Noise Engineering has released Multi Repetitor, an algorithmic trigger sequencer for Euroack systems.
They describe it as “a sequel to their classic Numeric and Zularic Repetitor trigger generators.”
Multi Repetitor has been completely rethought from the originals, and takes the core features of the version one designs into a whole new realm. Rhythm generation starts with the three rhythm banks: choose from Zularic, Numeric, or the newly developed Euclidean-derived linear rhythms, then use the Prime fader to scroll through base rhythms on the fly.
Like its predecessors, it features four trigger outputs, now with dedicated performance faders that modify the rhythm output.
The newly rethought – and reversible – interface based adds extra parameters for more control of all four outputs.
While it keeps the clock and reset inputs, Multi Repetitor also features an internal tap-tempo clock for standalone sequencing. Finally, this version adds four accent gate outputs to the interface. The impetus for these changes, according to the team, was to make the module fit better into compact percussion systems while still being a fun generative sequencer for larger systems.
While it’s possible to get deep into rhythmic modification with the extensive patterns, modification algorithms, and accent options, Multi Repetitor is designed to be a plug-and-play rhythm sequencer. Noise Engineering said that one of their goals was to make it easy to tweak parameters by ear and jam with no preparation required.
Features:
Standalone play: tap in a tempo, patch up the outputs, and you’ve got a groove
Sequence triggers and accents for up to four voices in your systems
Choose from Zularic, Numeric, or Euclidean-derived base rhythm banks
Select different base rhythms from the banks using the Prime fader
Use three different algorithms to modify each output’s rhythm with the performance faders
Modulate your rhythms with full CV control over faders and banks, and keep things in sync with external clock and reset inputs
Plug-and-play operation: simple interface designed for performance is easy to use out of the box
The Multi Repetitor is available now, priced at $320 USD.
Electronic musician Sarah Belle Reid shared a new video, exploring an extremely rare electronic instrument called the Touché, created by Buchla and Associates in 1980.
Filmed at the Buchla Archives in Vancouver – an organization dedicated to the preservation of Donald Buchla’s work – the video offers a rare opportunity to hear and see an instrument that very few people have ever encountered firsthand.
Reid’s video begins with an overview of how the Touché grew out of Buchla’s earlier computer-controlled instruments of the 1970s, including the 300 Series systems. From there, the video offers a detailed walkthrough of Touché’s sound architecture, including many musical demos.
In the following video, below, Reid shares a short live performance with the Touché.
About The Buchla Touché
Only around five Touché are known to have been built, and very few remain functional today. Because of this, the instrument has remained largely absent from both public performance and documentation. Reid’s video helps bridge that gap by sharing the Touché’s sound, design, and historical context with a wider audience.
While Don Buchla is best known for his modular synthesizers such as the 100 and 200 Series, he also created a number of non-modular, computer-based instruments like the Touché that explored new relationships between performance, software, and sound.
The Touché was conceived by Don Buchla in collaboration with composer David Rosenboom. It is a bi-timbral, eight-voice polyphonic keyboard instrument that combines digital sound generation, analog processing, and computer-mediated control.
Ahead of the 2026 NAMM Show, Bastl Instruments has announced that it is open sourcing the firmware for three of its designs, and making them available as DIY kits:
“We are excited to not only announce the late arrival of the Citadel Alchemist Eurorack module to the party, but to let everyone know that all the instruments are now available as DIY kits and that we are partially open-sourcing it so the world we started could be expanded by many others.”
The kits include:
Alchemist – Compact Patchable Hybrid-Synthesis Instrument with MIDI
Wave Bard – Compact patchable stereo sample player
FX Wizard – Compact patchable stereo multi-effects
The kits have a standard hardware design, but with different firmware and faceplates. Both standalone and Euro format kits are available.
The Kastle 2 kits are available now for €128, while the Citadel versions are €194. Pre-assembled versions are also available.
