR-808 and 909 ripoff was more or less the only affordable way to actually tweak the iconic drum sounds. Simpler times."

Chapters:
00:00 I found the Lost Episode on an old Hard Disk
00:13 Intro tune
01:06 Overview Novation Drum Station V1
01:47 Limitations
02:02 Midi Control
02:24 Analog or Digital???
03:05 Workflow
03:32 Features
04:00 NoIsE iSsUeS
04:29 Audition/Auto-trigger
04:40 What else??? (More Features, Pricing, V2, D-Station ,...)
05:06 H*te Screen
05:35 Jam 1 ( Old School Techhouse )
06:25 Jam 2 ( Old School Trance )
07:28 Finale ( Old School Footwork/Juke )
08:02 VERDICT