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Synthesist and instrument designer Christophe Duquesne shared this video, capturing a composition for synthesizers & electronic music box.

The arrangement features:

• The Muro Box-N40 Standard, a MIDI-controllable music box;
• The Continuum synthesizer and Eagan Matrix module from Haken Audio; and
• An Expressive E Osmose synthesizer.

Duquesne is part of the team behind the development of the Haken Continuum and Eagan Matrix synth engine; the developer of several software synthesizers and effects; and the founder of La Voix du Luthier, a company that makes resonators for electronic music, in the tradition of the diffuseurs of French instrument designer Maurice Martenot. He also contributed to the unique sound of the Hans Zimmer soundtrack for Dune: Part II.

What Duquesne shared about the technical details of this piece:

“The Muro Box-N40 s controlled via MIDI by a Korg SV1. The N40 is an enhanced version of the N20, the main additional feature being a chromatic scale and internal piezo microphone, both being huge improvements!

The voice is built from and analysis of the voice of Khatija Rahman and resynthesised by the Continuum. The pitch and shimmer effect on the Murobox are done by an Eagan Matrix Module. Both are done thanks to the new 10.40 features of the Eagan Matrix.

The murobox is recorded with 3 internal piezo and an IQ7 microphone. The piezo are connected to a small preamp (TubeMP from ART, but multiple others will work).

The output of the preamp goes to a Eurorack (in an Eagan Matrix Module). I then a processing chain with a notch filter cuting a frequency band aroud 280/300 Hz, and a noisegate in order to lower the motor noise. The Eagan Matrix module then adds shimmers and pitch effects.”

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Bob Moog Foundation founder Michelle Moog-Koussa let us know that the Moogseum is back in business, after being forced to close by damage from Hurricane Helene in September 2024.

The Moogseum exterior was damaged by Hurricane Helene.

The Moogseum, based in Asheville, North Carolina, suffered exterior damage from the hurricane, including having its awning torn off the building and front window broken. The building was designed with heavy duty security film on all of windows, which avoided damage to the museum’s interior and collection.

The Moogseum is one of the primary projects of the non-profit Bob Moog Foundation (BMF). Other key projects of the Foundation include preserving the Foundation’s Archive of materials relating to the legacy of Bob Moog, and Dr Bob’s Sound School, a 10-week curriculum that teaches second-grade students the physics of sound, using both acoustic and electronic musical instruments.

Moog-Koussa says that damage from the hurricane, along with being forced to close for a month, has set the organization back by approximately $50,000. Tourism and attendance at the museum is also likely to be impacted for the near future.

If you’d like to help support BMF, and help keep the Moogseum open, you can help by participating in the Foundation’s fall fundraising raffle, which features a fully-restored vintage Minimoog, signed by Peter Gabriel.

In addition, the Moogseum Store features a wide range of synth related items, including books about synthesis, synth t-shirts, DIY electronic music projects, posters for your synth studio, electronic music albums and more. Your purchases at the Moogseum directly support BMF, which is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, and independent of Moog Music.

“Asheville… is full of small businesses, including several restaurants, that have reopened and need your support,” says Moog-Koussa. “Please help us rebuild.

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Tascam’s retro-looking Studio Bridge is designed to be the missing link between your analogue console and DAW.

It might have a retro look, but Tascam says that its new Studio Bridge is designed to solve a thoroughly modern problem: to connect the analogue and digital recording worlds.

The Studio Bridge is a 24-in/24-out multitrack recorder and audio interface that’s designed to sit between a mixing console and computer. Or, if you don’t want to use a computer, you can just use it to record the outputs from your mixing console (via 25-pin D-sub connectors) to an SD card at up to 24-bit/48kHz quality.

Unlike standard multitrack recorders, the Studio Bridge doesn’t have a bank of knobs and faders. Instead, each track gets its own Input, Monitor and Record Arm buttons. There are DAW transport controls, too, and the device can be rack-mounted if you wish.

Other features include punch in/out and MIDI I/O ports that can be used to sync your drum machines, synths and other gear. A built-in metronome, meanwhile, is on hand to help players stay in time.

“The Studio Bridge enables a wide range of existing 8-bus or more analogue mixing consoles to make the transition to a 24-track digital multitrack recording studio,” says Tascam product specialist Sean Daily. “Now, with a computer, DAW software, the Studio Bridge, and an external mic preamp, users can have a compact and very capable recording setup.”

The Studio Bridge is now available, priced at $999 at Amazon site, and you can find out more on the Tascam website.

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