Behringer gets the info leaked. The impressive row of popular synth and drum machine replicas featuring MIDI, USB implementation and Eurorack support is not news yet but it might be a stunning release. Uli catches up with his own production terms and breaks the silence.

Two DIY synths – a new Arduino-based unit and a Gilbert module inspired by Roland sound, Malekko Varigate 4+ gets updated introducing some CV capabilities, a Theremin-style Altura launched by Zeppelin, a Kickstarter project by Chroma Coda which is represented with a MIDI floor controller, and the Acid Simona VCF which is a limited edition of Erica Synths Black Polivoks VCF.

The leading Japanese company famous for electronic musical instruments production released two new instruments within Boutique series. This time, the cult drum machine of the late 80s Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer (Boutique TR-08) and the analog mono synthesizer SH-101 (Boutique SH-01A) got reincarnated.

The management of the Japanese company has been sticking to the rule of “leaving analog in the past” for a long time. But it’s the market which rules and that’s why we did get JD-XA and JD-Xi from Roland, and now SE-02 analog monophonic synthesizer module created together with the eminent Studio Electronics company is getting its way through. Roland emphasized that this is only the beginning of a new series called Roland Boutique Designer. Read more about the Roland’s fight back to Mr. Dave Smith&Pioneer DJ Toraiz AS-1 and eventually Behringer D rackmount synth module.

Scott Tibbs, who became a Roland’s sound designer in the 90s, had an up close and personal acquaintance with each and every synth made by the Japanese corporation while consulting the developers. This video features Scott talking about the widest range of possibilities provided by the new AIRA series virtual analog synthesizer – System-8 which besides its own sound set allows “plugging” settings and presets perfectly emulating such iconic synthesizers by Roland released in the 70s-80s as Juno-106, Jupiter-8, SH-2, SH-101, Promars.