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A new project promises to make modular synthesis more accessible, and to provide an inexpensive synthesis platform for integrating into custom DIY projects.

Developer Leonid Gomberg has launched a Kickstarter project to fund production of Microrack, a minimal, bread-board based modular synthesizer system that they say is designed to “make modular synthesis accessible to everyone and to lower the entry barrier, while maintaining rich variability and powerful sound.”

Microrack offers a complete platform for modular synthesis, but is also compatible with Eurorack and other analog gear.

Official intro video:

Features:

• Highly accessible – Affordable kits and modules, and simple, easy to learn design.
• Compact & Portable – With its compact modules design, and Type C power, you can take your modular setups anywhere.
• ‘Limitless variability’ – Use standalone, as an effects pedal, or even integrate with EuroRack.
• All modular & analog
• DIY & Open Source

Production of Microrack is being funded via a Kickstarter project, and project backers can get it starting at $39 for a minimal DIY starter kit.

*Note: Crowdfunded projects can involve risk. See the project website for details.

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Analogue Solutions has introduced the Maximus 4V, a new “mega-polysynth” that they say is “inspired by the dawn of analogue synths”.

AS says that the Maximus 4V is designed with these types of sounds in mind:

• Standard pad type poly sounds
• Unusually Poly Sounds
• Monophonic Synth Sounds
• A mixture of Mono and Poly Sounds
• Filmic / Epic ambience sounds
• Rhythmic patterns, with a new sound on each key press.

Maximus does not have patch memory – it’s a what you see is what you get interface, like early polyphonic synths.

What they have to say about it:

“Although we label this as a polysynth, it is so much more. We can’t think of a single label to assign to this synth since it transcends traditional categories.

When you think of a polysynth, you might imagine flat synths with one set of controls that manage all voices equally. By giving Maximus independent controls for every voice, you have the freedom to create unique styles of poly sounds that are impossible on traditional polysynths, whether they are hardware or software. You can dial up ‘traditional’ poly sounds (pads, etc.) or create something unimaginably different.

Because you can never dial up each voice completely identically, standard poly pads will sound superbly vintage.

All the voice and modulation circuits are, of course, 100% analogue. We purposely avoided digital components, aside from the digital needed for MIDI and the mini-sequencers.

This synth is purely for those who want it just as it was in the 1970s – but new, with parts still in production, for those who want a synth that could have been built in the 70s.

There are no gimmicks – this is pure synthesiser – a huge sound enclosed in a solid metal case wrapped in solid hardwood. No expense has been spared to bring this incredible machine to life.”

The Analogue Solutions 4 Voice Maximus polysynth is available now for £9900.

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At D23 – ‘the ultimate Disney fan event’ – the cast of Tron: Ares came on stage to share a brief look at the film, and revealed that Nine Inch Nails is doing the soundtrack.

NIN’s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have scored many films under their own names in recent years, including Academy Award-winning scores to The Social Network & Soul. As Nine Inch Nails, their biggest soundtrack has been their classic score for the video game Quake.

Disney’s Tron series of films has a track record of featuring electronic soundtracks. The original Tron (1982) featured a soundtrack by pioneering synthesist Wendy Carlos. The sequel, Tron: Legacy (2010), featured a soundtrack by Daft Punk.

Tron: Ares is schedule for release in October 2025.

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