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It’s always fun to discover modules with a different slant on things. The ADDAC503, or Marble Physics, is a CV source that models the behaviour of a marble on a square tray...
Qu-Bit’s Wave is presumably named after the Wave (wav) format samples it plays — up to four of them at once. A 4GB MicroSD card is included, ready-populated with drum hits, vocals, synths and sound effects, easily enough to get you going...
It’s the feel and syncopation of the performers that make this collection of Brazilian percussion grooves what it is.
The EMS VCS3 (or ‘Putney’) is relic of a bygone age. Along with its suitcase sibling the Synthi, the VCS3...
How do you follow the best-selling synthesizer of all time?
Make Noise blur the boundaries between the East and West Coast schools of synthesis with this unique semi-modular.
Abstract Data’s Octocontroller crams eight assignable outputs into just 14hp, making it a candidate for the beating heart of any tempo-based Eurorack setup.
The Studio Electronics Tonestar 2600 is a complete analogue synthesizer voice in just 32hp. It consists of a single VCO, a sub oscillator and noise generator processed by a four-pole low-pass filter based on that of the legendary ARP 2600.
TwinCussion comprises a pair of analogue percussion voices (A & B), both slightly different and capable of independent operation or cross-patched interaction...
Twisted Electrons offer a new take on the classic acid machine.
Boss’s latest desktop looper might be small, but it’s no lightweight in terms of features.
The LEP LepLoop takes a decidedly unconventional approach to the groovebox format.
Plucked from the Dreadbox collection of modules, Omikron is a 22hp dual VCO, while the Lamda is a 20hp multi-mode filter.
This is a Kontakt instrument with a difference, built from samples of a one-off electro-acoustic instrument — a box with several guitar strings and a contact mic attached...
Moodscape’s Autoplay button is a wonderful introduction to its charms. With a single touch, it generates a musical artwork that’s different every time...
The MicroGranny 2 is a miniature granular sampler, and you won’t have to sell any of your elderly relations to get one.
Drips is a complete analogue drum voice that can be tweaked to produce kicks, snares, hi-hats and so on as well as Kraftwerk-style zaps and thwaps.
This compact module will serve as four linear VCAs or as a four-input mixer — for audio or control signals.
Rebel Technology’s Phoreo [Rendering its name in Greek will break the SOS publishing software — Ed] is a clock,...