Ahead of Superbooth 2025, scheduled for May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin, XOR Electronics has announced a major firmware update for their NerdSEQ tracker-based CV and trigger sequencer module for Eurorack systems.
Firmware update V3.0 adds a complete video synthesizer to the NerdSEQ.
“If you’ve got the chance to come to Superbooth, be sure you visit me at booth Z235,” says XOR Electronics’ Thomas Margolf. “I will show you the upcoming NerdSEQ firmware, which adds a video synthesizer, in combination with the already available video expander, together with some other new functions to the NerdSEQ Ecosystem.”
NerdSEQ firmware V3.0 is expected to be released at the beginning of June, 2025. Visit the XOR site for more info on the NerdSeq.
Native Instruments has introduced Crosstalk Modular, a new virtual instrument that combines modular samples with the unique layering and processing options of their Crosstalk engine.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“It was developed for NI by 10 Phantom Rooms, who captured the sounds by wiring tons of modules from boutique gear builders. These samples were then transformed into an innovative instrument with features you won’t find anywhere else, like real-time morphing and creative sound pumping (aka crosstalking) for all four individual sound layers.
Dive into a blend of vintage and modern processing powers and create sounds you’ve never heard before!”
Features:
A new approach to modular sound – no expert knowledge needed
Unique Crosstalk layering and processing features with new Kontakt 8 effects and filters
Including 12 GB of modular samples with 223 creative presets
Native Instruments Crosstalk Modular is available now, with an intro price of $79.20 (normally $99).
Ahead of Superbooth 2025, scheduled for May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin, Make Noise has introduced Jumbler, a six by six channel analog signal combiner and distributor for the New Universal Synthesizer System (NUSS) or any Eurorack modular synthesizer.
Jumble is one of the NUSS concepts where the routings of a patch could be re-configured, or jumbled, instantly via voltage control to produce variations on a theme.
Jumbler gives you two-parameter access to the rearrangement of both origins and destinations for up to six modular signals. One to six inputs are routed to one to six outputs, in an order determined by the Rotate control, and combination determined by the Radiate control. Unlike a simple switch module, Jumbler’s analog VCA-based design is specially geared for smooth transitions and hybrid signals.
Jumbler can be used for hybrid control voltage mashing, complex waveform mixing, on-the-fly effects re-routing, gate and clock re-combinations and more.
Features:
Mix and Match up to six signals for up to six destinations
Use as a voltage controlled mixer or continuously crossfading switch
Dynamically blend waveforms from a single or multiple oscillators
