Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Behringer hype-train suggests a Yamaha CS-80 clone Yamaha’s R&D recently reached out to users about possibly remaking the Yamaha CS-80, but will Behringer beat them to it? Yamaha recently sent out a series of emails to members of their synth forum, posing the question of whether they would like to see a remake of the […]
Moog Spectravox – semi-modular analog vocoder and spectral synth The Moog Spectravox was unveiled at this year’s Moogfest 2019, it’s a 10-band vocoder with an interesting twist. The Moog Spectravox is not just a vocoder, it’s got an internal single oscillator synth and noise generator. Where it starts to get interesting is the filter section, […]
New upcoming Behringer synth replica teased online “You are all doing a fantastic job creating these synths!” said Jeff Ford with regards to the Behringer synth replica models. Jeff Ford, one of the Music Tribe / Behringer support team recently posted about his hands-on experiences with the Behringer synth replica instruments, and in doing so […]
Arturia V Collection 7 launched with new instruments and more The all-new Arturia V Collection 7 introduces some legendary plugin remakes – Mellotron V, SYNTHI V and CZ V. Arturia have added some new legendary plugin remakes to their highly-acclaimed Arturia V Collection 7, now totalling 24 premium software instruments and thousands of presets to […]
NEW: Moog Matriarch semi-modular analog synth Moog Matriarch is a new semi-modular analog synth building on the success of its predecessor the Moog Grandmother. The new Matriarch shares similar aesthetic to the Moog Grandmother, although the functionality has been improved a great deal. The Grandmother is a monophonic, dual-oscillator synth while the all-new Matriarch expands […]
Novation Bass Station II firmware update include Aphex Twin setting The latest Novation Bass Station II firmware update sees the addition of AFX Mode – by the legendary Aphex Twin. The Novation Bass Station II v4.14 firmware update is one of the biggest firmware updates that the ever-growing Bass Station analog synthesizer has ever seen. […]
Top five new hardware releases from Synthplex 2019 Synthplex is the trade show dedicated to all-things-synthesizer, from modular to digital. Here’s our top five releases from this year. NAMM saw a huge variety of new synths being released from some of the bigger players in the market, leaving space for some of the more boutique […]
Plankton Electronics Spice is a standalone and modular FX unit The new Plankton Electronics Spice is a hybrid analog/digital distortion and filter effects processor for modular and standalone application. A few months ago Plankton Electronics were teasing their upcoming release, at first we thought it was a synthesizer – we couldn’t have been further from […]
Roland Cloud adds legendary TB-303 synth To commemorate international 303 Day, Roland has added their legendary TB-303 synth as a plugin on the Roland Cloud. The Roland Cloud is a growing platform of legendary Roland synth emulations from the Jupiter to the Juno. Their latest additions come as a much-anticipated announcement, as it was one […]
Syntronik Memory-V is a limited-time free Memorymoog style plugin IK Multimedia in association with AudioPlugin.Deals introduce Syntronik Memory-V, a limited-time free multi-sample bundle based on the classic Memorymoog. Syntronik Memory-V is based on the classic 18-oscillator monster analog polyphonic synthesizer, the Memorymoog. The bundle includes sampled single and multiple oscillator mixes, classic patches, unison stacks, […]
