Cherry Audio has come up with a novel way to tease its latest vintage synth plugin. The company teases new vintage synth plugin and challenges you to distinguish its sound from the original hardware.
The company has posted six pairs of audio clips (uncompressed WAV files), each of which contains the same phrase played on the original hardware synth and the software emulation. Your job is to decide which is which.
Once you’ve made your choices you can click through and view your results.
There’s also another guessing game here: can you tell from the audio which synth Cherry Audio is emulating? All will be revealed on 2 May.
Analogue Solutions has announced the availability of the Colossus AS200 Slim, a space saving version of their original Colossus monster synth.
British boutique electronic instruments company says the Colossus is an all-in-one modular synth that takes stylistic inspiration from the classic EMS Synthi 100, but the circuits are Analog Solutions’ own analog designs.
As they say, “This synth is purely for those who want it just as it was in the 1970s – but new with parts still in production.”
The Colossus AS200 Slim has a 50% smaller footprint than the original. It is designed for users that like the idea of the Colossus, but do not have the space.
The AS200 can also be used as an add-on to the original Colossus to create a mega-monster synth:
How the Colossus Slim compares to the original Colossus:
Gains over the Classic version:
Smaller foot print – over 50%
More mixer inputs.
Fully independent pin matrices (not internally wired to anything).
Lower price tag.
Classic Gains over the Slim:
Larger pin matrices.,
Touch keyboards.
Standard and Options
Colossus slim comes with a two channel LCD oscilloscope as standard.
A CRT scope is available as an option (£500+VAT).
There is a blank panel near the middle which is there for probably future urges.
Preview of the Mega-Colossus Double Stack in action:
The Colossus AS200 Slim is available to order, priced at £23,500.00 GBP (excluding VAT and delivery) — directly from Analogue Solutions, with delivery time expected to be within two to three weeks or order.
Erica Synths has introduced the EDU DIY Sequencer, a simple five-step sequencer for Eurorack modular systems that is available as a DIY project.
EDU DIY features include adjustable sequence length, per step gate status, and output range. It works both from an internal and external clock and has reset input for more complex sequences, if several sequencers are chained up. It works also as a waveshaper when clocked at the audio rate.
What they say about their DIY projects:
“Erica Synths and Moritz Klein – have developed series of educational DIY kits under the brand name mki x es. EDU with one specific goal in mind: to teach people with little-to-no prior experience how to design analog synthesizer circuits from scratch. What you’ll find in the box is not simply meant to be soldered together and then disappear in your rack. Instead, we want to take you through the circuit design process step by step, explaining every choice we’ve made and how it impacts the finished module.
In total, we have developed 9 kits to build a fully featured modular mono-synth: a sequencer, a VCO, a wavefolder, a noise/S&H module, a mixer, a VCF, an Envelope generator, a dual VCA and an output stereo mixer with a headphone amplifier. Additionally, an affordable eurorack case with a DIY PSU will also be available. While these kits are easy to build, we did not compromise on design and functionality. We will launch one kit every 4-6 weeks. Each kit comes with an extensive user manual (40+ pages) that will dive deep into not only the electronics behind each circuit, but also the fundamental principles of sound synthesis.
We hope that the mki x es. EDU project will inspire future engineers and will contribute to the ever-growing diversity of electronic music technology.”
