At Superbooth 2026, Tiptop Audio offered an update on their new and upcoming Eurorack modules.
New for 2026 is the Tiptop Audio + Buchla 277t Signal Delay, a Eurorack version of the Buchla 277 from the 1970s.
In this video, via Milk Audio, Tiptop Audio’s Gur Milstein discusses the 277t Signal Delay and demonstrates its sonic capabilities. He also previews several of their upcoming ART modules.
Milstein notes that the 277t “is not for the lazy”, but is “super-cool” when integrated into modular patches.
The Tiptop Audio + Buchla 277t Signal Delay is expected to be available in several months, with pricing to be announced.
Anode Labs Bitcrust is a software synthesizer – for iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows – that’s based on a SID-inspired digital voice architecture.
It emulates the classic sound using ‘clean room’ reverse-engineering.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“Bitcrust’s DSP is written from scratch in C++, against public datasheets and general DSP literature. The 6581 / 8580 architecture is the starting point, not the destination: oscillators, envelope, filter, and the glue between them are designed to capture the SID’s character — the bit-crushing, the leaky integrators, the resonant bite — without trying to be a bit-accurate or cycle-accurate emulation.
Where the silicon is interesting, we lean in. Where it gets in the way of a usable instrument, we don’t.”
An official, ‘switched-on’ style audio demo of Bitcrust:
Features:
Three oscillators per voice – Thirty-six independent chip instances drive true per-oscillator volume, pan, and individual ADSR envelopes.
Dual chip-model filter – TPT state-variable filter with simultaneous LP/BP/HP outputs. Switch between the aggressive 6581 and smoother 8580 curves, or crossfade continuously.
8-slot modulation matrix – Three global LFOs (7 shapes, tempo-sync, retrig), a dedicated mod envelope, and MIDI sources — 9 sources routable to 65 destinations across the synth, arp, and FX rack with bipolar depth.
6-slot effects rack – Drive, Bitcrusher, Delay, Chorus, Reverb, Compressor, and Limiter. Freely reorderable, per-slot bypass and dry/wet mix.
Arpeggiator & step sequencer – Tempo-synced arpeggiator (Up/Down/UpDown/Random) and a 16-step sequencer with per-step pitch, gate, velocity, and slide.
115 factory presets – Ten categories from basses to pads, with a full browser featuring search, tag filters, favourites, and import/export.
14 bundled themes – Retro CRT, neon, beveled, and modern studio palettes — each with its own phosphor glow, scan-line overlay, and typography.
7 real-time monitors – Oscilloscope, vectorscope, spectrum analyser, 3D spectrogram, correlation history, LUFS loudness, and stereo field — with rail, full-screen, and hidden modes.
Bitcrust is available now, with pricing starting at approximately $1.99 USD for the macOS, Windows, and iPad versions, with the Linux build available at no cost.
Synthesist Hank Mason shared this live performance of his original composition, Prelude and Fugue for the ER-1.
Here’s what Mason has to say about it:
“The Korg Electribe ER-1 has 4 voltage-controlled oscillators — the exact number needed for a 4-voice fugue. So I wrote one. Because it seemed like one of the dumbest things I could do with a drum machine.
This is a Prelude and Fugue for the ER-1, performed live with piano accompaniment on an early 1900s Krakauer Bros. grand piano.”
