"Matthew of Morpor demonstrates their new ECHON 6 synthesizer at Superbooth 2026. ECHON 6 is a polyphonic synthesizer based around analog BBD resonators, adding resonator-based additive synthesis to more traditional oscillator and filter stages. It also features a host of modulation options, external connectivity, and preset storage."
"This small box is something that I need to keep my eye on. Open source mentality and user expansion. the interface is quite intuitive to use with fast learning curve. 16 tracks is plenty to make a complex track out of it."
"Superbooth was great. So many people enthusiastic about synths and music making in one place.
Here are some of my hardware highlights. What are yours?
0:00 Intro
0:08 Vacuum tubed!
0:32 Revival of a niche classic
1:14 Quadhead feedback delays
1:48 Nifty NoiseBox
2:00 Your beat friend
2:50 And more!
Thanks for watching!"
Note: this appears to be the first post to feature the SWEN2 from Analog Sweden. It's a follow-up to the Swenigiser, an enhanced Orgon Systems Enigiser clone.
"First and flawed test build of the Alleykat module.
Nine lives - no regrets......
Completed the next schematic revision today ready for submission to fab. In doing so i ended up spending an hour on this flawed test piece knocking this up for a bit of fun.
When you consider how good it sounds (in a c64 kind of way) in it's current state, it becomes quite obvious how cool it will be when the filter is online and all the parameters are active. The test boards had numerous errors on them which have rendered the ring/sync and octave hopping inactive. The filter cutoff and resonance were also mis-routed in the schematic which rendered the filter unusable.
Swinsid in circuit this time. Does a decent enough job, but i've yet to see how it performs in comparison to a real SID or a superior clone when the ring/sync and filter come into play. The only difference i hear using just the waveforms and pwm compared to the usual 8580 i use for testing is that the swinsid doesn't sound as bright.
With a bit of luck i've fixed everything that was wrong with the first attempt and the next revision will work properly."
Biscuit WebMIDI editor is an free augmented editor for the hardware OTO Biscuit FX, which controls all the parameters of the OTO Biscuit, but also adds some additional features, like Preset Manager, Preset and Parameter randomizing, Preset Morphing, Full LFO Modulation Matrix, Step Filter with smoothing function."
"In this special episode recorded on location at Superbooth 2026 in Berlin, Tom and Luke discuss some of the new gear they checked out at the show, including the Buchla Ziggy, Make Noise Plexiphon, Xaoc Devices Budapeszt, Body Synths Laboratory, and Befaco/Mylar Melodies Random8, to name just a tiny handful. Apologies to anyone we left out - there’s simply too much to cover in a single episode!
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