Organizers of Synthfest France have announced that this year’s event will be held April 17-19 in the Nantes region.
SynthFest France is the leading French gathering dedicated to synthesizers and electronic musical instrument manufacturers. Neither a trade show nor a purely musical festival, SynthFest is described as a “meeting place for synthesizer manufacturers and electronic musical instrument enthusiasts.”
The event will feature exhibitions, masterclasses, concerts, discussions, synth rarities, tutorials and more. As in previous years, the event will also feature a raffle (tombola).
This year’s SynthFest will be held outside the city center at the Fleuriaye Convention Center in Carquefou. Access is available by tram and bus.
Thursday, April 16, the event will be open only to Exhibitors / B2B.
Fri April 17 – Sun April 19, the event will be open to the public.
Boochow Instruments let us know that they’ve released Pure Data to drumlogue Converter, a free web app for building custom KORG drumlogue user units directly from Pure Data patches.
Like their earlier Pure Data => logue SDK tools, this takes your Pure Data patches and creates drumlogue-ready binaries for synth and FX units (delay / reverb / master FX).
This lets you prototype and share units without the need for C/C++ coding.
The Bob Moog Foundation has announced its latest fundraising raffle, featuring a Minimoog Voyager XL synthesizer, signed by electronic music pioneer Thomas Dolby.
The Voyager XL was introduced in 2010 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Minimoog Model D, and is in many ways the ultimate version of the Voyager. It expands on the Voyager design with an extended keyboard, an expressive ribbon controller, additional synthesis capabilities, a modular patchbay and more.
“The essence of the Voyager XL is that it’s the best of all worlds. It’s got the modular capability, ribbon bend controller, MIDI, and presets created by some of the foremost synthesists of our time,” noted Dolby. “It’s everything that we liked about the original Minimoog in a modern package.”
The raffle begins Monday, February 2nd at 7:00 am EST and ends 11:59 pm EST Monday, February 23rd, 2026.
The raffle is open internationally.
All proceeds benefit the projects of the Bob Moog Foundation.
The Bob Moog Foundation is an independent non-profit that focuses on the preservation of synth pioneer Bob Moog’s legacy. Funds raised through their raffles help support three key initiatives:
Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, a ‘STEAM’ educational program that has inspired over 35,000 elementary school students through the science of sound.
The Bob Moog Foundation Archives; and
The Moogseum, an immersive, experiential museum located in Asheville, NC, which brings the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages.
