Manmade madman shared this video demo (unofficial) of the new muSonics Vanilla Modular Synthesizer, which will make its official debut at Knobcon 2023, being held September 8-10, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, Chicago.
Vanilla synthesizer is a modular synthesizer in MU format, inspired, in part, by the Oberheim SEM and Two Voice synthesizers. As shown, it has normalled CV/Gate, two oscillators, a multimode SEM filter, two Attack/Decay/Sustain envelopes, each with built in VCA’s, and an output mixer.
They note, “You can think of this as a modular ‘best of’ modular Oberheim SEM.”
The new muSonics is headed by Suit & Tie Guy, head of STG Soundlabs and creator of Knobcon, and operating under the name STG muSonics. Details are to come at the muSonics website.
SampleScience has introduced RC909 Pro, a virtual emulation of the Roland TR-909 drum machine for MacOS and Windows.
RC909 Pro features 19 variations on the classic 909 sounds, including tape-processed kits, re-sampled kits via old computers and video game consoles (NES, Sega Genesis and Master System), and distorted kits using guitar effect pedals and tube amplifiers.
The plugin has 6 built-in effects: distortion, delay, reverb, sub, vinyl and tape.
Features:
The original 909 drum kit
19 variations of the 909 drum kit processed via tubes, amps, cassette, and DSP
In 2021, Soonth developed Blocks – a very unique free modular Synthesizer plugin.
Soonth shared this short preview of Blocks for Mac + Windows, a free application that offers “a simple approach to synthesis using a modular grid system.”
The developer has released update 0.04 with new features. The development progressed in very small steps. It introduces a new modulator menu on the right giving you an overview of all active modulations, including envelopes, LFOs, and more.
Here’s how it works:
Blocks: Sound moves downwards. You can place blocks, shuffle them around, or extend effects across columns with ease.
Modulators: To the right side, you’ll find modulators like LFOs and envelopes.
Tabs: Decide which columns are audible when a note plays.
