Update: videos just released and added above. Note the playlist is in the order released by Synthesizers.com.
Playlist:
1. Meet the Q210 Complex Noise | Synthesizers.com Newest Module
2. A Quick Overview of the Q210 Complex Noise
3. Using Q210 Complex Noise To Clock Q173 Gate Math
4. Q210 Complex Noise Random Gate Discussion
5. A quick Q210 Complex Noise Patch
6. Another Q210 Complex Noise Patch
7. Changing speed of Random Gates on Q210 Complex Noise
8. CHAOS OUTPUT on the Q210 COMPLEX NOISE
via Synthesizers.com
"This is Synthesizers.com's first new module in two years, and we're excited to share it with you: the Q210 Complex Noise.
The Q210 Complex Noise is noisemaker's playground. Though capable of standard white noise fare, the Q210 can help provide you with decidedly boundary pushing timbres, not usually found in your typical 5U module.
Beyond noise, the Q210 is also comfortable generating random gates, which when routed to VCAS or drum sounds, can help launch your next ambient composition into science fiction territory.
Depending on how you approach the module, the Q210 can be a tame texture ready to mix in with a completed track. However if you push it, the Q210 can become the basis of an entire soundscape, especially when paired with filters, VCAS, and envelopes. Sounds both dramatic and explosive are quite easy to conjure."
"Relax with this soothing, calming ambient track. Live performed simple looping with the almighty Loopy Pro and a bunch of beautiful effects.
Disclaimer: Stylophone sent this product free of charge; I wasn’t paid, and they had no input on the content.
I loved the Stylosette immediately after trying it. It looks like a toy, but the sound is fantastic, and the octave shift and adjustable vibrato makes it more capable than I thought it would be (I didn't even try the built in delay this time, but it also sounds great and can do self-oscillating madness as well).
Most people use the Stylosette through fruits, and other food like sushi and cheese (genius haha), which I might try next time, but I only wanted something simple and conductive for the octave key to play the high-pitched melody after the base loops were layered... so I used a Japanese knife. Mostly because it looks great and sits stable on the table (cutting edge idea...).
Now the usual geeky stuff:
Signal chain: → Stylophone Stylosette Keys through a TRS to RCA cable and a stereo to mono adapter → IK Multimedia iRig USB → iPhone with Loopy Pro as host
A playlist of videos by Dan Chippendale featuring the Teenage Engineering OP-XY with Novation Launch Control 3.
Playlist:
1. OP-XY can sound so clean and pristine - Minimal House Live Jam
Kept things intentionally simple for this one and made sure the mix was nice and clean. Love how good the OP-XY can sound for this type of music. Hope you enjoy it
Gear used:
Music:
Teenage Engineering OP-XY
Novation Launch Control 3
Video:
Fujifilm X-E5
Motu M2 Audio interface
Mac Studio with Logic Pro X
2. Music for an old roll of unprocessed colour film – OP-XY electronica live jam
3. Would you like to see the OP-XY GO HARD? Well would you? Watch this. - Hard Dance Live Jam
4. Express your mood through music //// Melancholic beats and synths OP-XY Live Jam
5. I like making live electronic music. I very much hope you enjoy it
6. Bake for 2:45 at 34 degrees Celsius
7. I still maintain the OP-XY is one of the greatest music making devices ever created // IDM Live Jam
The SUPERBOOTH BERLIN — the world’s biggest trade fair and festival for electronic musical instruments — is excited to announce the date for next year’s SUPERBOOTH27 along with a look back at this year’s SB26, featuring this year’s visitor numbers and more.
SUPERBOOTH27 DATE The SB27 will be happening from the 6th to the 8th of May 2027 at the FEZ Berlin.
More information about the start of ticket pre-order sales and other details related to next year’s SuperBooth will follow later in the year.
SB26: NUMBERS & STATS
The SUPERBOOTH saw a total of 9600 visitors (excluding staff and exhibitors) at the FEZ across all three days of the event.
The total number of brands and manufacturers exhibiting their newest developments was 320, with those exhibitors coming from 35 different countries across the globe.
The SB26’s stages featured performances from over 50 international artists, with an outstanding closing b2b performance from Tunegirl and Colin Benders.
Covering the event were over 230 members of the press, including dozens of well-known YouTubers and content creators.
SB26: HIGHLIGHTS & ADDITIONS Overall, the SB26 was another successful edition of the SuperBooth, with all involved parties coming together to channel the event’s unique mix of tradeshow passion and relaxed festival vibes across the exhibition areas, concerts and sold-out workshops.
A very positively received new addition this year were two headphone-only areas in half of area W and two tents in outside area Z.
The new FLINTA* area for female, non-binary, transgender and gender-diverse people was received very well by those attending it.
There was a new talks stage in the Bungalowdorf area, the Stromkult stage that featured live conversations with artists like Polygonia and Anna Z and brands like Verbos and Doepfer.
At the Strandbühne stage, there was a new product presentation format with Korg Berlin and Schwarzmann (Henrik Schwarz and Frank Wiedemann).
There were also new installation projects, including installations in the circus tent and foyer entry area. There are already plans for more installations next year.
"Skopje is a compact (6HP) dual quantizer with two independent channels. Thanks to clever features coupled with high-precision A/D and D/A converters it can be a complex (though extremely easy to use) compositional tool suitable for all kinds of musical outcomes. The user interface is similar to Zadar with frontpanel labels clearly indicating the features available for adjustment. No menu diving as the small OLED display is only used for selecting banks and scales. Each channel is able to quantize its input to a different scale from a different bank (up to 100 banks each containing up to a 100 scales). Skopje stores its data on a regular microSD card. The module supports its own very simple scale format (a straghtforward TXT file), as well as the popular SCALA format. You can mix and match different scale format files in one bank. Various tuning systems and description formats supported, including many microtonal options. The Xaoc Devices scale programming system includes additional features, e.g., various voltage limiting settings.
Another notable feature is Skopje's ability to calibrate any of its channels to a particular VCO for perfect tracking. Other features include: glide, scale switching via triggers or CV, and transposition (including unquantized for vibrato).
Skopje is available now. Price: 320 EUR.
MAIN FEATURES:
dual quantizer with precision A/D & D/A converters
highly customizable
compatible with microtonal scales
OLED display for ease of use
up to 100 banks, each with up to 100 scales
VCO calibration feature
data stored on microSD card
SCALA file support
6HP
depth: 43mm (including cable bracket)
current draw: +65mA / -15mA"
"At long last, I have made the Plinky 12 Blocks walkthrough! This panel is so jam-packed with features it was hard to fit it all in to one video (and I did leave out a few things). Blocks can do it all - sequencing, live play, loop recording, chords.... an EVERYTHING machine! I can't wait to see what great music people are going to make with this synth. Enjoy!"
00:00 Intro
01:24 Play Surfaces
03:33 Piano Roll
05:55 Velocity, Gate Length, Ratchets
06:42 Alternate (Sparkly) Notes
09:30 Mute
09:54 Fancy Randomization
11:58 Live Loop Recording
13:00 Clip Launcher (Launch Mode)
16:22 Preset Banks
18:01 Synth Settings (Mutate Mode)
22:58 XY Pad (Modulation)
24:47 Saving Presets
25:11 The LFOs
27:37 The Mix Page
28:57 Arp Settings
30:10 Performance FX
33:40 Changing Root and Scale (Chord Mode)
36:23 Outro & Jam
"「 Turismo Electro 」🐠 Jamming a full electro track using the Turismo, with beats, bass, a lead voice, chords, sequencing, modulation and FX all produced from directly within the system. 🌊
Starting with a beat from the Squid, the TAZM-O is mixed in followed with dynamic through-zero FM from a self oscillating filter of the MCFx2. Additional drum sounds are brought in via the mutes of the ASQ-1. A bass sequence is then added, also produced by the TAZM-O using one of its 2 sub oscillator outs filtered and triggered to alternate with the lead voice. The result is effectively 2 voices using only 1 oscillator. Finally, a vocal like chord sequence from the CIZZLE is mixed in, with both its pitch and inversion sequenced to create ‘arpeggiator’ style stepping from both oscillators. The reverb time of the MFX is increased as the elements are mixed out to conclude the track.
The Turismo is our fully modern Eurorack modular workstation, blending a curated mix of our flagship analog and digital modules for a versatile and creative patching experience. It offers a distinctive ALM character, designed for both precision and fun. 🚘"
"The LF-AMP module combines two modules in one chassis:
First, on the left, is a precision triangle wave LFO, featuring:
Two pairs of outputs, each with its own amplitude control ('amount' as most would call it);
Direct and Inverted outputs in each pair;
A precision BIAS control for each output which determines the center of the voltage swing;
HI/LO range for rate, for a total range of about 20Hz down to about 1 cycle every minute.
Easy to see rate indicator LEDs showing the positive or negative swing of the output.
Second, on the right, is a high gain utility amplifier for headphones or line level sources, featuring:
Stereo inputs and outputs, with Normalled output for two individual outputs, or signals combined into one stereo jack ('2/MIX')
A bit more about the rationale...this module was designed for use with our Stereo Ensemble instruments. We needed a specialized LFO for our phaser modules, and an amp for final output, so they were combined into single unit. It's the peanut butter and anchovies of the modular world! The LFO output can be reduced down to a very tiny voltage swing, and then precisely located to work with devices needing those conditions...but it can also be used to give an exact range to a VCO, or an exact amount of depth to a VCA, etc. And since there's an inverted version of each output, two of something can work inthe exact opposite direction if desired. There isn't much to say about the amp; it's just a high quality amp for headphones which works to drive line level sources as well, using the LM4580 amplifier chip."
"The Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control comes with touch-sensitive motorised knobs, giving you incredible interaction and immersion with your music! Jack takes us through all the features of this awesome MIDI controller!"
"Another one of my favourite cues from the Backrooms score. As I recall, this piece accompanies a montage of establishing shots of San Jose, early in the first act. The piece is in G minor and is built around 2 different ostinatos. Both ostinatos have chromatic notes that create a sharper and more mysterious atmosphere. The first (0:00) features both the natural and raised third (Bb and B natural). The second (0:23) features the raised 6th (E natural), transforming G minor into G dorian. However, the minor 6th (E flat) appears in the melody (at 0:45) creating a contradiction between these two layers. This ‘contradiction’ creates interest and tension.
This arrangement had too many separate layers to feature them all on screen simultaneously. For this reason, the individual screens cut between various sounds/patches.
In addition to all the parts you see on screen, I recorded some ambient drones. I decided not to film these, as the screen would become crowded with shots of me holding down a single note haha.
All these sounds are designed from scratch on analog synthesizers (a Prophet rev2 and a Korg MS-20). I mix in Ableton, where I add additional effects (reverb, distortion, delays etc.). In this case, most of the effects were from Soundtoys.
"The NTS-4 is a compact performance mixer kit designed for modern hardware setups. With six channels (two mono and four stereo), built-in effects, USB-C connectivity, and support for up to 10 audio signals, the NTS-4 makes it easy to bring together volca units, NTS instruments, modular gear, grooveboxes, and desktop synths into one streamlined setup.
In this overview, Fess Grandiose walks through the NTS-4’s flexible channel architecture, Eurorack-compatible mono inputs, dual stereo effects engines, per-channel CUE and MUTE controls, USB-C audio and MIDI connectivity, and the hands-on Nu:Tekt DIY assembly experience.
Features:
• Compact 6-channel performance mixer
• 2 mono + 4 stereo 3.5 mm channels
• Supports up to 10 audio signals
• Eurorack-compatible mono inputs
• Standard 1/4" main outputs
• Per-channel CUE, MUTE, and FX send
• Dual stereo effects engines
• SEND FX + TOTAL FX processing
• Stereo send/return loop
• USB-C audio + MIDI
• Record directly to computers & mobile devices
• Rugged steel chassis
• Nu:Tekt DIY kit assembly
Learn more about the NTS-4: https://bit.ly/4w0QxLQ"
And a user video from supporting member Knobs & Switches:
KORG NTS-4 Performance Mixer Kit
video upload by Knobs & Switches
"Here is my review about the new Korg NTS-4 Performance Mixer Kit together with loads of other Korg gear:
MS20m, Drumlogue, SQ-1, 700Sm, Harmonic Distortion, Opsix, Sigma, Minipops-7, ISE-NIN Single Voice, Ryk M185 Sequencer and of course the NTS-4. The Nu:Tekt Mixer will be released today! Have fun
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:037 Title Track (only the NTS-4’s FX were used)
00:03:04 Epilogue
00:04:41 NTS-4 Run Down
00:08:58 NTS-4 Send FX
00:14:56 NTS-4 Send/Return
00:15:58 NTS-4 Total FX
00:21:19 Conclusion
00:22:47 Outro (only the NTS-4’s FX were used)
Used Equipment: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple iPhone 12, Sony ZV-1, Rode Wireless ME, Universal Audio Apollo Twin Solo, Yamaha MG-06, Steinberg Cubase 15 and Final Cut Pro X"
A compact performance mixer for modern hardware setups
Build the perfect bridge for your music. The NTS-4 brings the flexibility of the Nu:Tekt series to a compact performance mixer kit designed for today’s hardware setups. With six channels (two mono and four stereo minijacks), built-in effects, and USB connectivity, the NTS-4 makes it easy to mix and perform with volca units, NTS instruments, modular gear, and other desktop synths in one place, supporting up to 10 audio signals in a single setup.
From the integrated effects to the steel chassis, every part of the NTS-4 is designed to turn your collection of instruments and gadgets into a professional-grade creative hub.
"Sometimes a device that gives back comes along. One that acts like a band member, with its own ideas and fresh input.
This is one of those. But you still get to tell this band member what to do, if you like.
There is a great potential for sound design and sparks for new ideas right beneath the surface. Awesome."
CONTINUA is a stereo dynamic sampler and multi-effect that doesn’t just play your sound back: it listens to how you play and reacts in real time, capturing, shaping and transforming your repeats through a wide range of controls including mix, tempo (TAP function included), pitch, sustain, freeze, glitch, dimension, lo-fi, downsampling, reverb, smear and filter.
In the meantime, your dry signal can remain completely untouched or be routed through the multi-effect section for further processing.
Born from the collaboration between AC noises and Andrea Degli Esposti from BunkerNoise, CONTINUA is designed for deep and hands-on interaction. It gives you access to both primary and secondary parameters, allowing you to sculpt your sound with precision. Shape its response by adjusting in-fx, sensibility, threshold, attack, release and stereo spread, or dive into effect-specific controls like lo-fi modulation, reverb decay and more.
Decide whether your repeats move forward or in reverse, and whether they emerge in full or dissolve into ghostly tails. Also, when things need to break apart, unleash pure chaos with the momentary tilt function.
CONTINUA offers two onboard presets, full MIDI implementation with input and output (mini-jack) and a USB-C connection for MIDI integration and firmware updates.
Routing options include:
Mono Input → Mono Output Mono Input → Stereo Output Stereo Input → Stereo Output It also features selectable buffered (which can be set in tail or hard bypass mode) or true bypass.
This demo takes Freqlux into a synth-based setup, using its tri-pitch engine to create movement, harmony, and new layers of sound beyond the usual pedalboard world.
NeonGlow was never made for one instrument.
It was made for ideas."
Pitch shifting, reimagined.
Freqlux is not just another pitch pedal. It is a creative engine built for players who hear more than one idea at a time. With three fully independent pitch voices and deep real-time control, Freqlux turns complex harmony concepts into playable reality.
Three Voices. Unlimited Directions.
At the core of Freqlux are three completely independent pitch engines. Each voice can run a different mode, interval, and behavior. Unlike traditional mono or standard poly pitch pedals, Freqlux lets you stack, blend, and sculpt three pitch ideas at once.
Each voice can be assigned to one of the following modes:
Poly Mode
Flawless polyphonic pitch shifting that preserves chord structure and articulation. Big chords stay intact. Fast passages stay clean.
Key Mode
Set a key and scale, and Freqlux generates musically intelligent harmonies that move with you. Classic harmony tones with modern precision.
"🔊 Exploring the Mettalicum: a new XOR-based percussion synthesizer built for harsh metallic hits, industrial rhythms, and unpredictable noise. Unlike traditional drum machines, the Mettalicum relies on logic gates to generate complex, inharmonic square-wave clusters that cut right through a mix. In this hardware demo, we run through the raw oscillators, tweak the parameters, and patch it into an experimental setup to hear what it can really do.
⚙️ Sponsored by PCBWay Huge thanks to PCBWay for sponsoring this video! Whether you are prototyping a chaotic new noise box, building a custom MIDI controller, or ordering high-quality circuit boards for a full production run, PCBWay has you covered. They offer incredibly fast turnaround times on custom PCBs, 3D printing, and CNC machining. Bring your DIY audio projects to life: https://pcbway.com/g/1AhZrq
Ⓜ️ What makes the Mettalicum different? Traditional subtractive synthesis uses standard waveforms and filters to create drum sounds. The Mettalicum takes a different approach by running multiple square waves through XOR (Exclusive OR) logic chips. When these frequencies interact, they create dense, metallic, and grinding textures perfect for noise music, industrial beats, and lo-fi soundscapes.
⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - The Raw Sound of the Mettalicum 00:32 - PCBWay Sponsor Message 00:44 - Demo with Ampero Mini 02:42 - Hardware Jam: Mettalicum + Experimental Setup
🔗 Gear Used in this Video: Mettalicum XOR Synthesizer Tempest Kick Synthesizer Korg Monotron Delay Bastl Instruments Bestie Hotone Ampero Mini MyVolts CandyCords
✌️ I’m Sid Rockett, a designer and explorer of experimental synthesizers and custom noise-machines.
From boutique pocket synths to DIY Eurorack builds, this channel is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of compact hardware. Join me as we navigate through industrial soundscapes, deep cinematic reverbs, and the infinite feedback of outer-space delays.
"STIGMA is not just a module: it is a destructive, versatile analog sonic organism, powered by real vacuum tubes and designed to disrupt your Eurorack ecosystem.
Built with a flexible True Stereo and Dual Mono architecture, STIGMA offers total control over signal routing, allowing you to process independent sources or shape the stereophonic space with dense, harmonically rich tube saturation.
From Signal Processor to Pure Synthesizer While STIGMA is designed to filter, mangle, and brutally distort any external source (drum machines, oscillators, full mixes), it also hides an autonomous and unpredictable soul.
By driving the filter into self-oscillation, the module transforms into a fully-fledged solo synthesizer or a formidable percussive sound generator. By modulating the resonance and leveraging the lightning-fast response of its circuitry, STIGMA can sculpt devastating kicks, metallic toms, and thick, industrial percussive textures, saturated directly by the tube stage.
Key Features: True Stereo & Dual Mono: Two completely independent tube channels for maximum routing flexibility.
Warmth & Destruction: A tube saturation and distortion stage to go from subtle analog warmth to harsh, destructive clipping.
Advanced Filtering: Analog filters molded around the tube character, capable of cutting through the mix or screaming when pushed to the limit.
Self-Oscillation & Percussive Engine: Generate heavy kicks, industrial toms, and unique percussive sounds by using the circuit's self-oscillation as a sound source.
Eurorack Interface: Integrated CV controls for total, dynamic interaction with the rest of your modular system."
STIGMA – A Stop Motion Short Film by Arcaico #stopmotion #synthesizer #modularsynth #eurorack
"One of the earliest R.A. Moog products, the Model 351 theremin, was recently donated to the Bob Moog Foundation Archives! Bob and his father, George Moog, a woodworker and engineer in his own right, built these theremins in the family's basement workshop in 1954. This is a 72-year-old musical instrument!
By the time Bob Moog was just 20 years old, he had already been experimenting with and creating working electronic instruments for a full decade. Three years after creating the Rensitron, Bob's very first working musical keyboard, his newly minted company, R.A. Moog Co., started selling Model 201 theremins in 1954 to a select few customers. Later that very same year, Bob and George created the Model 305 theremin and its scaled-up alternative, the Model 351.
The vacuum-tube-driven Model 351 theremin has a five-octave range and a mahogany cabinet. For its day, the tonal control was quite extensive, albeit elusive to most theremin neophytes. The comprehensive array of volume-related knobs on the left has no instructional guidance in the accompanying manual, leaving users to their own devices to adjust their settings for optimal performance.
The center switches were more self-explanatory, allowing the user to mix and match the tone quality and pitch octave in a process Bob called 'Synthetic Format.' Synthesis was already being defined and developed, as far back as 1954!"
Supporters Tammy and Phil Neimeyer generously donated this Model 351, appraised at $25,000, to the Bob Moog Foundation Archives. It was purchased around 1955 by Tammy's grandfather, James Gray Everhart, a lover of music, gadgets, and engineering. He was an early believer that R.A. Moog theremins could create beautiful music, which he would routinely demonstrate to friends and family!
Deep Forest has always explored the frontier between memory, technology and emotion.
From ancestral voices to new forms of sonic creation, from organic textures to AI-driven experimentation, music becomes a living, shifting presence — almost conscious.
Traditional sounds merge seamlessly with the tools of the future.
Human and machine no longer stand in opposition. Together, they create a new emotional language.
For more than three decades, Deep Forest has blended ethnic inspiration, electronic landscapes and innovative sound design, constantly searching for new sonic territories.
SOUL continues this journey into unexplored dimensions, where ancient memories, synthetic textures and human emotion intertwine.
Thus begins a new chapter of Deep Forest.
Video: Mix and Cie by William.L
"The tracks from this video are also available as a free EP on Bandcamp - https://omricohencomposer.bandcamp.co...
Check out my Modular books:
US: https://bit.ly/40armbo
UK: https://bit.ly/4rX6NeO
EU: https://bit.ly/4srcTUt
Online Courses about Modular Synthesis - https://bit.ly/learnmodular
Patch 1 - 00:00
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In this one, I'm using noise from Noise Plethora to excite Iroi. I'm using a band pass filter on Noise Plethora, sequencing it with the Voltage Block. On Iroi, I'm using the comb filter with internal modulation on the resonance. I'm also using the resonator with modulation on the feedback, and the echo and ambience. The levels of the resonator, echo, and ambience, are sequenced by the Voltage Block. I'm then sending Iroi to the Zagreb filter from Xaoc, using its low pass filter with noise modulation of the spread control. I'm also using the high pass output of Zagreb, sending it through the Guillotine distortion module, and from there, to the EON filter. This is going to 2 delays on Samarkanda, so only when I open the EON filter, the sound goes to the delays, and I play with the delay times.
"The great NO BPM hired me to make a demo to explain their Mute Performer system - Mute Performer is arguably the most feature-complete muting system in Eurorack, as it can mute AND mix triggers, audio (clicklessly) and CV, and it can send MIDI to mute external devices too. And you can have up to 72 channels, and you can CLOCK the mutes, so they happen on the beat (or at the start of bars...). And it has scenes, so you can prepare and recall mute groups. And it has several ways of muting and cueing mutes. It's quite a thing."
CHAPTERS:
00:00 What it is and can do
02:21 Clocked Mutes!
03:10 Cueing Mutes
05:00 Mixing Signals
07:10 Mute Scenes
10:13 Solo Mutes
The Mute Performer takes the humble mute function into new and exciting territory.
8 channels of Mutes can be cued, locked, inverted, switched, mixed, stereo-paired, expanded, and arranged into scenes. Scenes can be saved, loaded, banked, clocked, triggered and modulated.
The Mute Performer also supports MIDI, which can be transmitted using a provided 5-pin MIDI Type A to 3.5mm cable.
This allows you to connect external MIDI devices to the Mute Performer, enabling performative control of mutes both inside and out your case.
The Mute Performer alone has 8 channels, but can be expanded up to 72 channels with the Mute Expanders.
