Eurorack module Artificial Neural Network made of submodules by ARC company, a huge matrix keyboard by Jacob Duringer, Dreadbox Hades gets discontinued.

Cyrille Henry has announced the new synthesizer called Nozoïd MMO-3. The unit is a semi-modular synth based on different modulation synthesis types. The developers paid special attention to atonal sound generation. The retail price of the new device is €500.

The multifunctional LinnStrument controller received a new version of internal software - 2.1.0, featuring a lot of new pleasant improvements, additions and bug fixes.

Linnstrument is a great multifunctional controller which can be used as a multichannel step sequencer thanks to the new firmware v2.0. But the $1500 price tag scared away all those who can’t afford something just as soon as it hits their mind. The units suffered poor demand - Arturia was “right in time” with its DrumBrute and other brands don’t rest on their laurels either. Old good buddies Linn and Smith have always had a keen sense of hype – this time Linn strikes first. All we have to do now is to wait for Tempest to get rid of its price (which is distressing) and get some update; there could have been some news for Roli line as well. But let’s talk about Linnstrument.

Analog generator waveform is far from being perfect – it’s unstable and suffers from inevitable voltage-brought deformation. Many of the analog filters are unsteady – you might hear some noises, phase shift or self-oscillation. But these very drawbacks make the signal so brisk, lively – well, actually, alive indeed. Digital developments helped to tame analog sound, cut it into samples, increase polyphony, give you a synthesizer equipped with the functions which were simply unobtainable in analog instruments. In 1990s instrument manufacturing companies got highly interested in analog modeling technologies development – they were eager to re-create those smallest details of electric musical instrument circuit behavior.