robinv, Author at Molten Music Technology

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.

Cre8audio Assembler Analog Performance Mixer Review

April 8, 2025April 29, 2025robinv

Assembler is a little Eurorack-focused desktop or modular mixer with an almost perfect set of features for my situation and scenarios.

Molten Music Monthly March 2025

March 28, 2025robinv

Spring is in the air and electronic music devices are everywhere. Let’s ponder the latest news and releases from March 2025.

PWM Mantis Hybrid Analog Synthesizer Review

March 24, 2025March 28, 2025robinv

Weirdly fascinating Mantis synthesizer spreads voices, diverts filters and detunes like nobody’s business. Now with four whole voices the Mantis feels like a proper synth with bags of character.

Synthux Academy Audrey II Horrorscape Synthesizer DIY build

March 13, 2025March 28, 2025robinv

Here’s my build of the Audrey II based on the Simple Synth prototype board from Synthux Academy. The result is a fascinating “Horrorscape” synthesizer based on feedback manipulation.

AudioScape Eurobuss VCA Buss Compressor Review

March 11, 2025robinv

The Eurobuss VCA Compressor, based on the classic G-Series hopes to bring joy, glue and cohesion to your modular noises.

FlatSix Seventh Summoner Review

March 11, 2025robinv

Seventh Summoner is a sequencer in a 1U module with a natty single octave keyboard. It can store 6 sequences, has various playback modes and can summon sequences in to a chain. Here’s what it’s all about.