Bad Dog Designs has introduced the OSPRAY 8, a new drum synthesizer, based on 40+ year-old circuit designs that were originally published in Electronics & Music Maker magazine.
The developers say that the circuits have been updated for production and using in 2025, without loosing any of the period sound or feel.
Sounds are produced with individual percussion modules. The OSPRAY 8 has 4 Drum modules, 3 Cymbal modules and a Handclap module. There is then a global module inside that has a basic MIDI decoder and a low noise stereo output amplifier.
The OSPRAY 8 Drum Synthesizer is available now for $1,017.60
In the video, via Noisegate, synthesist and music educator Brett Little (Collarts Australian College of the Arts) demonstrates the reissued Korg PS-3300 polyphonic synthesizer.
All music in the video is by Little, and features sounds of the Korg PS3300. The tracks are from Little’s upcoming album.
49 keys / 49 voice analog polyphony (the original model had 48 keys / voices)
3 Layers: The PS-3300 consists of three synthesizer units (PSU-3301) and a mixer & utility section (PSU-3302)
Three independent oscillators, plus multiple filters, envelopes and amplifiers for every note on its keyboard, for a total of 147 synth voices of raw analog power
Microtuning knob x12 on each PSU-3301 unit
New panel memory function (16 programs per bank and 16 banks = 256 slots)
Modernised for contemporary music use with the inclusion of USB / MIDI jacks, and a dedicated librarian app for easy preset management
Semi-modular
3-Band Resonator: Three frequency bands can be emphasised, a feature unique to the PS-3300 (original was a Cadmium sulfide circuit, but it was replaced with modern components for safety and to comply with regulations)
APU Software has introduced APU Spectrum Analyzer, a free spectrum analysis tool for Mac and Windows.
It supports a variety of FFT configuration options. You can adjust the FFT window type (Rect, Hann, Hamming, Blackman, Kaiser) and size (from 64 up to 65536) to suit your needs.
Quickly switch between standard dB ranges or auto-range and view the frequency spectrum in log, linear, or note-based scale. Supports histogram hold for measuring long term frequency response. You can also adjust the bucket size independent of the FFT size and take snapshots of the frequency response for reference.
APU Spectrum Analyzer is available now as a free download.
