Tiptop Audio & Buchla have announced the next in their series of Eurorack format reissues of classic Don Buchla designs.
The two companies have collaborated on a series of Euro reissues of Buchla’s 200 series Electric Music Box modules from the early ’70s. The new modules are smaller than the originals, but they are relatively affordable and are compatible with the more common Eurorack standard.
The Programmable Complex Waveform Generator 259t is a reissue of the original Buchla 259, as a 34 HP Eurorack module.
The Frequency Shifter Model 285t is an 8hp Euro-format version of the Buchla 285 module.Tiptop says that both modules are in the ‘advance prototype’ stage. Details on pricing and availability are to be announced.
Sonic State caught up with Korg Berlin’s Lukas Hartmann, who was demonstrating the unique electronically controlled acoustic instrument.
The Korg Acoustic Synthesis_phase8 is an electronically controlled acoustic instrument, that is part melodic synthesizer, part drum machine. At the heart of the instrument are several individual resonators that you can control electronically or by physically touching them.
The Acoustic Synthesis_phase8 is being positioned as a product prototype. Korg plans to officially introduced the instrument next year.
At Superbooth 2024, held May 16-18 in Berlin, Tiptop Audio introduced the Triax 8 polyphonic Eurorack oscillator, the latest in its ART line of polyphonic Eurorack modules.
ART modules are Eurorack-compatible modules that use Eurorack signal levels for oscillator audio and gate/cv controls, standard power connectors, and are designed to blend into any Eurorack system. But they also include ‘Polytip’ connectors, which lets you patch them polyphonically with other ART-compatible modules.
In this video, Tiptop Audio’s Gur Milstein shares an update on the ART lineup. Milstein says that the Vortex 6, Octopass Poly Filter, Octostages Poly Envelope and Octogain are expected to start shipping shortly.
He also introduces the Triax8, a fully analog polyphonic oscillator, featuring 16 analog oscillators designed by pioneering synth designer Dave Rossum.
Details on the Triax8 are still to come at the Tiptop Audio website.
