Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo Returns October 18-19, 2025

 

 

Organizer Paolo De Gregorio let us know that this year’s Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo is scheduled for October 18-19, 2025.

The event will be held in a 6,000-square-foot warehouse at 100 Sutton in Greenpoint. Like previous expos, the event offers attendees to try the latest synthesizers, effects pedals, and modular gear with headphones, in a noise-friendly environment.

The show is expected to draw over 1,500 musicians, producers, and gear enthusiasts.

De Gregorio says that the headphone format creates a space where you can hear the nuances of a boutique pedal or get lost in a massive modular patch, without the noise of a typical convention.

Event Details:

What: Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo
When: October 18-19, 2025
Where: 100 Sutton, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Admission: $5-20

Synth Exhibitors:

1010 Music
Arturia
Boredbrain Music
Buchla
Copper & Cedar
DayDreamer
Decksaver
Dog Paw Music
Dreadbox
Elektron
Entropy & Sons
Eternal Research
Groove Synthesis
Headliner
Intuitive Instruments
Kanawha Organ Works
Novation
Oberheim
Olydian Musical Instrument
Roland
Sequential
SetonixSynth
Shoe Eurorack
Small Bear Electronics
Spaceage/Visibox
Spooky Circuits
SynthCube
Synthesizer.com
VCO Brands
Vongon
+ A selection of Eurorack modules by Three Wave Music

Pedal Exhibitors:

29 Pedals
Acorn Amps
Alexander Pedals/Disaster Area
Asheville Music Tools
Aviate Audio
Automat Audio
Chase Bliss
Cusack Music
Electronic Audio Experiments
Benson Amps
BOSS
Caroline Guitar Company
Concrete Sound Lab
Cosmodio Instruments
Days of Yore
DigiTech
Dunlop
Echo Fix
Electro-Harmonix
Fairfield Circuitry
FartDotPizza
Fish Circuits
Greer Amps
Huntington Audio
JAM pedals
Kikutani
Mojo Hand FX
Monger Pedals
Neural DSP
Normal Devices
Rainger FX
reflective.digital
RAT
Red Panda
Reflective Digital
Shoe Pedals
Spooky Circuits
Summer School
Supercool Pedals
Thorpy FX
Tubesteader
Universal Audio
Vongon
Voodoo Lab
Walrus Audio
Zorg
ZVEX Effects

Visit the event site for details or to get tickets.

Zoom LiveTrak L6max Features 12-Track Mixing, Recording + Eurorack Compatibility


Zoom Corporation has introduced the LiveTrak L6max, a mixer and digital audio recorder designed to deliver the power of large mixers in a compact, battery-powered device.

Features include 14-track recording to SD card, overdubbing, AI noise reduction, built-in effects and compression, Eurorack support and more.

Features:

  • Compact solution for mixing and recording
  • Custom Monitoring Options – Two headphone outputs with a customizable Sub-Out mix lets you monitor exactly what you need, wherever you are on stage.
  • High-Output Ready – Channels 5-8 include a -20 dB PAD switch so you can handle loud sources such as vintage synths and Eurorack modules.
  • OLED Display – The high-contrast OLED display helps you create projects and adjust settings with ease.
  • Powerful Multi-Tracking – 14 Tracks of recording. Capture up to 12 individual tracks plus a stereo mix directly to SD cards up to 2TB. Projects can be saved and recalled for mixing anytime.
  • Unlimited Overdubbing – You can mix and bounce tracks to the dedicated ‘bounce track’, freeing up additional channels to keep adding layers. Even after a bounce, individual tracks are saved to the SD card for future mixing.
  • AI Noise Reduction – Turn on AI Noise Reduction and let the L6max intelligently remove hum, hiss, and background noise – while preserving every detail of your voice and instruments.
  • Clipping Free Recording – the L6max records clip-free audio in 32-bit float. Channels 1-4 have dual-AD converters, keeping mic signals pristine across extreme dynamics.
  • EQ for Each Channel – A 3-band EQ lets you dial in the perfect tone with LOW, HIGH, and variable MID EQ on each channel.
  • Onboard Effects –  including Reverb, Delay, and Echo. Use the TAP key to set delay times.
  • Advanced Compressor – The master track compressor adds punch and saturation to your mix. With 32-bit float the audio will never clip, even at high volumes.
  • Record with your Smartphone or Computer – The L6max can be used as a 32-bit float 14-in / 4-out USB audio interface for your computer, iOS, or Android device while recording simultaneously to the microSD card. It’s also a control surface for your favorite DAW.
  • “Pro-Level” Mixer Functions:
    • MIDI I/O and USB MIDI – Connect external synths and grooveboxes or integrate with MIDI apps on your computer and mobile devices.
    • Flexible Routing with AUX Sends – Two AUX Sends with pre/post-fader options for FX loops and monitor feeds.
    • Sound Pads with MIDI Sync – Trigger jingles, sound effects, or samples on demand. Sound Pads can even sync to a MIDI clock for live electronic performances.
    • Scene Memory – Store up to four mixes and recall them anytime with a single button.
  • L6max Editor App  – The free L6 Editor app for Mac and Windows lets you customize pads, effects, and MIDI assignments with ease.
  • Mobile Mixing and Recording – Power the L6max via AA batteries, USB bus power, or a mobile battery pack.
  • Eurorack Integration – Add the optional ERL-6 rack mount adapter to install the L6max in a Euro Rack setup and power your modular rig.

The Zoom LiveTrak L6max is available now to pre-order, priced at $399.99

Prairie Wires Festival Of Electronic Sound Returns To Brandon Manitoba Canada


Organizes of Prairie Wires – a Canadian electronic music festival – let us know that this year’s event will be held September 19–20 in Brandon Manitoba.

Prairie Wires Modular 2025 will be the third iteration of the Festival of Electronic Sound since its inception in 2019. The festival features two days of performances, presentations and interactive activities at six free-to-attend, family friendly concerts and events spread across downtown Brandon and the BU campus.

Organized by Brandon based sound-artist and graphic designer Brendon Ehinger, this year will see PWM’s programming expanded to two full days.

“I really saw nothing like this happening. Not in Brandon. Not in Canada” said Ehinger, “I wanted to showcase the diversity of not just sounds, but genres, that the instrument (the modular synthesizer) is capable of.”

“This year’s festival will feature everything from electroacoustic chamber music to synthpunk rock, and everything in between,” he adds.

Here are some of highlights of the festival plans:

  • Kerey Harper, “a brilliant electroacoustic new-music composer from St. Theresa Point First Nation”, will be headlining the opening-night concert at BU School of Music, performing with a chamber ensemble of piano, clarinet and cello. The lineup includes other artists that combine acoustic instruments with modular synthesis including Jason Tait (Weakerthans/Bahamas) who will explore live drumming with modular, and Edmonton synthesist k.burwash who will collaborate with violist Jennifer Thiessen (Wpg).
  • Wiggle + Blunder Electric Afterparty (at the Dock on Princess) is another do-not-miss show. Winnipeg’s ‘queer mad scientist from the 80s’ Stiff Wiggle will share the bill with Winnipeg ex-pat and electro-indie rock darling Blunderspublik, in his first Manitoba appearance since relocating to Guelph, ON, in 2015.
  • The festival wraps up on Saturday evening back at the School of Music with a multi-sensory concert spanning two performance halls. The audience is invited to move between spaces each featuring experimental music and projected visual works of two Montréal-based acts. Sound artist Jeremy Young will perform site responsive musique concrète to an undulating backdrop of digitized 8mm film works by Charles-André Coderre, and ARC, a multi-instrumental electronic post-rock trio also from Quebec, will animate the stage with a dynamic performance integrating live video synthesis that responds to the sound of their instruments.

Other events include a sonic scavenger hunt at “Mod on the Quad” Friday morning on the BU campus, and “Wandering Wires”, a guided ambient sound-trek through downtown to the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba where “Patch & Release: Modular Synthposium”, an open-house modular meetup will take place from noon to five. Visitors can interact with PWM2025 artists and get a close-up look at their synthesizers on display, and take in additional performances by the likes of Winnipeg’s probableSelves and performance artist Princess Dasha.

People of all ages are also invited to explore the interactive “Wiggleroom Interactive Synthlab”, where Stiff Wiggle will coach you through creating your own patches on physical and virtual modular synthesizers and other sound-making devices. Visitors can also enter to win a Stylophone Gen-X2 mini synth.

Prairie Wires Modular 2025: Festival of Electronic Sound takes place in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, on September 19 and 20, 2025. All PWM2025 events and venues are free-to-attend, accessible, and welcoming to people of all ages and backgrounds. Visit the event site for details.