Big, Brilliant and Beautiful // Waldorf Iridium Keyboard review and demo

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"A demo/review of the Waldorf Iridium Keyboard. It really is a beautiful bit of kit.. and so flexible. 5 synths in one plus a sampler - I can't really do it full justice in just over half an hour - but it's a great synth. Unlike its bigger and more expensive brother this is all digital, with a huge selection of filter types and synth engines."

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

Yamaha SY35 Dynamic Vector Synthesizer (w/ MCD32)

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3

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SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET-600 Synthesizer w/ Gigli Upgrade

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Roland JX8P w/ Roland PG-800

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Novation Releases Peak & Summit 2.0 Firmware Update

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"In this edition of Novation Live, Enrique introduces the new firmware update that's available for our polysynth duo - Summit and Peak. Focusing on Peak, Enrique will be showcasing some of the powerful new tools firmware v2.0 brings.

In the biggest update yet for Summit and Peak, Firmware v2.0 brings in essential improvements and a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound.

You will now be able to create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls. Experiment with expansive sound design with modulation and unpredictability. A range of effects improvements brings new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations and Lo-Fi delay

--- Learn more about the Summit and Peak Firmware Update v2.0:
https://bit.ly/SummitPeakFirmwareUpdate

--- Discover Summit:
https://novationmusic.com/en/synths/s...

--- Discover Peak:
https://novationmusic.com/en/synths/peak"

The press release:

""Powerful new tools to shape your sound.

Novation has just launched its biggest update yet for Summit and Peak. Firmware v2.0 brings in essential improvements and a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound.

Summit and Peak owners will now be able to create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls. Experiment with expansive sound design with modulation and unpredictability. A range of effects improvements brings new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations and Lo-Fi delay.

Firmware v2.0 Features

Stereo
New spread modes, panning per voice, and panning in the mod matrix give additional control and allows for sound design in the stereo field. Now you can create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes.
Modulation and unpredictability
Create deeper and more experimental sounds with new mod destinations, noise as a mod source, and additional LFO 3 and 4 parameters. Animate Envelopes and Arpeggiator Chance open more creative performance possibilities.

Effects
New effects, including Chorus Modes, Flanger, and Phlanger add new tonalities. Additional effects modulation destinations open up more experimental sound design. A new Lo-Fi delay mode enables a more vintage style sound.

Bug Fixes
The firmware update v2.0 includes a number of bug fixes. The full details can be found in the release notes.

You can read about the full details of firmware v2.0 by visiting the Components update page for Summit and Peak.

Summit and Peak firmware v2.0 is the last addition to the legacy of Chris Huggett’s innovative synth design work with Novation. Having shaped the sound of Novation’s iconic synths – including Bass Station, Supernova, Bass Station II, Peak and Summit, Chris has left an indelible imprint on our heritage, and we will always be grateful for his influence and inspiration.

Novation will also be hosting a live stream today (Thursday March 31st, 2022, 9pm UK time), with product specialist Enrique, taking place on our YouTube channel, where the new v2.0 update features will be demonstrated live.

For those unfamiliar with Peak and Summit, Peak is an eight-voice polyphonic synthesiser that boasts rich and warm sounds, while Summit is a two-part, 16-voice, 61-key synthesiser with great harmonic depth – both now with enhanced capabilities thanks to firmware update v2.0.

Summit & Peak owners are now able to download the v2.0 update from Novation Components."

And a video by GEOSynths:

Novation Summit 2.0 Firmware Test

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Portend from the Album Phantom Distinction Fallacy by 3am

New from supporting member justin3am. Click the buy now and hear more links in the player for more.

"Lots of synths were used in the making of Portend (Sequential Pro 3, ASM Hydrasynth, MakeNoise Shared System) and the video features video synths (LZX Vidiot, Geiskes 3TrinsRGB, Critter & Guitari EYESY)."

New 1985 Dual Sequencer Eurorack Module From Pantala Labs

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via Pantala Labs (Google translated from Portuguese):

"03/30/2022 - 1985

Double sequencer that extracts melodies and rhythms from a photo taken live by the module itself.​

It has:
-60 patterns for each color (RGB), totaling 180 different patterns, coming from each image capture that are selected through the TRACK potentiometer and/or its CV. Each sequence comes from a grouping of image lines.
-two sequencer channels: despite internally processing 3 channels (RGB) the module has only 2 output channels with CV and Trigger and can use RG or RB colors.
-9 filters for image treatment, edge identification and others;
- external time synchronization by trigger;
- manual sample or by trigger;
- manual color selector for channel 2;
- manual scale selector: chromatic, major and minor;
- manual rhythm selector: single or variable, as explained in item 4a;
-reset manually or by trigger;
- manual 4/8/16/32/64 step sequence size selector;
-manual selector of CV sample & hold (one note for each valid rhythm step) or CV step (one note for all steps).

Width: 16HP
Depth: 30mm
Consumption: 150ma@12V / 10ma@-12V
Assembly: 15 days.
Pantala Labs module for eurorack standard Brazilian modular synthesizer"

New AMSynths SH-101 Eurorack Filter Module in the Works

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"The next new module from AMSynths will be the AM8101 VCF. A faithful recreation of the the low pass filter in the SH-101 mono synth. We expect to start shipping production modules with red anodised aluminum panels in April. #eurorack #eurorackmodular #amsynths #analog #synthesizers"

Behringer Teases a SYNTHI AKS Mini Synth, Additional Boogerfoogers, & Linndrum Update

The latest teasers from Behringer.

"Since we shared with you the pics of our upcoming VCS3 [posted here], many people got so excited, that they asked for an affordable AKS synth that has the exact same sound signature. Here’s a draft proposal only and we’d love to get your feedback. We believe we could produce it for an estimated price of US$ 99. What do you think? "

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