System Building
Eurorack explained: what to know before buying your first case
Eurorack comes down to a few simple dimensions: 3U tall, widths in HP, a ±12 V supply. The basics you need to…
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First Synth
Your first synth: analog, digital or hybrid?
Choosing a first synth is about more than analog versus digital. Voices, keyboard, engine and budget: a method to decide, with reference…
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Announcements
Behringer JAM and JAM PLAY: two 32-key sequencer keyboards with CV outputs
Behringer unveils the JAM, a 32-key controller and sequencer with CV/Gate outputs, and the JAM PLAY, the same base with 128 built-in…
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Sequencers & Control
Squarp Core: a 6 HP module that drives up to 64 CV outputs
Squarp launches Core, a 6 HP MIDI-to-CV brain with no jacks at all that drives one or two xp32 expanders and runs…
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Vintage Emulations
Cherry Audio Pentaphonic revives the ultra-rare 1981 Gleeman
Cherry Audio recreates the Gleeman Pentaphonic, a 1981 hybrid polysynth built in fewer than 70 units, as a $59 plugin with up…
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Announcements
UDO DMNO ON brings the 8-voice DMNO to an expandable desktop
UDO Audio turns its DMNO into a desktop unit: the same 8 hybrid voices, two multitimbral parts and a control surface that…
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