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    Melbourne Instruments Nina gets an update

    New four-track polyphonic sequencer mode added

    The Nina's latest firmware update introduces four fully independent polyphonic, polymetric sequencer tracks that each boast per-step automation, parameter locking and motorised control.

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    Arturia AstroLab firmware update new V Collection 11 instruments

    Arturia update AstroLab firmware

    Seven new V Collection 11 instruments & more

    Arturia have just released a firmware update that brings a whole host of new content, improvements and enhancements to both versions of the AstroLab.

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    The Bob Moog Foundation Synth Legends online livestream symposium

    The Bob Moog Foundation: Synth Legends Livestream

    Broadcasting on 21 August 2025

    The Bob Moog Foundation have announced an upcoming livestream of the Synth Legends symposium that originally took place in Los Angeles on April 19, 2005.

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    Arturia MicroBrute UFO compact desktop analogue monosynth

    Arturia introduce the MicroBrute UFO

    Latest limited-edition instrument unveiled

    The latest Arturia instrument to arrive sporting a fresh lick of paint is the MicroBrute UFO, a refreshed version of the company’s ever-popular compact analogue monosynth. 

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    Oberheim TEO-5 Desktop Module analogue polysynth

    Oberheim announce the TEO-5 Desktop Module

    Latest Oberheim module revealed

    The latest addition to the Oberheim line-up packs all of the sounds and features of their TEO-5 polysynth into a desktop-based enclosure that’s less than half the size.

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    Sequential Take 5 Desktop Module analogue polysynth

    Sequential unveil the Take 5 Desktop Module

    Polysynth gets new desktop version

    Sequential have announced the launch of a new desktop instrument that makes the sounds and capabilities of their popular Take 5 synth available in a more compact and accessible form factor. 

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    Dreamtonics Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro

    Software Vocal Synthesizer

    Dreamtonics take their session singer in software to the next level.

    Reviews Jul 2025
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    Korg microKORG2

    Synthesizer

    Updated for a new generation, can the microKORG2 live up to the huge success of its predecessor?

    Reviews Jul 2025
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    Archaea Exchange

    Eurorack Patching Module

    The Archaea Exchange falls into what is possibly the author's favourite category of modules: essentially very simple but with massive scope.

    Reviews Jul 2025
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    XAOC Devices Lublin

    Eurorack VCA Module

    The Lublin 1957 from XAOC Devices is a two‑channel pingable VCA module with three ping responses and a gain limiting circuit to prevent peaking or distortion.

    Reviews Jul 2025
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    Modular Profile: Maciek Bartkowiak

    ​​​​​​​XAOC Devices

    One of the central figures behind XAOC Devices' success is Maciek Bartkowiak, a veritable heavyweight in electronic instrument design and a charming fellow to boot.

    People Jul 2025
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    FlatSix Seventh Summoner

    Eurorack Module

    The unsettlingly named Seventh Summoner is a really simple sequencer, and as with the Arp Of Darkness, it does just enough to make itself fabulously useful.

    Reviews Jul 2025
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    Catherine Anne Davies (The Anchoress)

    Catherine Anne Davies | SOS Podcast

    The Anchoress

    The Anchoress joins Caro C to discuss her preferred recording methods, her obsession with vintage synthesizers, the decision to invest in her own studio and receiving three consecutive MPG Award nominations.

    People Jul 2025
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    Qu-Bit Bloom v2 Eurorack step sequencer module

    Qu-Bit announce the Bloom v2

    Eurorack sequencer module reimagined

    The latest version of Qu-Bit's Bloom sequencer comes kitted out with a whole host of new features including per-step clock-sync’d ratchets, new random variation functions, additional channel outputs and more. 

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    Sonicware LIVEN Evoke compact desktop ambient synth

    Sonicware release LIVEN Evoke

    A “nostalgia-evoking ambient music box”

    Sonicware's latest LIVEN synth has been built around a new Acoustronic Flux Oscillator engine that creates sounds using a blend of acoustic and electronic sources.

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    Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro Avid Pro Tools ARA2 support

    Dreamtonics Synthesizer V gains Pro Tools ARA2 support

    Update delivers tighter integration with Pro Tools timeline

    With the launch of Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro 2.1.0, Pro Tools users will enjoy tighter integration between DAW and plug-in, along with a number of other enhancements and improvements. 

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    ALM Busy Circuits Pip Filter LFO compact Eurorack modules

    ALM/Busy Circuits launch Pip Filter & LFO

    Two new compact 4HP modules introduced

    ALM/Busy Circuits have just announced the launch of two new Eurorack modules, the Pip Filter and Pip LFO, both of which pack a comprehensive selection of features into just 4HP.

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    Arturia MiniFreak Vocoder Edition hybrid polysynth

    Arturia unveil the MiniFreak Vocoder Edition

    New version features built-in 16-band vocoder

    Arturia have announced the launch of a new special-edition version of the MiniFreak that offers a wealth of new sounds thanks to a dedicated vocoder engine.

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    Sound Particles launch MiniDust

    MiniDust from Sound Particles out now

    A streamlined spatial software synth

    Designed as a more accessible version of the company’s flagship SkyDust 3D synth, MiniDust aims to deliver the same creative power in a more streamlined and affordable offering.

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    Clatters Machines release Sonora mixer module

    12-input spectral mixing output module for Eurorack

    Italian Eurorack manufacturer Clatters Machines have announced the release of Sonora, a 6HP stereo output module designed to act as a final mixing stage for modular synthesizer systems.

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    Rides in the Storm SED-CSM Eurorack modular synth voice

    SED-CSM from Rides In The Storm

    Powerful new Eurorack module announced

    The latest addition to the Rides In The Storm line-up is a pre-patched synth voice that packs in a pair of VCOs and three sub-VCOs, a wavefolder, a ring modulator, two ASDR sections, a pair of LFOs, a VCF and a VCA.

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