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Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 is a new standalone analog synthesizer keyboard, built around a predefined signal path that can be expanded through an 84-point patch bay and a 24hp Eurorack expansion bay.

The SV-2 synthesis architecture includes two Thru-Zero Triangle Core oscillators, dual Pittsburgh state-variable filters, two LFOs, dual ADSR envelopes, dual VCAs, a sub-oscillator, analog noise, multiple saturation and overdrive stages, and spring reverb.

The SV-2 supports monophonic, paraphonic and fully duophonic operation, and includes a 37-key keyboard with pitch and modulation wheels.

Features:

• Two Thru-Zero Triangle Core oscillators
• Pulse Symmetry, Blade, Sine, Triangle, Saw and Random oscillator waveforms
• Thru-Zero FM, Phase Modulation, Linear FM and Hard Sync
• Two voltage-controlled Triangle Core LFOs with Triangle, Saw and Square waveforms
• LFO Linear FM, Reset, high/low range modes and audio-rate operation
• Square-wave sub-oscillator with minus-one and minus-two octave outputs
• Analog white noise generator
• Two Pittsburgh state-variable multimode filters
• Highpass, Bandpass, Lowpass, Combo and Random filter responses
• Warped and Warped and Rectified filter Character modes
• Dual filter cutoff-frequency modulation inputs
• Variable filter overdrive with up to 5x boost or 15 dB of gain
• Six independent saturation and overdrive stages distributed through the signal path
• Dual mixer with switchable saturation points
• Variable preamp with up to 30x boost or 28 dB of gain
• Two pre-filter variable overdrive stages
• Spring reverb with tonal-tilt EQ, controllable feedback and preamp saturation
• Monophonic, one-button paraphonic and patchable full-duophonic voicing
• Complex arpeggiator with multiple response modes, octave settings and random functions
• Two analog ADSR envelope generators with selectable response curves and range modes
• Two independent VCAs
• Fully patchable sample-and-hold circuit with analog white noise
• Two-channel audio or CV mixer and signal splitter
• Digital modulation tool with manual control, clock-synchronized LFO, decay envelope and random-level controllers
• Custom 37-key keyboard with pitch and modulation wheels
• 84-point patch bay
• 24hp Eurorack expansion bay with three power headers
• Internally defined signal path that can be used without patch cables
• Firmware update support and downloadable user documentation

The Lifeforms SV-2 is available now for $1,499.99 USD.

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Reports have surfaced suggesting that inMusic has shut down Native Instruments’ UK office, putting a number of jobs under threat following extensive layoffs across the company rumoured to have taken place in July.

News of the office’s alleged closure arrived in a Reddit post shared on August 5, titled “The layoffs continue: InMusic just fired the whole Native Instruments UK office”.

While it’s unclear how many Native Instruments employees have been affected, a representative for inMusic says that the company is “simplifying its organizational and legal structure, including Native Instruments UK” as part of the “ongoing integration” of the company into the “inMusic family of brands”.

Native Instruments CEO Nick Williams and Chief Product & Technology Officer Simon Cross have also been removed from their posts, according to reports from MusicTech, who reviewed company filings from July. inMusic Europe’s CEO Richard Seymour has since been appointed as a director of Native Instruments UK, suggesting that he has replaced Williams as CEO.

inMusic is the parent company that owns Moog Music, Akai Professional, Rane, Denon DJ, Numark, Alesis and M-Audio, among others. inMusic announced its acquisition of Native Instruments in May, several months after the company entered preliminary insolvency.

Since then, it’s been reported that layoffs across “nearly all departments” have taken place at Native Instruments, with “around 100 individuals” affected. inMusic has declined to comment on the extent of the layoffs.

Following its acquisition of Native Instruments, inMusic shared a video in which CEO Jack O’Donnell and Akai Professional Director Andy Mac discussed O’Donnell’s plans for the company. During the conversation, the inMusic CEO said that the future for Native Instruments would be “very exciting, very bright and very secure”, and that the acquisition was the highlight of his career.

MusicTech also reports that several new positions have recently appeared in inMusic’s directory of career opportunities, including Content Development Engineer, Engineering Manager and Data Product Developer. A number of these roles are based in Rhode Island, USA, and Cambridge, where inMusic has its UK headquarters.

A representative for inMusic provided us with the following statement:

“As part of the ongoing integration of Native Instruments into the inMusic family of brands, we are simplifying our organizational and legal structure, including Native Instruments UK. This includes removing layers that were established to support a private equity ownership model, as well as streamlining other areas of the business to create a faster, more efficient organization focused on innovation, customers, and long-term growth.

“We recognize the impact these changes have on affected employees and are committed to supporting them throughout the transition.

 “Native Instruments remains a strategically important part of inMusic, and our commitment to the brand is unchanged. Product development continues at a strong pace, with major new hardware and software initiatives already underway for 2027 and beyond.”

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The video, via Soporist, offers an in-depth demonstration of how you can get more organic, ‘analog’ sounds from the Korg Opsix FM synthesizer.

Here’s what they have to say about the video:

“The Opsix is often associated with FM, but its operator architecture can be used in plenty of other ways.

In this patch I’m using it more like a flexible subtractive synth, building up the sound through oscillator choice, tuning, modulation, filtering and effects.”

Topics covered:

00:00 Intro

01:13 Oscillators

04:16 Filter

05:15 Modulation

11:13 Effects

The example patch is available as a free download, compatible with both Korg Opsix hardware and Opsix native, and will be part of the upcoming Soporist sound bank.

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