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    Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave Desktop

    Wavetable Synthesizer

    Groove Synthesis’ PPG‑inspired synth has grown considerably since we last reviewed it. It’s also got a lot smaller...

    Reviews Oct 2024
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    RYK Algo

    Eurorack Module

    The Algo is an elegant, complex oscillator bank of four sound sources configurable into multiple algorithms of FM timbres, and it’s a beautiful cluster of additive sine waves that are eager to fold and warp.

    Reviews Oct 2024
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    Instruō Dåpf

    Eurorack Module

    When is a filter not a filter? When it is the Dåpf (Dual All‑Pass Filter)...

    Reviews Oct 2024
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    Cycle Instruments Tetrachords

    Eurorack Sequencer Module

    Australian company Cycle Instruments have burst on to the scene with a very interesting and highly ambitious debut, the Tetrachords sequencer.

    Reviews Sep 2024
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    Glasgow Synth Guild Oct Tone

    Eurorack 8-step Sequencer Module

    The Oct Tone is an eight‑step sequencer, a reimagining of the Octone, originally designed by Instruo’s Jason Lim back in 2016.

    Reviews Sep 2024
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    Waldorf Iridium Core

    Synthesizer

    Waldorf’s all‑encompassing Iridium engine is now available in its smallest form yet.

    Reviews Sep 2024
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    4MS Catalyst Sequencer & Controller

    Eurorack Modules

    These Catalyst modules are based upon the Emblematic Systems module of the same name. However, 4MS have turned it into two modules: a controller, like the original, and a sequencer.

    Reviews Aug 2024
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    ALM / Busy Circuits Mega Milton

    Eurorack Module

    ALM describe the all‑analogue Mega Milton as a ‘smorgasbord’ of handy utilities, designed to greatly extend the functionality of a Eurorack system.

    Reviews Aug 2024
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    Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth MkII

    Polyphonic Synthesizer

    Gamechanger Audio’s Motor Synth MkII updates the company’s idiosyncratic approach to synthesis...

    Reviews Aug 2024
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    Moog Labyrinth

    Synthesizer & Sequencer

    A synth of many paths, Moog’s latest semi‑modular may well see you getting lost completely.

    Reviews Aug 2024
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    Schlappi Engineering Nibbler

    Eurorack Module

    I am reminded by the Nibbler, as I was reminded by the Three Body, of how perfectly modular synthesis often rests on the...

    Reviews Jul 2024
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    Expert Sleepers Pandora, Cicely, Amelia, Aloysius & Otterly

    Eurorack Modules

    The next batch of analogue Expert Sleepers modules expands the line‑up in several new and exciting directions.

    Reviews Jun 2024
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    Knob Technology SGR1806-20

    Eurorack Module

    The SGR1806‑20 is a brash and spacey analogue drum synth module from Knob Technology.

    Reviews May 2024
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    Xaoc Devices Ostrawa & Bohumin

    Eurorack Module

    A pair of Eurorack modules from Xaoc Devices reviewed, how do the Ostrawa mixer and Bohumin expander stack up?

    Reviews May 2024
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    Qu-Bit Electronix Mojave

    Eurorack Module

    Drawing its inspiration from vast swaths of desert in the American Southwest, the Mojave is concerned with all things granular.

    Reviews May 2024
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    Schlappi Engineering Three Body

    Eurorack Module

    A “phase and frequency modulation toolkit” is how Eric Schlappi describes the Three Body...

    Reviews Apr 2024
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    Erica Synths x Richie Hawtin Bullfrog

    Analogue Synthesizer

    Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin’s educationally inspired synth isn’t just for kids.

    Reviews Apr 2024
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    Polyend Play+

    Polyend Play+

    Sample & Synth Sequencer

    Polyend’s Play gets a major + upgrade.

    Reviews Apr 2024
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    Neuzeit Instruments Warp

    Eurorack Module

    In one sense it’s understandable to call the Warp an oscillator, but in reality it’s a self‑contained, fully-fledged synthesizer.

    Reviews Mar 2024
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    Error Instruments Brinta

    Eurorack Module

    Welcome to another joyfully peculiar Error Instruments protrusion into normal space. It arrives in the form of a porridge‑inspired granular sampler that’s as brilliant as it is baffling.

    Reviews Mar 2024
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    Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas Alia

    Eurorack Module

    This latest iteration leaves the character of Basimilus unaltered, but throws in an envelope output and a range of extra modules for free.

    Reviews Feb 2024

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