MATRIXSYNTH

Superbooth 22: U-he - Prototype Envelope And Cascade Filter

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"Barely a week old, the prototype U-he envelope is capable of unique envelopes and modulation duties, while the filter is capable of some meaty distortion.

Sebastian talked us through the, as yet unnamed envelope which is actually 3 envelopes: an A, D, Break Point, Slope, S, R envelope reminiscent of synths of the 80s, an A, Hold, R envelope and an A, R envelope. These can all work together producing complex and unusual envelopes. All the faders are CV modulated and the envelopes can be re-triggered turning them into modulation or audio sources.

The filter module is an unusual design using 2 quad VCAs which allow for some extreme filter overdrive.

Price, availability TBC"

Superbooth 22: Plankton Electronics - Zaps

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"Alex from Plankton Electronics gave us a tour of the updated Zaps percussion module.

Zaps is a percussion synth voice designed for creating organic sequences that can mutate over time. Two analogue oscillators with AM and FM modulation play with two envelopes and cross-modulation and individual sounds can be stored into 12 slots in 12 banks. It uses a combination of different techniques like controlled randomness, morphing, and storing (or locking) synth-voice parameters in externally sequenceable CV-controlled slots.

Zaps availability: June 22

Price: 485 euros (pre-order offer) 535 euros when available."

Superbooth 22: Bastl Instruments Pizza

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"Vaclav shared his new Pizza module with us, and it was very tasty indeed.

Pizza is a compact digital oscillator with powerful wave shaping applied to FM synthesis.It's built around 3 internal oscillators - the Main Oscillator, which can be phase modulated (FM) and wave folded, and two modulating oscillators. It allows for CV control and shaping of FM, waveshaping and additive synthesis. Softpop 2 also gets an update, giving it an additional, stable digital oscillator.

Pizza is available to pre-order now. Price: 245.45 euros

Shipping end of May."

Superbooth 22: Erica Synths LXR-2 Drum Module

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"The original LXR-02 digital drum machine with an integrated sequencer by Sonic Potions and Erica Synths, was launched less than a year ago, and now it has assumed a new modular form.

Kodek showed us round the new module, which retains the core interface of the desktop version, but with an essential new ingredient - assignable CV control over the parameters, which expands this already fully-fledged drum machine.

LXR-2 Drum Module Available: this summer

Price: 410 euros"

Superbooth 22: MyVolts Beat Splitter And Slim Slider

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"Luke from MyVolts introduced us to Beat Splitter, a useful little add-on to, for example, a Pocket Operator, which gives control over the left and right channels, managing audio and sync signals. Alongside Beat Splitter is the Slim Slider, a dual fader for control of two channels of audio.

Beat Splitter and Slim Slider are available now, and ship next week.

Beat Splitter Price: 9 euros

Slim Slider Price: 49 euros

https://myvolts.co.uk/"

Superbooth 22: Ae Modular - New Modules

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"In a quest to simplify and democratize the modular world, Ae Modular have been expanding their tiny modular system which now boasts 80 modules and multiple third-party designers.

Robert showed us the new VMIX-10, a Volca-sized mixer with 6 mono, 2 stereo channels and 2 fx sends. The VMIX-10 also provides power output for 4 Volcas. We also meet for the first time some super tiny modules which are in sockets and can be switched around on the fly without the need for tools.

VMIX-10 is available now. Price: 145 euros

Ae Modular Starter Rack 2 complete with 16 modules is available now. Price: 457 euros"

Superbooth 22: Quanalog Boubou and Butterfly

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"Quanalog is a one-person boutique operation producing beautifully gnarly modules.

Nguyen Do Minh Quan treated us to a demonstration of Boubou, a five-voice filter-based drum module with three compression modes that is also capable of processing external signals. Butterfly is a complex wave-folding VCO capable of singing sweetly or screaming like a banshee.
Boubou is available now. Price: £469

Butterfly will be available at the end of 22. Price: TBC

https://quanalog.com/"