Audio Wanderer has introduced Noise Maker, described as an “ultra-niche synth created for those who want to make awful digital noise that would terrorize the neighborhood and make the cops go to your place several times a week”.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“A non-idiomatic synth made not to be controlled or understood in any manner, but to be experienced. Based on poor signal-to-noise ratio transmissions and glitch aesthetics. The key to playing with this noisy device isn’t to reach perfection in its operation or to try to predict the way it is going to work to achieve similar results every time we use it.
No, the idea is to abandon ourselves to the noise and be freed by the chaos… and then the noise will set you free.”
The Noise Maker synth is expected to be available soon, priced under $50.
Developer Momo Müller let us know that he has released a Patch Editor and Soundbank for the Behringer CZ-1 MINI synthesizer.
The CZ-1 mini Editor gives you direct access from the DAW to the Behringer CZ-1 mini parameters, allowing you to integrate it into the DAW project. In the PlugIn VST version, you can also record controller movements and so the sound change can be saved.
With its 9 different random functions, you can explore the full sound potential of the CZ-1 mini.
Features:
Simple handling of the CZ-1 mini without menu surfing.
Complex sound changes can be made easily and quickly.
Change Behringer CZ-1 mini Sounds directly from Editor.
Many controllers can be automated.
X-Y modulation of all parameters.
You can random the Controllers of the Behringer CZ-1 mini Synth to produce new sounds.
You can use your Behringer CZ-1 mini as a sound module in your DAW.
9 different random functions
A Editor sound bank with over 50 new sounds is included.
The CZ-1 MINI Patch Editor is available now, for Mac and Windows, for € 6.90/$ 7.
Korg sneakily launches a new effects-packed performance mixer.
At Superbooth 2026, Korg is previewing the NTS-4 Mixer, a new performance mixer in their Nu:Tekt series. The soft-launched is obviously designed to pull-focus and have us all scratching our heads.
The NTS-4 Mixer features a range of built-in digital effects. The mobile 10-channel analogue mixer is designed for the stage and non-DAW based performance situations. It sports four stereo mini jack inputs alongside a pair of Eurorack-compatible mono minijack inputs. However, there are a pair of two L/R 1/4 jack outputs.
It’s also able to be used as a USB-MIDI audio interface via a MIDI output socket, or used as an interim for synchronising your external hardware to your DAW.
Each channel provides controls for the basic level, a send dial, mute, cue and, for the mono channels, a pan dial. But the real draw here is those in-built, per-channel digital effects. Based around a dual stereo FX processor, these effect are controllable with a pair of parameters (FX Type and FX Depth). We’ve yet to hear it in action yet – but colour us curious.
Then there’s a small text display screen, and further knobs on the side for master controls. These include a Cue Balance knob, a USB Audio knob, a volume control for headphone output and a peak dial.
The NTS-4 will be available, like the previous entries in the range, as a DIY kit.
Expected release: late 2026. As of now, the NTS-4 price and available TBA.
