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British Polysynth – Modal 002 – coming 3.8k€-High-End-Synthesiser

      Modal 002 (built 2014) – Hybrid Synthesizer + modulation step sequencer here’s the specs of Modal Electronics 002 which was previously called the Modulus 002 hybrid synth (digital OSCs, analog path after the OSCs) UPDATE: 12 voice – 2 OSCs with 50 digital Waves and Standards – expect the digital being something between PPG-style Wavaetables or something – nobody knows yet- bother OSC got SUBOSCs as well. filters are 1-4pole filters of any type that you might expect 2 LFOs: one per voice, one global. 2 Envelopes it has…

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Roland System 1 Synth: SH-101 PLUG-OUT SYNTH in Camden Town, 26 Jun 2014 7:00 PM HMF

just a short message on the non-buyable Roland Aira System 1 (so far) – to hit the press for their second synth the SH101 emulation tomorrow: World Premiere – SH-101 PLUG-OUT SYNTH in Camden Town, HMF – 26 Jun 2014 7:00  More Information streaming : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPDUhDSlMtc SH-101 Plug-out Information SSR London here is how it looks like and how the layout is done:   UPDATE: Video: Dieses Video auf YouTube ansehen   what they say – it has 2 envs and comes with the System1.. Two envelope sections allow different settings for…

Dave Smith Instruments Pro2 Monosynth – with 4 CV in/outs and paraphonic voice assignment, 2 filters!

FB: – Dave Smith Instruments. come out with a new synth. since P12 and rack and Mopho 4x are out – what could be expected? UPDATE! Its a monophonic Prophet 12 – the Pro 2 with 32 Step Sequencer – it is NOT a P12 repacked – it has 2 filters and more digital waves and the Delays are bucket delay emulations x4. the sequencer allows to RECORD in Step Mode like BS2, Pro One etc.. Originally Posted by Pym (DSI) „To expand a bit on the sequencer: – Step mode that…

Axel Hartmann Synthesizer Designer Interview

Axel Hartmann – the synth designer from germany known from Waldorf and Moog Synth Designs and the Hartmann Neuron – here at Sonic TALK 361 – Axel Hartmann Synthesizer Designer – he has a Polymoog in his room btw. so it’s about everything he did and thinks about.. Schmidt also looks a lot like the Waldorf Wave .. so.. here’s it.. the only synth unter Axel Hartmanns own name – made by Prosoniq Mastermind Stefan Bernsee (Prosoniq was sold to Zynaptiq recently)     Hartmann Neuron (built 2003) – Digital Synthesizer but a large…

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Roland Aira in a black suit

Ulrich Bielefeld (the man behind Oscillation-Rhythm) sent these pics my way – just for those who’d like to know – how do they look like when you paint those green framing black – So sieht es aus, wenn man die grünen Rahmen schwarz einfärbt. Danke an Ulrich für die Bilder und den Selbstversuch. Diskutiert wurde dies und mehr  auf über 136 Seiten im Forum: Roland Aira TR-8 und Roland AIRA – TR8 – TB3 – System 1 Original look: (my shots from the Musikmesse 2014) __ Added to SynthDB / UPDATE: Dave Smith…

Musikmesse Bericht 2014 – Final Musikmesse 2014 Images Collection

Here we go – the super long’ish Imagery Gallery from the Messery including my own booth – SynMag / Synthesizer-Magazin featuring a lot of vintage synths but also the Magazine of the present & future SynMag .. ja, dann mal vom Stand des SynMag mit alten Synthesizern zum Heft über neue Synthesizer und das Beste von Heute von der Messe in Bildwerk. Controller – Software und Kurioses.. Rack Version von den neuen Clavias, Step Sequencer von M-audio und Akai – in letzterem Fall ein vollständiger analoge Drumcomputer, der jedoch nicht…

Updates Updates – Waldorf is going 64bit & Streichfett String Synth

long time no see.  here’s the Streichfett Digital Synthesizer (german-> bread spread fat) Waldorf is not only semi-announcing a Rocket-Kind of synth called Streichfett that has a certain humorous aspect in it (used for food like butter).. there’s no real image but some mags got ads with blurred Streichfett-Images along with 2Pole and Rocket in the same case. Image at the Forum: Flächenleger „Streichfett“ von Waldorf? __ And – all classic Waldorf Plugins get 64bit’ified like: Folgende Plug-ins werden als 32-/64-Bit-Version im AAX-, AudioUnit- und VST-Format erscheinen: ·          Largo ·          PPG Wave 3.V ·          Waldorf Edition Die…