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Tasty Chips GR-MEGA firmware 1.7
Hardware

Tasty Chips GR-MEGA: granular synth gets the biggest update (1.7) so far

July 7, 2026 Synth Anatomy 9

Tasty Chips GR-MEGA, initially announced at SB 2023, is a flagship multitimbral granular Synthesizer/sampler: major firmware update 1.7  At Superbooth 2026, the Dutch developers at Tasty Chips Electronics announced the GR-2 granular synth. However, their […]

Finegear The Dirt Magnet
Audio & MIDI

Finegear The Dirt Magnet: the analog multi-FX with cassette tape delay is available now

May 16, 2026 Synth Anatomy 2

Superbooth 2026: Finegear The Dirt Magnet, the semi-modular multi-FX with a real-life cassette-tape delay, filters, and more, is available now. Four years ago, the Romanian company Finegear announced The Dirt Magnet, a semi-modular multi-effects unit […]

Antigone Nanopolis
Eurorack

Nanopolis Antigone 2.0: multi-timbral synth voice gets a massive synthesis boost – first look

April 29, 2026 Synth Anatomy 1

SynthFest France 2026: Nanopolis Antigone 2.0 is a massive update to the multi-timbral synth voice, featuring new synthesis engines, including granular synthesis, and more. Update: SynthFest demo added For the past three years, I’ve been […]

Kiviak Instruments Wofi 1.5
Hardware

Kiviak Instruments WOFI keyboard sampler: firmware 1.5 with new features – first look

April 27, 2026 Synth Anatomy 21

SynthFest France 2026: Kiviak Instruments has presented the WOFI firmware 1.5 with new features, including cue points  At the end of March, the French company Kiviak Instruments announced that firmware version 1.5 for the WOFI […]

Modal Electronics Carbon8
Hardware

Modal Electronics Carbon8 Synthesizer: 19% price drop in Europe

April 2, 2026 Synth Anatomy 20

Modal Electronics Carbon8 is a digital multi-algorithm polyphonic Synthesizer, now 19% off in Europe. In November 2024, Modal Electronics released its Carbon8 Synthesizer. Its higher price compared to other Modal synths was striking. Now, a […]

Erica Synths Steampipe 1.1 update
Hardware

Erica Synths Steampipe, update 1.1 adds new features to the physical modeling synth

July 23, 2025 Synth Anatomy 8

Erica Synths Steampipe is a desktop physical modeling wind/string Synthesizer, and with update 1.1, the synth gains new features, including voice spread. Good news for Erica Synths Steampipe users. The company has just released firmware […]

PWM Mantis 1.25
Hardware

PWM Mantis hybrid Synthesizer now with four voices and OSCar company news

January 20, 2025 Synth Anatomy 2

PWM Mantis, Chris Huggett’s last hybrid Synthesizer with digital oscillators and analog filters, is shipping now, says Paul Whittington. The new PWM Mantis hybrid Synthesizer has been available for purchase since the middle of the […]

Shakmat Archer's Rig Centaur's Gates
Eurorack

Shakmat Modular Archer’s Rig hi-hat generator and Centaur’s Gates dual multi-type gate are available now

July 13, 2024 Synth Anatomy 0

I met François of the Belgian Eurorack company Shakmat Modular at Superbooth 23 for a developer talk and a first look at the new modules. Great news from Belgium. Shakmat Modular has announced the availability […]

Neuzeit Instrumetns Warp 2.0
Eurorack

Neuzeit Instruments WARP, new firmware 2.0 adds an AI-powered GalaxYY editor Superbooth 23: Neuzeit WARP, polyphonic additive wavetable oscillator

May 7, 2024 Synth Anatomy 4

Superbooth 23: Neuzeit Instruments explores customizable polyphonic additive synthesis in its new WARP oscillator module.  Update: A Eurorack highlight of Superbooth 23 was the Neuzeit Instruments Warp module. This is a powerful 4-voice additive/wavetable oscillator […]

Tempera 1.5 firmware update
Hardware

Tempera 1.5, touchy hardware polyphonic granular synth gets a big update

February 19, 2024 Synth Anatomy 5

Tempera 1.5, a new firmware update for the touchy hardware polyphonic granular synth is available now and a third batch is ready for pre-order. At Superbooth 23, the makers of the Vector synth introduced Tempera, […]

Dreadbox Telepathy Bundle
Eurorack

Dreadbox Telepathy bundle, the 6-voice poly modular synth is available now Superbooth 23: Dreadbox Telepathy

December 21, 2023 Synth Anatomy 0

Superbooth 23: Dreadbox has pulled out the analog heart of Typhon and packed it into Telepathy, a programmable, nifty 10HP synth voice. And now it’s complete. After the release of the Dreadbox Telephaty voice module […]

Tiptop Audio Buchla 296 207
Eurorack

Tiptop Audio Buchla 296t spectral processor is shipping now and ready for pre-order Superbooth 23: Tiptop Audio Buchla 296t spectral processor and 207t mixer/preamp, first look

November 22, 2023 Synth Anatomy 0

Superbooth 23: Tiptop Audio introduced Eurorack versions of the Buchla 296t programmable spectral processor and 207t mixer/preamplifier.  Good news from Tiptop Audio and Buchla. Probably the most exciting module from the new Buchla Eurorack series […]

Soundforce Chorus 6 uChorus 6
Eurorack

Soundforce rounds off its Juno line with the Chorus 6 and uChorus 6 modules, available now

November 5, 2023 Synth Anatomy 1

Superbooth 23: Soundforce rounds off its Roland Juno-style Eurorack lineup with the new Chorus 6 and uChorus 6 modules.  At Superbooth 23, Soundforce introduced two new stereo chorus modules based on the circuits of the […]

Knobula Pianophonic
Eurorack

Knobula Pianophonic, a Piano-timbred poly wavetable oscillator, available now

October 22, 2023 Synth Anatomy 0

Superbooth 23: Knobula Pianophonic is a new 8-voice polyphonic oscillator that combines wavetables with four elements of piano. The Superbooth 23 announcements are slowly being delivered. After the Befaco FX Boy, the Knobula Pianophonic is […]

Befaco FX Boy
Eurorack

Befaco FX Boy, dirty effects module with Gameboy cartridges, available now

October 18, 2023 Synth Anatomy 1

Superbooth 23: Befaco FX Boy, a new dirty FX processor with interchangeable circuits on Gameboy carts, and MIDI Thing 2 MIDI to CV converter Good news from Befaco. The FX Boy, the new analog effects […]

Erica Synths Black Stereo Delay 2 Reverb
Eurorack

Erica Synths Black Stereo Delay 2 & Stereo Reverb modules are out now

October 5, 2023 Synth Anatomy 0

Superbooth 23: Erica Synths intros new Black series modules: Stereo Delay 2 and Stereo Reverb in collaboration with 112dB and DJ VCF. At Superbooth 23, Erica Synths announced a number of new products. In addition […]

Elta Music Solar 49
Hardware

Elta Music SOLAR 42, a microtonal polyphonic ambient machine, ready for pre-order

September 5, 2023 Synth Anatomy 12

Superbooth 23: Elta Music introduced the SOLAR 42, a microtonal polyphonic ambient machine packed with six drone oscillators and more.  At Superbooth 23, the Latvian company Elta Music presented the SOLAR 42, the successor of […]

FrapTools Cunsa
Eurorack

FrapTools Cunsa, quad analog filtering FX processor, overview and developer talk

July 20, 2023 Synth Anatomy 1

Superbooth 23: Frap Tools CUNSA turns four analog pingable filters into a sound processing module with mixing, saturation, and oscillating The developers of the new CUNSA quad analog filter recently published an excellent overview video […]

Oberheim OB-X8 desktop shipping
Hardware

Oberheim OB-X8 desktop module analog polysynth is shipping now

June 12, 2023 Synth Anatomy 2

Superbooth 23: Oberheim has turned its 8-voice bi-timbral analog polyphonic Synthesizer OB-X8 into a desktop module. Good news from Oberheim. The desktop version of the Oberheim OB-X8 is now shipping from the factory and will […]

Arturia MicroFreak firmware 5.0
Hardware

Arturia MicroFreak firmware 5.0 with granular and samples is available now

May 30, 2023 Synth Anatomy 12

Superbooth 23: Arturia intros the MicroFreak firmware 5.0, turning its Freak synth into a granular sampler & new Stellar special edition. Update: Arturia MicroFreak firmware 5.0 is available now. The MicroFreak is one of the […]

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