YOUTUBE - New Modular Synth Video Available!

It is a very short demo, but definitely worth listening to if you want to hear how fat 4 VCOs can sound in an Eurorack Modular System!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº15 starts in 5 minutes!

And this time, I'll be using my Eurorack Modular System only!

EURORACK - Modular Synth Transplant!

Today I'm changing some modules!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº14 starts in 10 minutes!

And if you enjoy loopers, I'm sure you'll love this one!

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - Crumar MultiMan S

If you love string machines, you should totally check this post, because it is about a truly amazing string machine, the Crumar MultiMan S!

APPS - MIDIMux, great app if you want to control your iOS apps with your computer!

If you don't happen to have a MIDI interface for your iPad, this is an amazing app you can get for free!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº12 & Nº13! Which is which?

If you remember my previous posts, the idea behind these two performances was to compare the Korg MS20 with the Korg iMS20 (controlled by the Korg MS20ic)!

CONCERT - March Equinox performance at 21:00 GMT!

Be sure to follow, like always at electro-music.com!

My performance starts at 21:00 GMT (a bit over 30 minutes), but there are plenty of good performances for you to listen to ;)

YOUTUBE - One more Eurorack Modular experiment!

And this time, the patch is triggered by itself!

EURORACK - These are made in Australia!

If you are into Eurorack Modular Systems, this video is probably worth your time ;)

NEWS - Synth-ing has a new Youtube channel!

And the first video is a small eurorack modular experiment!

Some Modular Synth Fun!

Today I was giving a small run to my eurorack modular system, or better said, half of it!

APPS - Korg Gadget for Mac OS available as well!

It took some more time, but Korg already has it available!

APPS - Korg Gadget 3 is out for iOS!

There is no news regarding the Mac OS version of Gadget yet, but for those using Korg Gadget in iOS, there is a new update waiting for you!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº13 starts in 20 minutes!

And if you want to see how different the Korg MS20 is from the Korg iMS20, you should definitely have a listen to it ;)

Roland's batteries!

In case you were not aware, Roland also had batteries with their own brand!

CONCERT - Korg MS-20 vs. Korg iMS20? That's Synth-ing Nº12 and Nº13!

Yep, that's the plan for Synth-ing Nº12 and Nº13, that I'll play today and next thursday!

NEWS - Buchla-like modular available for Reaktor (and it's free)!

I never felt sad for not having a licence of NI Reaktor... Until today...

NEWS - The CEM wars have just began...

If you recall my first reacting in this post, I wasn't sure if the CEMs Uli Behringer was talking about were the ones announced by Curts Electromusic last year (you can check more info about that here), or new chips they were developing themselves...

APPS - Audulus crew need your help!

If you have the app, this will probably be interesting for you!

NEWS - Behringer is working on 20 different synths, drum machines, etc...

Do you remember the post about Behringer cloning CEM chips?

Synth-ing has a new Facebook page!

To make things easier for those of you who are quite often in Facebook, I decided to create a new Facebook page for Synth-ing that will make it much easier for you to follow my new posts and recall the old ones!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº11!

I really hope you enjoyed this one, as it was the first time I chose not to use any of the Clavia Nord Modulars and decided to go for a different kind of setup!

NEWS - Erica Synths remakes their Polivoks modular!

For those of you who are really into eurorack, or into Russian synths, these are probably very exciting news!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº10!

If you tried to listen to Synth-ing Nº10 but were not able to, I'm very sorry as I was experiencing some problems with the internet, which ended up affecting the performance...

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - Yamaha REV7

If you need a cheap reverb with quality, be sure to read this post further!

CONCERT- Synth-ing Nº11 starts in 15 minutes!

And this time, the setup is completely different!

NEWS - Behringer working with CEM chips!

More precisely, they are working with the new re-issue of the CEM 3340 chip, which, a VCO chip used on many truly classic synths!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº9!

Synth-ing Nº9 is finally available for you to listen or re-listen!

NEWS - Elektron Digitakt available for pre-order! And there is a virtual demo available as well!

Yep, Elektron is taking pre-orders on their new Digitakt drum computer!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº10 starts in less than 10 minutes!

Be sure to listen to it, it will be a blast ;)

If you are a fan of Autechre, you probably should check this ;)

Fact Magazine published a very interesting article some weeks ago about 7 pieces of gear that helped define Autechre's sound!

NEWS - More Behringer Synths?

Yep, it seems Uli Behringer is on fire!

And he wants to bring some more classic synths back!

Map of the Eurorack World!

Have you looked at the world map recently?

Well, this link will give you a different perspective at it!

NEWS - Behringer plans clone the classic MiniMoog Model D

And it will be much cheaper than the new version from Moog, at around 400$!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº9 starts in 10 minutes!

And it is, hopefully, going to be awesome!

NEWS - Roland Synth Museum!

Regardless you are a fan of Roland, you should definitely check this link!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº8!

I know I forgot to post about it, but I performed Synth-ing Nº8 just some hours ago...

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº7!

So, last thursday it was time for Synth-ing Nº7!

This was a bit of a different performance to what I have done so far, with more actual playing with synths rather than relying on looper or sequencers to construct the performance.

Vince Clark's introduction to the Buchla modular!

This is definitely one of those synths that I would truly love to have on my setup...

To floppy or not to floppy?

I know that nowadays it is pretty popular to update floppy drives with floppy emulators that allow for you replace several floppy disks with a single newer storage unit, like a USB stick or a SD card.

The original Korg KaossPad, in BLUE!

Most of you are probably not aware of that, but there was a special blue edition of the original Korg KaossPad!

Happy 303 day!

Yep, today is the 3rd of March, 303 day!

NEWS - Otamatone!

This is pretty old news, in fact, but I was completely unaware this machine existed, which is a shame since it seems a very interesting music instrument!

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº7 starts in 10 minutes!

This night it will be time for something new, more "symphonic"!

NEWS - A Yamaha CS-80 rack clone in the works!

But as you'd probably guess, it won't be made by Yamaha...

CONCERT - Synth-ing Nº6!

This was quite a different performance, more ambient than any of the previous ones, but I really really enjoyed doing it!

NEWS - Roland Cloud 4.0

It seems Roland is bringing more synths to their cloud based service!

Now you can play with their Roland Jupiter 8, Roland Juno 106 and Roland System 8 plug-ins!

Casio VL-1, much more than a toy!

Some years ago I was lucky to bump into one of these in a street market!