An annual trade show and festival for electronic musicians
Organizers of Superbooth have announced that Superbooth 2022 will be held May 12-14 at the FEZ in Berlin, Germany.
This year, Superbooth 2021 was a scaled down edition because of pandemic realities, but the organizers tried to evolve the event to adapt to challenging conditions, making use of the grounds of the FEZ to set up outdoor tents and booths, decentralizing the event and allowing for increased social distancing.
They note:
“We tried to introduce a new concept of a trade fair combined with festival, which is more relaxed and spacious with all of its benefits and with strong focus on the quality of the experiences and encounters.
It was a very special edition this time, which was expected after this long break of more than 2 years, but probably the situation connected us even closer?!”
In addition to announcing dates for Superbooth 2022, organizers also announced that the inaugural SooperGrail, a new guitar-focused festival, will be held May 6-8, 2022, the week before Superbooth.
Video overview from Superbooth 2021,via Sonic State
The Godfather is designed to match the form factor of Moog’s Mother-32, DFAM & Subharmonicon.
Enjoy Electronics, creators of the Reminder effects processor, has announced a new multichannel audio processor, The Godfather, in Moog’s 60hp Eurorack form factor. It gives you four independent channels of mixing functions and effects, including panning, compression, limiting, delay, filters, reverb and more.
Features:
4 input channels with complex mixing functions (Compressor, Side Chain, Limiter, Shape EQ, Pan, Stereo Width, Gain Staging)
Independent effects per channel
4 independent Delays
4 Infinite/Looper Feedback
4 Stereo Offset
4 Double Pulse Delay
13 HP/LP Filters
4 Saturators
Reverb with dedicated HP filter
2 assignable LFOs
4 independent Trigger Buttons
3 independent Triggering Modes for creative routing possibilities
4 CV IN
2CV OUT
MIDI IN/OUT
GATE IN/OUT
4 Channel Audio In
4 Channel Audio Out
OLED Display
60hp Eurorack format, with aluminum and wood case
The Godfather is still in the prototype stage but it is looking great so far and they expect to open preorders in a few months.
At Superbooth 2021, Tiptop Audio introduced two new Euro effects modules, ModFX and FSU, in addition to introduced a new line of Buchla 200 Series modules
Built on the same platform as ECHOZ, ZVERB and the Z5000, they have the same UI with CV control over all three DSP parameter and the Fidelity control over the DSP clock.
Both are available in the White panel as well as the newer backlit Black panels.
ModFX offers three banks of modulations effects, from classic stomp box and rack effects to more experimental processing not found in any other hardware. The developers say that one of the strengths of ModFX is the way it moves static mono sources into expansive stereo sound fields.
The Chorus bank has effects that range from subtle widening to wobbly ambiences or deep detuned rooms, particularly when combined with the Fidelity control.
Flange effects come from the modulation of very short delay times and this bank expands on that to include Karplus and Resonant pitch effects and panning using the Haas effect. Programs like the Chord Resonator can turn percussive tracks into harmonic material and the Haas panning creates wide stereo spreads without pitch or amplitude modulation.
ModFX’s Filter bank does not have the typical high and low pass options common to synths and instead features a set of highly modulated and unusual filtering options. Programs include a couple of vintage inspired all pass filter based phasers, filter based panning and some vocal formant options.
An in-depth intro video:
FSU is designed to bring more aggressive and destructive processing to the FX lineup, from guitar pedal inspired distortion, to granular processing, to tape recorder style Sound on Sound looping.
Distortions include Ring Modulation and Frequency Shifting for some vintage analog mayhem.
Glitch bank has time-based effects that abuse the aspects of delay and pitch pushing them to more experimental and extreme sounds.
In addition, Sound On Sound recreates one of the more interesting features of reel to reel tape decks that allowed overdubbing endlessly without multi-tracking. This bank uses a short tape loop and adds a variety of digital processes like pitch shifting and granular playback to make it more experimental.
