robinv, Author at Molten Music Technology

Amiteque AR-110 Analog Drum Synthesizer Review

May 31, 2025June 11, 2025robinv

The AR-110 is a compact metal box of five analog drum sounds with individual outputs and level control – that’s it.

Molten Music Monthly May 2025

May 30, 2025June 19, 2025robinv

The dust has settled on another Superbooth filled with fabulous objects of electronic grooviness and now we can step back and take a few moments to share some thoughts on the ones I thought were most interesting. I was there for a day, didn’t get to see very much, but i did talk to some […]

Best Synthesizers Under $1000* (May 2025)

May 16, 2025June 19, 2025robinv

Here are my picks of the best synths currently available for under $1000 or thereabouts.

Jolin Labs Rosa Infinite Morpher DIY Build and Demo

May 13, 2025May 16, 2025robinv

Rosa is a four-into-one or one-into-four voltage modulation morpher. It can seamlessly morph between modulation inputs or outputs in a continuous loop.

BlaknBlu Oscar Tria Stereo VCO Review

May 7, 2025robinv

The triple featured Oscar Tria offers regular waveforms, swarming oscillations and polyphonic chord modes within a Eurorack, CV-controlled context.

Molten Music Monthly April 2025

April 30, 2025robinv

Crazy machines, a lot of Synthesizer Expander Modules, and a bucket full of modular feature in this month’s music tech roundup.

GForce Software Oberheim TVS Pro Review

April 29, 2025robinv

GForce pulls the two-voice, duelling SEM, sequence and keyboard-driven TVS Pro into the software realm. It’s effortlessly retro, sumptuously old fashioned and plays very differently to regular synths.

Arturia Pure Lofi Review

April 24, 2025April 29, 2025robinv

How lofi could a synth sound if you kept shovelling on the vintage vibes? Let’s find out with Arturia’s Pure LoFi virtual synthesizer source of sumptuous degradation.

HEX ROW Analogue Filter – DIY Build

April 8, 2025April 29, 2025robinv

Zany crazy dual filter thingy, the ROW from HEX, is mad and destructive but also easy and fun to build. I’ll take you through every step and get you to the hell-mouth of filtering.