robinv, Author at Molten Music Technology

Five12 QV-L Quad Variable LFO multiwave modulations

April 25, 2023robinv

Five12, the people behind the Vector Sequencer, has released an intriguing 4-channel LFO called the QV-L.

OXI Instruments Coral – Polyphonic Multitimbral Eurorack synth Review

April 24, 2023robinv

The Coral has 10 polyphonic sound engines packed inside along with a filter, envelopes and some reverb and chorus. It’s a polyphonic and multitimbral Plaits with sample playing set up as eight entire synthesizer voices.

Making Sound Machines Farbfilter Series: crafting colours

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023robinv

Farbfilter is a collection of colourful filters and wave folders for generating or absorbing rich harmonics. They are simple, beautiful and very tweakable.

Busy Circuits TAZM-O: Through Zero Analogue Oscillator

April 23, 2023April 26, 2023robinv

Busy Circuits ALM has released a new oscillator with through-zero FM modulation, waveshape crossfading and a built-in VCA.

Critter & Guitari 5 Moons: Cute multitrack recorder

April 23, 2023robinv

5 Moons is a slab of wood with 5 faders for 5 tracks of audio recording and looping. Simple minimalist desktop multitrack.

New Systems Instruments Triphase Oscillator – Hyperspace Supersaw

April 21, 2023robinv

Good gracious, that’s a huge sound! Triphase Oscillator is buzzing out three Sawtooth waves with independent phase control and bipolar mixing.

Beneath the Bush of Ghosts: Quad Lofi Sampler based on an answering machine chip

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023robinv

Beneath the Bush of Ghosts sounds a bit dodgy, but it revels in its clickiness and degenerative effect on audio. And there are four of them.

Steady State Fate Entity Ultra-Perc

April 21, 2023robinv

Ultra-Perc is an analogue synthesizer voice designed for generating percussive sounds. It’s full of filters, envelopes and noise to reach a huge range of timbres.

TiNRS Wobbler 2 LFO and Drum Synth – Full review and demo

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023robinv

The Wibbler 2 is a fascinating LFO and also a source of fun drum synth and sampled sounds. The only problem is deciding what to use it for!

Fiddling with Filters

April 18, 2023robinv

I’m researching an article on filters and so dug out five for a bit of a comparison. Here’s a video showing some flat and then animated filter action across some varied topologies.