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Analogue Synthesizer
Future Sound Systems’ debut desktop is very much in a class of its own.
Published January 2026

Future Sound Systems’ debut desktop is very much in a class of its own.

Comprised of an 18dB/octave three‑pole multi‑mode filter, a VCA, two different West Coast‑style wavefolders and a rectifier, at its mildest end the FIL4 very much does what it says on the tin: it sculpts timbre.

Modular Profile: Finlay Shakespeare
The founder of Bristol‑based developer Future Sound Systems, Finlay Shakespeare is a...

At its core, the Recombination Engine is a triple analogue VCO module based around reissue Curtis CEM 3340 VCO chips. How it combines the three, however, is quite unique...