Polyend, Polish synth maker has launched Polyend Records, a new music label that features vinyl albums made using Polyend gear.
What Polyend say about the new label:
“At our core, we are music lovers first and foremost. We want to share and support the musicians that inspire us. With Polyend Records, our mission is to take you on a journey discovering and exploring vinyl records from artists we wholeheartedly support.
Currently, we have a small collection of albums that were offered with the limited Tracker Artist Editions as well as new releases from Qebo and Isobutane.”
The Museum of Science Boston has teamed up with New England Synth Fest for live synthesizer performances at the Charles Hayden Planetarium for a June 29 event.
What they say about it:
“After a year of sold-out performances, the Museum teams up with New England Synth Fest for another incredible fusion of live synthesizer performances that take over the Charles Hayden Planetarium for one night only this summer! Experience some of New England’s best synth musicians and visualizers like never before in the immersive fulldome environment of the Planetarium, featuring a brand-new lineup of performers and lobby exhibitors.
New England Synthesizer Festival is a loose-knit inclusive community of synthesizer hardware and music enthusiasts. Since 2004, they have been supporting exhibitions, meet-ups, performances, and education, and our interests include every technology, niche, and musical style related to synthesizers. Their events welcome performers, fans, builders, collectors, professionals, hobbyists, artists, and engineers, with experience from beginner to expert.”
The event will feature performances in the Planetarium by Mute City with visuals by Anagram, TotoRobyn with visuals by Jame Coyne, and Ryan Campos. There will be performances on the Lobby Stage by Anda Volley, Ralphykeys, and Odie DeSmith. In addition, there will exhibitors in the Museum Lobby before and after the show.
Tickets for the event are $15 and available for purchase via the event website.
BOSS has introduced the DM-101 Delay Machine, a powerful analog delay pedal driven by eight BBDs under CPU control.
The DM-101 features 12 modes, stereo operation, and a wide array of tonal colors, all while maintaining 100 percent analog signal processing throughout. With 127 user memories, tap tempo, carryover, MIDI, and more, the DM-101 offers the features and versatility of an advanced digital pedal, but with the unique sound of analog BBD circuitry.
Analog delays based around BBD (bucket-brigade device) microchips emerged in the 1970s as a compact and cost-effective alternative to the standard tape delays of the era. The DM-101 is designed to offer a ‘supercharged’ take on this classic effect with enhanced capabilities for today’s music makers.
A key benefit of the DM-101’s CPU control is the ability to realize sophisticated stereo sounds not available with other BBD analog delays. For example, Pan mode routes each BBD and its feedback loop to alternate points in the stereo field, while Dual Mod shifts the modulation phase for each output to generate a wide, spacious delay effect.
Six of the 12 modes support stereo operation, providing everything from short reverb-like sounds and expansive modulated delays to pattern delays for intense rhythmic effects.
The DM-101 offers all the benefits of a modern delay pedal. Tap tempo and note subdivisions are available with most modes, and there’s carryover for maintaining repeats when the effect is bypassed. Users can store and recall favorite setups with four onboard memories and connect up to two footswitches or an expression pedal for extended real-time control.
MIDI I/O takes things further, providing remote access to 127 user memories, MIDI sync, and more. The stereo audio outputs are set for blended operation by default, but they can be easily reconfigured for wet/dry rigs and wet-only parallel setups.
