Our monthly roundup of all the most fabulous news from the world of music technology, synths and modular.
Index – 0:00
InMusic buys Moog – 1:38
Behringer Spice and Bode Frequency Shifter – 9.47
Czochralski Cells – 15:59
AMP StarSong orbital sequencer – 18:20
D16 Group Lush 2 – 21:19
Korg Wavestate Mk2 & Opsix SE and SE Platinum – 22:36
Squarp Hermod+ – 25:14
Sonicware ELZ_1 Play – 29:07
OAM Time Machine – 31:33
Erica Synths Bullfrog – 33:14
Magerit Kairos – 37:17
Dawsome Love – 38:58
Nervous Squirrel Game of Life – 40:30
Faded Instruments – 43:25
Expert Sleepers new envelope – 45:59
Roland S-1 Tweak Synth – 49:19
Weston H1 analogue harmoniser – 52:26
Olivella Gravedad – 53:51
2020 Beat Machine – 55:08
BeepBoop Tapehead – 56:46
Synth East 2024 – 58:41
Coming soon – 1:01:41
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Spinning sequencer, I'm checking that out. Sooooo drawn to it.
Great news about Synth East 2024! Please count me in! would love to do the "Patch-off" again! Whatever, I'll be there!
And… thanks once again for all your work. These Molten Music Monthlies are great! Big hugz!
The warm fuzzy feelings around Moog is as gone as your goatee.
Yeah, but us guitarists still revere pre CBS strats………..
And that was 60 years ago 😂
Soundforce Dual ADSR is my go-to envelope generator, but this Aloysius has caught my eye.
Your trippy button down shirt collection has always mesmerized/delighted me. Did you collect them over a lifetime of trippy adventures, or is there a modern producer of trippy shirts I should know about? ( shirts like these were my late-80s staple, generally in paisleys, with pointy black boots and skinny black jeans, looking like a member of the Yardbirds joined the Sisters of Mercy, haha )
Moog sold?? I guess I live under a rock since this is the first I've heard of it. Thanks for your insights on this significant development Robin. Just goes to show that, at the end of the day, it's all about the money…
Strange to see no beard. Took me a while to realise what was missing.
Always a pleasure to watch your news and reviews. Thank you!!!
I think you missed the point about the Spice. Spice isn't just a different front panel from Subharmonicon. This isn't like they cloned some instrument Bob Moog designed back in the 1960s that's been moldering in the public domain for half a century or something. Moog Music designed and released the Subharmonicon exactly three years ago. Behringer cloned 100% of the functionality and controls. All of the design choices of the musical instrument have been copied pot-for-pot. Nothing was added. Nothing was refined from Moog's design. Zero innovation! And as you note, Behringer stuffed all the Subharmonicon's controls into a generic box apparently without any regard to what's going on. Oh but they added a USB port.
The joke is however, is a bit on Behringer. I love the Subharmonicon, but I kind of think Moog was punking the synthesizer industry with it. Subharmonics, polyrhythms, just intonation! These are not even close to mainstream features. Would Behringer ever design such a thing? Not in a million years. But Moog did. (Maybe that tells us quite a bit about about why Moog just got bought.)
The reality is, in the end the Spice will end up costing about $250-$300 within a couple years if it ever ships. But a gently used Subharmonicon can be found pretty easily for about $450… today.
Behringer likes to portray themselves as the Robinhood of electronic music gear. But it's important to remember that Robinhood was also a thief.
thanks for the updates💙
100% agree with you on the s1 this is not sh101 – at least sh01a has miniature same form which you can call sh101 but not this thing
The SSL BigSix is an excellent mixer, although intimidating at first because its complexity is compacted into a small area. But the sound of this little gem rewards the effort required to tame it. It will be a pleasure to discover your approach to this fine musical tool. And what more can we say about your shirts? Like your good humour, they are legendary. Thank you for all your hard work.
Acb and zen core sound like crap in my opinion but I love this news keep it going
Very cool face reveal, smoothly done. 😄
You got that real estate on the sides for pedals!! You were actually fair towards the Korg stuff. Most just go off on them… despite not even doing a demo. The keyboard action may surprise. I love your comments on the Hermod replacement as well. I am done with Eurorack menu diving/ button press combination sequencers. What is your favorite… actual useable sequencer?
good stuff
Yes! My favourite time of the month (apart from pay days). It's Molten Music Monthly Modular Magnifco time 😀
Isn't that Beep Boop tape head just a slimmed down copy of the Music Thing Modular Magnetophon???
your barber, hairdresser did a good job you look better that way 🙂 lol
I also dont use envelopes that much for the same reason..
Wavestate mkII: they increased the polyphony.
Hermod+: I received mine already, and it’s absolutely brilliant! It’s like a mini version of their Hapax. It solves a lot of sync and interfacing issues with USB host and device ports along with traditional MIDI ports. I’ll give you it’s far from perfect, but it’s already taking over as my master sequencer and interface.
I think Robin needs a 'cockerel to roast dinner' converter.
Lol, I love how you pronounced gravedad! It’s actually Spanish for gravity, so not a weird name at all for what it’s supposed to be (whatever that is 😅)
Looking forward to seeing more videos again! And thanks for keeping me company while I was waiting for files to copy and render during my video editing session last night. Your long videos are always perfect for that.
I'm largely analogue synths and drum machine but the Roland J6 chord synth is absolutely wonderful for it's contrasting timbre.
Hey Robin thanks for covering the Star Song, really appreciate it. It's built out of PCB fiberglass and assembled by soldering panels together (by me personally in my mountain studio hut) so it's actually quite rigid, but I appreciate that it probably doesn't look like the aluminum, wood, and plastic boxes you're used to seeing. I'm planning on having a much cheaper 3U mountable expansion module (somewhat paired down from the Wave Expander but still very versatile) soon, so that should lower the price of entry for anyone wanting interesting new ways to control their modular.
Nice Porn Star Stache Mate! I vote adding in chops next.
Nice art centre within my parking permit zone st Giles massive
circa 42:35
the time has come to to enter the NLC rabbit hole in your DIY videos
That's a good point on the spice. I feel a lot of folk overlook that, UI and usability is half it for me – what's the point of an instrument if you don't enjoy using as much, if it doesn't entice you in. As a product itself I'm not against behringer per se, I do enjoy a couple of their modules. But looking at the spice and the subharmonicon, the spice just feels noisy to me, something about the design of the subharmonicon makes me want to fiddle with it.
The Czochralski (chokh-RAHL-skee) method is the process to create the silicon boules from where the silicon chips are made.
My take on Moog is now they can be more competitive. I don’t think they’ll suffer or change for the worse at all.