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Nektar’s new Impact LX Mini is a small MIDI keyboard with a deceptively big feature set.

The 25-note controller offers drum pads, knobs and dual arpeggiators, promising everything you need to play, perform and produce on the move,

The controller is built around 25-note velocity-sensitive keys, with a joystick giving you hands-on pitchbend and modulation control.

There are two independent arpeggiators, eight LED drum pads and eight knobs plus a volume control. Most controls are MIDI-assignable. The keys and pads have their own arpeggio and note repeat engines, meaning that you can trigger different ‘rhythmical figures’ with each, and on different MIDI channels if you wish. Parameters for these engines can be adjusted with the knobs.

In addition, there’s also the Part 2 performance feature, which can be used for momentary setup changes. Press and hold one of the two dedicated buttons and you can instantly transpose the keyboard, switch to another MIDI channel or layer a second sound – release it and you will return to the original setup.

The Impact LX Mini also offers integration with popular DAWs – you can control your transport, navigate tracks/projects and open/close DAW and plugin windows. Instrument mode enables you control of up to 16 parameters per plugin; all assignments can be stored and then recalled.

The software bundle included features the Bitwig 8-Track DAW and the Bitwig Essentials content package. This contains loops, samples and more than 50 software instruments and effects.

The Impact LX Mini available now price at $82.55 (normally $120/£100/€120).

Find out more on the Nektar Technology website.

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Instruo, Scottish Eurorack maker has introduced the Neóni, an analog oscillator with through-zero FM functionality.

Here’s what they say about it:

“At its core, the Instru? neóni is a traditional analogue oscillator. What sets it apart from other oscillators in the Instru? product line is it’s Through-Zero FM functionality with AC and DC coupled operation.

Add that to its precision soft sync and directional hard sync modes, nonlinear wavefolding, internal modulation routings, and you end up with the most tonal FM sounds imaginable.

Unlike traditional FM, where an oscillator momentarily stalls as negative voltage pulls its frequency down to 0 Hz, neóni inverts the polarity of its waveforms until positive voltage pulls it back through 0 Hz. This behavior allows for complex waveforms with less non-harmonic sidebands. Less clang, more bang!”

Features:

• Linear through-zero & traditional FM with AC & DC coupled functionality
• Internal modulation routing and general-purpose CV input with attenuator
• Split sawtooth morphing and nonlinear wavefolding
• Precision soft sync
• Directional hard sync
• Individual waveform outputs
• LFO mode

The Instruo Neóni is priced at £399. See the Instruo website for more info.

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Cherry Audio has introduced VM900 Collection, a software emulations of classic Moog 900-series modules for their Voltage Modular platform, for macOS and Windows.

Here’s what they say about the VM900 Collection:

“With the sound, look, and feel that started it all, the Cherry Audio/MRB VM900 Collection delivers the audio and visual experience of the legendary 1960s and 1970s-era Moog 900-series modules with spine-tingling impact and accuracy. Every detail has been expertly reproduced, for a virtual window into the halcyon days of early analog synthesis. Award-winning synth designer Mark Barton’s (MRB) proprietary DSP coding reproduces each and every sonic nuance with unprecedented accuracy.

The VM900-series designs remain true to the originals, and have not been altered or updated to reflect modern trends. Panel layouts and operation have been preserved in order to present a one-to-one early analog experience like no other. From oscillator drift to warm mixer overdrive to painstakingly reproduced panel art, it’s all there.”

The VM900 offers software recreations of 27 modules, including: the early 901-style and later 921-style oscillators; the 904 ladder filter, with lowpass and highpass versions, as well as an “ABC” combo version with the 904C Coupler module; the CP3 Mixer, including both early and later circuit styles for vintage-correct overdrive or purer tones; the 960-series sequencer, updated with a 1/12 V quantized output for each sequence row; and the rare VM1630 Frequency Shifter.

The Cherry Audio/MRB VM900 Collection is available with an intro price of $79, normally $99.

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