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Eternal Engine shared this hand-on demo of the Apparatus Tube Synthesizer.

The Apparatus Tube Synthesizer is described as ‘The first duophonic synthesizer based on vacuum and gas-filled radio tubes.”

Features:

• Kenoton rectifier power supply
• Audio path based entirely on radio tubes
• Two independent thyratron oscillators with quartz frequency stabilization, which ensures frequency accuracy throughout the entire operating range
• Voltage-controlled second order filter with the possibility of self-oscillation and overdrive
• Voltage-controlled amplifier, based on the traditional schematic of tube opto compressors
• Triode asymmetric overdrive
• Analog VU meter
• CV / Gate inputs to control the oscillators pitch (OSC-1, OSC-2 CVs), filter cutoff frequency (VCF CV) and amplifier amplitude (VCA CV)
• External Input for signal processing from external audio devices
• velocity-sensitive ADSR envelope generator with two trigger modes
• Clock synchronizable low-frequency oscillator with retrigger option and smooth waveform morphing: saw-triangle-reverse saw in triangle mode or pulse width modulation in square wave mode, sample & hold
• Auto and continuous modes of portamento / legato
• Monophonic and duophonic mode
• Responds to Control Changes Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel, Velocity
• Channel switching with the Learn button
• Galvanic isolated PC connection port
• Powerful headphone amplifier, compatible with low impedance load

Apparatus Audio Demos:

The Apparatus Tube Synthesizer is available for $1,999.

DNIPRO, in collaboration with Sinevibes, has released a major update for Radiant, its powerful Eurorack multi-effect processor.

Radiant firmware 2.o adds the following effects and options:

• Holy Reverb – a lush, shimmering reverb enhanced with tremolo
• Dust Delay – a saturated, crossfading delay featuring authentic tape noise
• Modal Resonator – a membrane-inspired modal resonator
• Two new type of distortion are added to the Distortion algorithm.

Radiant offers a collection of 9 distinct core algorithms, designed to be both familiar and experimental:

• Dub Delay
• Pole Phaser
• Chord Wrapper
• Feedback Shifter
• Distortion
• Re-Trigger
• Holy Reverb
• Dust Delay
• Modal Resonator

Radiant is available now for $380.

The new firmware is available now as a free update.

Visit the DNIPRO site for details.

Thereminist Carolina Eyck shared this arrangement of The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers, a song written by jazz pianist Steve Kuhn.

Eyck calls the song “A beautiful jazz standard I’ve fallen in love with.” Her arrangement features wordless vocals and theremin lead(s).

The song, originally released in 1972, was inspired by the name of a piano player advertised in the back of a Down Beat magazine. Kuhn was intrigued by the name, which inspired the composition.