AMSynths – UK-based synth maker – has announced the DIODE-01 analog synthesizer, described as “an accurate replica of the Roland System 101 analog synthesizer, combined with the extra features in the 102″.
DIODE-01 appears to clone the Roland System 101/102 design, but as a Mother-32 format Eurorack synthesizer module.
Features:
Envelope Generator – “traditional but fast” ADSR
LFO – with three waveforms (triangle, sine, sawtooth)
S&H – with its own wide-ranging clock (0.25Hz to 400Hz)
VCO – with range switch and four waveforms (triangle, sawtooth, square, pulse)
The VCO has the sync feature of the 102 (strong or weak)
Noise source with white and pink colours
Ring Modulator, normalized to the VCO and LFO
High pass filter, 3dB passive design
Voltage controlled 24dB diode filter with self oscillation
Voltage controlled amplifier
Output stage that mixes a second input into a final output
The AMSynths DIODE-01 is currently in development. Details on pricing and availability are to be announced, but developer Rob Keeble plans to show the prototype at Synthfest UK 2023, scheduled for Oct 7th, 2023 in Sheffield, England. Production units are expected to be available in Winter of 2023/2024.
SynthFest UK 2023 will be held in Sheffield on Saturday 7th of October 2023.
The event, organized by Sound On Sound, is designed to showcase electronic music gear from companies of all sizes. It will feature keyboards, desktop synths, modular gear, software and more.
Vendors include:
1010 Music
Ableton
ADAM Audio
Advanced Music Construction Systems
AJH Synth
Allen Synthesis
AM Synths
AMS Stands-Obelisque Design
Analogue Solutions UK
Arturia
ASM Hydrasynth
Audio Computer
Bjooks
Buchla
Cong Burn
Decksaver
DPW Design
Electronic Sound Magazine
Euterpe Synthesizers Laboratories
Eventide
Exclusively Analogue (E-mu Modular Clone)
Expert Sleepers
Expressive E Osmose
Focusrite
Ferrofish
Genelec
GS Music
Haken Audio
Ian Boddy (DiN Records)
Icon Pro Audio
IK Multimedia
James Orvis Training
Kenton
KMR Audio Retailer
Korg
Kurzweil
Leaf Audio
LOCI Stands
Mellotron
MIDI Association Innovation Awards
MIDI Cake
Modular Perfection Cases
Moog
Moon Modular
Motas Electronics
Movuku FlowFal
myVolts
Nonlinear Labs
Novation
Oberheim
Officina del Malista
Omnibus Press
Play All Day
PWM
Rhodes
Riban Modular
Rides In The Storm
RME
Ryk Modular
Sequential
Solid State Logic
SOMA
Sonocurrent
Sound On Sound Magazine
Soundgas
Sound Technology
Source Distribution
Studio Electronics
Studiologic
Sweet Discrete
Synclavier
Synth Evolution
Teenage Engineering
Thonk
Tierra Audio
Tileyard North
Transistor Sounds Labs
Udo Audio
Waverley Instruments
Wonkystuff
Yamaha
Yorkshire Women Sound Network
Zoom
SynthFest UK 2023 is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 7th at the Octagon Centre, Clarkson Street, Sheffield, S10 2TQ, from 10:30am – 6:30pm. Tickets are £15 in advance, £20 on the day. See the event website for details.
The Waves is an audiovisual piece, played on the Silhouette Eins. Przygodda says that the piece is inspired by the beauty of nature and the novel The Waves, by Virginia Woolf.
Within the blue rectangle, visual greyscale data is being selected and transformed into audio, to create a multimedia performance.
Przygodda also shared this video, demonstrating 7 sounds created with the Silhouette Eins:
