Live Performance On Teenage Engineering OP-XY

Synthesist Luca Longobardi shared this live performance on the Teenage Engineering OP-XY, a synth, sequencer +  sampler.


Longobardi did not share any technical details about the performance, and instead shared a quote:

“But what seems like a reasonable distance to one person might feel too far to somebody else. (Haruki Murakami, After Dark)”

Qu-Bit Electronix Stardust Module Now Available


Qu-Bit Electronix has released Stardust — a “cosmic tape looper that energizes interaction with recorded audio in the Eurorack format”.

What they have to say about it:

“The foundation of Stardust is a stereo looper with all the essential controls to record and manipulate sound, while supporting click-less looping transitions, an ultra-low noise floor, and high-fidelity audio hardware. However, getting the perfect loop is only half of the equation – Stardust also focuses on the texture and vibe of your recordings. Dial in nostalgic warmth with wow & flutter / tape hiss controls, or take Stardust to new horizons with out-of-this-world DSP effects. And, much like the tape-machines of yore, Stardust can splice and rearrange its loops at the twist of a knob.”

Features:

  • Stereo tape looper
  • Click-less, minutes long looping with 4 Loop Modes: Sound on Sound, Replace, Frippertronics, and Resample
  • High-Fidelity Audio: 48kHz, 32-bit internal, 24-bit hardware, ultra-low noise floor
  • Save, recall, import and export recordings via USB drive
  • Wow & Flutter, Tape Hiss, Vintage Saturation, Reverb, and other DSP effects onboard
  • Built on the Daisy platform for continued official updates, and community firmware hacking

Qu-Bit Electronix Stardust Overview:

Stardust is available now for $499.00

Behringer Swords Offers Budget Take On Mutable Instruments Blades


Behringer has introduced Swords, a clone of the Mutable Instruments Blades module.

Mutable open sourced its designs when it shut down in 2022, so anyone can make clones of their designs, if they provide attribution and follow the open source license.

Features:

  • Dual multi-mode filter for a wide range of smooth to aggressive tones
  • Based on Mutable Instruments Blades
  • 2 musical 12 dB state-variable filters
  • Analog circuitry based on 2164 semiconductors
  • Continuous morphing from low-pass to band-pass and high-pass filtering
  • Input overdrive ranging from soft clipping to two-stage wave folding
  • Self-oscillation at high resonance settings, extending into very low frequencies
  • Continuously variable and CV-controlled routing from single to parallel and series
  • Eurorack specs: 18 HP, 150 mA +12 V, 140 mA -12 V

Behringer Swords Intro Video:

The Behringer Swords is shipping from their factory, with a street price of $/€99.

*Note: It typically takes about a month for Behringer’s gear to be available at their retailers after it starts shipping from the factory.