Hello all,

hope you're good and if you were at Superbooth recovering well from the big busy time of goodness that it is and if you weren't there that you had a nice time enjoying the news from the show.

Here's my run down of the event and the things I saw, masses of pictures with some description from me for each one.

I was aiming to make a follow up patch tips from Superbooth video but that didn't work out due to a combo of either not having the camera ready to go right away for those into doing it or people not having their tips ready when asked - more than ever the show felt busy which didn't help. Not to worry though you can enjoy the still absolutely relevant and applicable patch tips from the 2025 and 2024 shows.

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Getting into this years show here it is, posted in the order pictures were talking follow along the journey day to day.

BJOOKS

The team at Bjooks were in lobby again this year, advertising the Kickstarter for their new book Beat Gems, a book on classic drum machines. In support of that they had a few classic drum machines on show. The Kickstarter was funded in the first couple of days and like with their other books and Kickstarter campaigns it all looks set to be well delivered and well received.

SYNTH-WERK

Synth-Werk for those new to them are a long standing 5U company making authentic and true to original spec (so not the newer MU 5U spec with the likes of Dotcom) Moog modular clones. Like last year they had a wall of modular on show to play with and they also made the classic Bode units with the Barberpole Phaser and Frequency Shifter in 19" 2U rack mount versions. Drool worthy.

KOMA ELEKTRONIK & PASSEPARTOUT DUO

Following on from the Chromaplane, Koma and collaborators Passepartout Duo had the new Haloplane, which is a 7 field (playing areas, nodes, notes/voices etc) instrument based around the use of samples, played with a left and right electromagnetic pickup. It was super expressive and good fun to play with samples that way.

Then Koma were back into Eurorack modules with the Monoplex sequencer, lots of long faders and lots of options for working with the steps from the larger desktop Komplex sequencer they made in the past. They also had prototypes of an oscillator, burst and envelopes. We spent some time discussing how analogue circuits actually shape their triangle or saw cores and how those things can be exploited. No sign of when those prototypes will be do, all focus in on the sequencer for now.

Reliq Instruments

Reliq Instruments had huge update to Reliq which was a popular thing when it was first shown and since then it's been Kickstarter-ed, supporters have their units and then back at the show with a huge update. They call it "A one-of-a-kind instrument. An all-in-one matrix mixer, sequencer and seamless DAW integration, perfectly in sync with or without a computer.

I found it to be an impressively designed unit that could do one of a handful of things for the user absolutely justify it's price tag in doing so, making things quick and fun in whatever application (patchbay, modular controller, sequencer, studio managing music maker) you end up using it for. You could for example sequence your whole studio routings, sending a device to the DAW on certain steps, into FX on others, signals in and out of the modular, smart musical sequencing of the gear ... all sorts. I'd encourage you to check out what it can do.

BASTL INSTRUMENTS

One of the stars of the show for many was the BASTL Kalimba, which at time of writing is sitting at well over £500,000 at 1422% funded on Kickstarter. As a friend at the show said "it's easy to dismiss it as a hipster toy that will end up in a drawer, but it's way more than that!" I got a fantastic demo from Vaclav of the Kalimba with it's pressure sending tines that can be plucked trad-kalimba style but also pressed to fade notes in. There's a fantastic physical modelling engine that morphs into a dynamic FM engine, looper and FX all in a nice playable size that's easy to get around doing interesting things with. You can see in the picture above the test jig they made to press down on the tines, I asked how durable it was and if really leaning into and forcing the tines downs would it break. They said not and with the forced finger on a wheel pressing test they made they were rating them for 250,000 forced presses.

BASTL also had the castle of modules in their new range of Wave Bard, Alchemist and FX Wizard (which is all on the same swappable panel/firmware platform).

CHASE BLISS & EAE

Chase Bliss had a great room set up this with multiple listening/play stations with their pedals, Chompi and a whole play area / game with a mic, Big Time and a series of objects to experiment sonically with. The first pictures shows a preset and sound demo station Chompi put together for Big Time. With the top buttons controlling presets on the Big Time and the bottom selection playing back samples. It was a really nice way to demo the pedal, which sounded fantastic. The second picture shows EAE's (Chase Bliss' collaborator on Big Time) Jon Synder holding a 3U rack version of Big Time that was repurposed this way be Love Hultén as a special off for them.

It was really lovely to meet Scott 'Knobs' in person too after binging his entire channel multiple times over and enjoying having spoken online before.

Erica Synths

Erica Synths had the newly released Resonator Filterbank desktop version. With bigger faders. stereo in and out and MIDI control. The Eurorack module version that came before it is great and I have the desktop here for a future demo. So any questions on it let me know.

I brought a Bullfrog Drums home from the show, mainly for future use in the Science Tent at Deer Shed festival but from what I've seen it's a fun and quick to use drum machine that can also sequence CV/gate so it plus a mono synth would be a good time!

Zahl

What to say about Zahl ... not much really, other than I go into their space which is like a little cinema room, listening space, to take a look each year. The big mixer, the new smaller mixer and 500 series modules - beautiful!

Rodec

I love the look - and the sound each time I play with it - of the Rodec small system with the ministyler Sherman style filter and the new sequencing side stepper, EQ, discrete pre amps. It's a lovely interaction processing box. Keen to play more with this in the future hopefully.

Random studio bits

The newer upstairs studio gear space in Superbooth is an interesting one to go through, I see all of these things as playing just as well with synths and modular as they do with the traditional instruments and environments they're often presented in. Here's 3 things I tried and enjoyed (well Rodec above too, they were in the same space).

The first pic is a tube saturation unit that did a nice job of controlling the overall tonal balance and distortion. The second was something I saw and really enjoyed last year, the Audios. Which is a delay, pitch shifter and sequencer, simple in concept but a great idea and way of bringing these things together into a playable interface, also with a great back story and history. The third is a fully automate-able and controllable via USB set of stereo or mid/side processors for saturation and EQ.

Expert Sleepers

Forever from Expert Sleepers is a new experiment from them to bring algorithms from the Disting NT into dedicated modules, as a huge fan of the quality of sound from Expert Sleepers DSP work I am massively into this idea. I'm also into the 8HP format set out by the analogue range they launched a while ago.

Forever is a freeze algorithm with multiple frozen buffers of looping/smushed forever sounding drones (think Endless processor, or say the EHX Freeze pedal). It has a remarkable quality to it, the example Os gave us was an orchestral piece of audio and the Forever froze that as if the conductor had told the orchestral to just play and hold an infinite sustained note.

This isn't a final ready to go module at this stage, but I'm really into the idea. Expert Sleepers also had a new USB-C 4HP module that worked as an expander for more outs from the Disting NT but also worked as a USB MIDI to CV converted or USB audio/CV interface as a class compliant device. It's called the NTX-8CV and is going to be massively handy!

Ethereal Electronics

I had a nice run down of the new Shooting Stars generative melody sequencer from Ethereal Electronics. I was drawn into their booth by the softly glistening LED blank panels looking like a gentle cosmos around their modular case. But the Shooting Stars kept me there with lots of ways to work with making patterns and control over them. We spoke about the control set and some of the hold/shift type functions which may change a bit from how they were at the show but this is coming out very soon ... and LEDs blinking diagonally down the panel like a shooting star is good fun to watch in time with the patterns.

Cyma Forma

I had a lovely time playing with ALT (the synth in the first image) making sounds that could be wide ranging and harmonically rich but also very small, cold and brittle - something I really enjoy, not everything needs to or should be big warm and fat all the time. They call ALT a soundscape sythesizer and I'd say that's very fitting.

I also very much enjoyed RND Synth. The orange box with one button that generates multiple voices of sounds (good sounds I found) and patterns, though you can plug in MIDI and take over the patterns for them. The best bit - hit the button and there's no undo, no going back and everything is gone onto a new sound/pattern set. I can see inspiration is just button surfing through things and when they said "Reddit is very upset with us" that made me really laugh. There's multiple audio channels you can get out of the thing and features that made it more impressive than cheap gimmick, not for everyone but I totally see it's place.

Likaon Instruments

I got a nice demo of the Mandala mk2 from Likaon Instruments which is an 8 track CV and trigger sequencer. It's based on euclidean patterns but had plenty of options for modifying everything. The tracks had easy to control mutes, shuffled clocks and CV ins too.

Ferry Island

Following on from the fantastic Four Seas, Ferry Island had Undertow (a mega output modulator) and Beacon (a stereo, vactrol modelling VCA/gate) module.

Undertow presents an interesting set of 15 modulation outs with interpolation in frequency and shape of wavetable LFOs between the 3 main groups. They've been saying "you can't have too much modulation" and I'd agree.

Beacon (not pictured) is a 4 HP stereo in and out VCA gate with pingable vactrol modelling envelope and CV control.

Enjoy Electronics

Enjoy Electronics had a nice stand with their Godfather, ELFO, DEFEEL, the Buchla format Godfather they made for Buchla & Friends earlier in the year and the performance FX unit called Memento. It won the Sonic State best FX processor of the event and they call it a 'multimodal texture engine' with a whole host of FX listed on their website about it. I didn't get time on Memento, but knowing their other work it will no doubt be fantastic.

GRP Synthesizer

This really made me laugh, not sure why it tickled me so much. This was a large instrument, presented as an interface really at this point. But the idea of a "pre prototype" just made me think of random ideas in the cosmos waiting to become something.

Schlappi Engineering

Schlappi Engineering brought their early prototype of Forest to the show which is a 16 voice FM style synth based on the architecture of their fantastic Three Body oscillator. Each voice is 4 oscillators, 4 envelopes, 4 LFOs and 4 VCAs to control all the modulation depths. I heard some great sounds out of it, really impressive already.

Thonk Synth

It will be no surprise to regular watchers of DivKid videos that I'm a fan of the Thonk Synth range of modules. They end up in various set ups for their balance of functions and size. The eagle eyed among you will spot new modules for MIDI, quantising, mixing and VCA/output.

Vostok Instruments

Vostok Instruments just released Halo which is 4 LFOs met with an analogue logic section. But they also had Sigma on show at Superbooth which is again 4 functions with added logic, this time with gate length and NOT processors. You input a gate or trigger, then manually or via CV adjust the gate length of the output. You get an inverted logic state NOT output that flips the input behavior per channel and then an added 12 logic outs for a total of 20 outputs in total. Jose and Carlos of Vostok Instruments had a great patch of rhythms going that was all highly performative in rhythm and timing placements of the beats in the pattern. Impressive.

Body Synths

Following on from the Metal Fetishist Body Synths had their new 'Laboratory' which is a stereo pair of saturating gain stage, PT delay and LP or HP filter. There's feedback built in around the channels, some basic on board modulation and options to run this in a few different ways to creatively shape sounds, create drones and noise instruments and beyond. I love the combo of features and can see it in a wide range of applications.

Nekyia Circuits

Following on from a great sounding set of modules Nekyia Circuits had a new 6HP sequencer called Ozark. It's 5 steps with on board dividers and on board clocking. You can patch in external clock and reset, mix additional sources into the advance function and use the dividers to self patch or drive other bits of a system. Really handy for quick short melodic patterns - almost Buchla musical easel style but also for modulation around a system.

4ms Company

Two impressive and big hitter modules from 4ms this year, with nice examples from Ross from Moffenzeef Modular who now works at 4ms (nice to see) on each module. First up they have a port of the well known VCV reverb Valley Plateau which is a sort of bendable flexible plate reverb. As a Eurorack module it was nicely playable with a good sized interface, totally shapeable from short resonant metallic spaces and tones to hush blissed out ambience.

Next up they have the Levelling EQ Amplifier which is a stereo multiband processing environment for compression, limiting, EQ, stereo width enhancement. It sounded excellent on the few sounds I'd heard from it.

XAOC Devices

XAOC Devices is a real highlight each year, if for nothing other than the utter visual delight that their design is and how good a system of their modules sounds. They had the new spectral lattice network called Budapeszt which is a stereo comb/filter/resonating space that felt really playable and I can imagine very modulate-able too. They also had Skopje which was a really powerful dual quantiser, capable of working in a few different ways to suit how people might approach quantising differently.

Boredbrain

Not new for the show but new for me to get my hands on was the Xcelon SL desktop mixer. Not a huge amount to say as I imagine those interested will have already seen the specs but it all felt nice and looked super playable. I'd love to give it a go wrangling a mini studio or live performance set of gear.

u-he

u-he had huge updates to their Zebra soft synth but also a new Eurorack filter on show called Melt. It's a 3 pole ladder style design (though not entirely Moog based), it's fully featured with 12, 18 and 24dB per octave slope options, plenty of CV control, on board VCAs, input mixing and a big playable interface.

Finegear

The couple of times I went to see Finegear they were busy (which was the case for pretty much everyone, a theme of the show if you will) with other people so I couldn't speak to them but I've always loved the look of the Dust Collector, Dirt Magnetic and Moxmix devices but last year they had this sort of mad 8 channel chain of delays in Eurorack form that was an early prototype thing and this year they had them as modules. Defer (looking like the basic delay block - a nice delay module on it's own) and then Later looking like an expander/master controller for it all.

Rides In The Storm

Rides In Storm gear continues to look and and sound great, the SED-CSM full voice has a great range of features, sounds and options, it's one I'd like to get here in the studio to really explore.

AnalogFX

Flash a vocoder near me and you'll catch my eye and this one from AnalogFX looks good for all it's ins and outs. Line inputs is an odd choice to me on a Eurorack module, a gain stage control on the input for accepting line or Eurorack would have been nice all the analyser outs and band inputs should be really flexible.

Plinky

Plinky had a great space and set up with a real mass of Plinky LED action dancing around the whole both. They were busy with Izaak demoing the Toadstep, Roland of Making Sound Machines with Chords and mmalex their with Blocks. The feel good lovely team vibes were great and I'm excited to see these released and into peoples hands this year. They'll be super popular and more affordable than everyone seemed to think with a roughly €500 price tag.

Cwejman

It was great to see Cwejman at the show. Sadly Wowa (Wlodzimierz) Cwejman sadly passed away in 2021 and while the line up has been kept active Cwejman has always felt like it was in the background, harder to get hold off, less present in the community, but massively loved by those that have used the modules. Maho Cwejman was at Superbooth with a range of modules that I unfortunately didn't get any play time with but I was very happy to see them at the show and busy with people enjoying the set up.

Knobula

I got a sneak peak at the Drum Farm back at Synth East and it's one of those things that interestingly gets developed alongside someone else following the same or similar ideas ... something happens year on year. Vermona have their DrumDing and Knobula have the Drum Farm, both devices based on creating custom drum sounds then sampling them out to be played.

The Drum Farm offers a 4 parameter controlled set of 16 drum models with pitch, decay and XY controls, it's incredibly quick to make a sound then with button holds sample that across to one of two sample players where you can further play with pitch and decay. There's plenty of flexible trigger and CV ins and a series of output FX that you can apply to the main or aux outs as well. I feel the synthesis and sampling combo of drum hits is a real sweet spot for custom drums and beat making so this is one I'd like to have a good play with.

Synthux Academy

It's great to see the SynthUX Academy grow with the tape inspired looper Spotykach (bottom picture) as well as a new MIDI Alchemist which plays up to 16 tracks from a MIDI file and you playback those selecting them on the fly adn the graphics are based around the idea of choosing ingredients on the shelf to explore it's "secret" synth voice and effects. The middle picture is Audrey II their feedback based horror drone instrument in a new style from part of their community that felt like exploring a small woodland grassy area - fitting for the nature reserve area of Superbooth they were in.

Frap Tools

Each time I hear or play the Frap Tools Magnolia in the flesh I have a feeling that the demos online aren't doing it justice. The sound quality is fantastic and as this has now been released and available for a couple of months I'm hoping we start to see some really compelling musical and sonic experiences with it that show it off.

Clank

In the same bungalow as Frap Tools, Clank had their now released Uranograph. I got a really good demo of this that sounded fantastic throughout. A big bold, rubbery, lush sound throughout with nice on board FX and looping.

Eowave

Eowave were expanding on their physical resonator ideas with the gong speaker with a new thick tight series of springs in a box. With the tension they had I wondered how plate like it may be, compared to a looser spring you'd see in a spring reverb that can be slapped around with transient rich audio - dub FX throw style.

They also had their newer 7U case of modules with the new 1U series of useful bits, the new quad feed stereo delay and the upcoming 16 output MIDI to CV. In chatting to Eowave I learnt that what looks like 8 CV and 8 gate outs is actually 16 definable outputs, teh gates can be 12 bit CV signals that you can disassociate from the existing CV outs too. Smart!

Amalgamod & Tendrils

All the way over from Australia Amalgamod were at Superbooth for the first time showing their cases along with Tendrils cables on the same table. It was nice to hold, touch and feel the empty case, admiring the craftmanship and design while also seeing a different set of brackets for a full case next to it with Tendrils cables providing a dub inspired soundtrack to the area. Serious credit due for the cable work from Dan at Tendrils and they had a new super short cable with a new strain relief design to make it smaller and some new lengths of the Stakka stackable right angled cables too.

AJH Synth

Nothing new from AJH Synth this year but even though I had this very Radiophonic system in DivKid HQ for a long while I still went by to admire it. Amazing sounding modules worthy of more attention than they get. I have a couple of bits from the line up I haven't covered before for up coming videos so watch out for those.

WMD

WMD were coming in hot with multiple new modules. Cosmic Debris just released and then there's the Gamme Wave Source prototype that is now a stereo MIDI controlled polyphonic voice, they had a new 'Channel Surfer' that adds filtering and FX, similar to the Clutch hi hat module FX with some CV and there's also the Bus Rider output live mastering style stage with look ahead and multiband processing. There's also a new module called Mod Box that offers LFOs and sample and hold that looks really handy too.

Knif

Knif launched into the 5U space with their ~$4000 BBD unit, cased up like a vintage hi fi speaker but at Superbooth they had other modules on show too. I didn't try the filter bank but did spend time exploring the phaser which was as lush and swooshy as you'd think and the spring reverb was really lovely. I REALLY like a good spring reverb, where you have drive and gain staging control to really change how the springs react, in this case getting a more hard wall room like sound than you might expect from a spring reverb. If you're new to Knif there's a whole load of tubes in all the gear, which won't be a surprise to anyone that knows their Knifonium synthesizer.

Teaching Machines

Teaching Machines appeared in the music gear space in recent years with their Wellspring rack unit spring reverb and delay unit. Since then they've released the FuzzBillion pedal which has rotary numbered switches which switch out physical analogue components in the signal path. These switches control the input level boosy, fuzz gain, upper peak clipping, lower peak clipping, tone, octave fuzz drive, the mix levels, a PLL (phase locked loop) and further bias, tone and gain controls. I'm into it.

Robert Henke / Monolake

On the Seaside Stage outside the main building at Superbooth there's a series of concerts throughout each day and evening. I got to catch Robert Henke with his performance on Commodore IBM machines. Robert Henke was at Leeds University giving an academic talk and presentation on the project earlier this year but it didn't include a performance as part of the tour. It's a fascinating project and this was a real treat, amazing sounds, short sharp percussion that carried such great tone and detail, expansion old school FX and as you'd expect if you know Henke, super smart programming and low end work too.

Instruo

Instruo brought a giant pocket scion, which unless you're the BFG is definitely no longer 'pocket' I saw someone call it the GIGASCION which names it perfectly. You could play touchplates on the wheel and experience the pocket scion in giant form in front of you.

Instruo also launched Ire, their 8HP studio style dual input stage for microphones/XLR or 1/4" inputs with gate extraction and envelope following.

Glasgow Synth Guild brands

In the Instruo tent were the Glasgow Synth Guild, who grew out of just working as the build team for Instruo but offering their services for others too. With that in mind Forge TME had the Vhikk X on show, I joked it's still Eurorack's Most Wanted, they also built Manic for Apollo View and I, they build for WORNG that had their new stereo filter Glowing Orb on show, they also built the Procyon filter for Eon and build for Manifold Research Centre too.

RYK

RYK were showing a new multi FX module, I didn't get to have a play with this one but I saw Mylar Melodies share an image saying "if you're a fan of Eventide you'll like this" which is enough to have me curious.

Unknown Devices

I got to check out the unknown devices eisei which they call a quad satellite system. It's worth a look on their website for what it is but unknown devices say it's their take on spectral processing and polyphonic voicing. There's filters, resynthesis, harmonisation, shaping, oscillators ... loads of fun.

Antonus

I had a good play and chat with the team at Atonus, who make a fantastic ARP 2600 clone. The craftmanship of the build, cases and sound quality were all really impressive. A total joy to play and it made me really gas for a 2600 ... again, it's a regular theme.

Befaco & Mylar Melodies

Befaco were showing their new Iroi alongside other new unseen things. Starting with ARK they have a whole sequencing, sample playing, music making environment, groove box type thing ... not sure how they're describing it - probably more snappy than I did. It's a bit of a do it all system with loads of features and functions to explore.

With Befaco there also RANDOM8, your new random mate with Mylar Melodies! It's great to see Alex (Mylar Melodies) work with them on this and bring it to life. In short it's kind of like 8 more flexible turing machines in 8HP. With a range of modes, controls features to customise and vary it but in short - trigger in, make a random pattern, loop it, vary it over time, control it's output range and you can quantise/slew and manipulate it. Fantastic fun!

Emute Lab

Emute Lab Instruments had their stereo oscillator Myriad on show which I believe is releasing very soon. They're calling is 'pataphonic', I'd encourage a look on their website but to quote them on that ...

"If pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions and exceptions to the norm, then pataphonics explores the contrast between everyday music making and the surreal, abstract and maybe absurd edges of sound synthesis."

They also had a machine learning based system based on a device learning your own personal, human likes and dislikes. The bottom picture shows the device which is joystick driven across a pattern and synthesis engine with 80 internal parameters (many of which could be output as MIDI/CV data). The workflow is simple and I think interesting in that you seed a random data set, then move the joystick and tell it (via button press) what you like and the device continues to learn what you're liking while producing variations constantly. These things can be saved and recalled and further behaviours seeded randomly and pushed via your 'liking' of things into different territories of sounds and music. I'm curious where it takes them.

Future Sound Systems

It's great to see the new grayscale (white) version of Cric from Future Sound Systems. I did message Finlay very recently saying "Just thinking about the black version of Cric you did, are you going to do a white limited edition run too?" to which he responded "have I told you about this yet?" I've been calling it the arctic tango ice blast white edition, silly and not snappy but I love the white Cric. The grayscale swirls of the side panels is lovely.

They had a great selection of stickers as always and also a new little desktop device called XYAB they've been playing around with. Which is a joystick and dual clacky big button device that can process inputs as well as output it's own signals.

Apollo View

It will be no surprise that I'm a big Apollo View fan, I've had the pleasure of working behind the scenes in sharing ideas, testing and ultimately it all leading to us making Manic together. Jon-Mark is full of smart ideas backed up with a rich background of music creation and engineering and while the case of analogue and tube based modules is a lovely sight, the new Deltascope plug in (there's free & paid versions) is seriously impressive. Comprehensive waveform viewing, measuring and frequency measurement abilities alongside the ability to compare the destructive and constructive phases of signals and there's an added spectrum analyser. There's a lot going for it that far out performs many more expensive scope and measurement plug in options. Seriously impressive and judging by the port onto an iPad for the show it may be in the iOS store in the future too.

AtoV Project

AtoV Project have released a big load of updates to the Faderpunk which continues to be a highly configurable, performable tool for creating voltages, sequencing and modulation. They had a prototype breakout box that would bring all it's io into a Eurorack system and they also had a prototype of an expander for their lx-euclid, euclidean rhythm generator. The expander made it possible to edit the generated euclidean rhythms in a linear, XOX fasion that is for me, always a nice space to be. Combining generated rhythms with the ability to fine tune them.

apf audio

Apf Audio had their FPGA development platform on display with Tiliqua, which aims to make working with FPGAs more accessible to work with. They have a 4" circular screen you can add to it and a range of applications like scopes, whole synth voices, complex oscillators, DSP and they were playing with video synthesis too. Fascinating and full of ideas for how to make use of it.

Gintronic

transparentSea by Gintronic was a real highlight of Synth East earlier in the year and it was great to check it out and see them again. In it's essence it's a multi FX unit but one they say aims to present exploratory sound options and control that takes it away from menu driven stomp box designs. It's a very simple to use set of FX with everything labelled and nice perform-able buttons for bypassing FX on the fly. It sounds great, looks great, I want one.

Din Sync & the Acid booth

Din Sync had their spot outside by the circus tent as usual with the banging authentic XOX tones of the acid booth. With a yellow tinge and glow from the roof of the tent you can see the blue and red versions of the 19" 2U rackmount versions of the SH-101 they're building. They're in default standard rack boxes at present but will be nowhere near as deep. They sounding fantastic, as you'd expect.

Working with Din Sync Analogue Renaissance were in the same tent and they had their desktop distortion box, which just absolutely nails the sound of a distorted 303 like nothing else. But they also had what they're saying is the worlds first analogue through zero VCF. It had some fascinating sounds and features, even in it's early prototype stage that isn't final (a few tweaks to features and CV over them).

Five12 Inc

Five12 Inc had their uber sequencer Vector on show, the mega modulator QV-L and they also had a prototype wavetable oscillator on show that was early days but sounded promising.

Weston Precision Audio

It was great to see Devin from Weston Precision Audio they're main showing was the Trivium filter/VCA/EG back end to a synth voice module they released recently with Trovarsi. Having tried the hybrid oscillator and drum module they make when doing the Trivium demo I'm keen to try out more. Solid sound and features throughout.

Acid Rain Technology

Acid Rain Technology have been busy, going top down with the pictures there's a 36 VCA, stereo matrix mixer called Trellis. Then onto the second module to release on the 6HP platform that released as Ripsaw, Splitwave. It's a multiband shaper that processing your signal lower and higher than a split point, curious to play with this one both with Ripsaw and simpler material at the input (it's stereo too). We then have Ziggurat which is a quad quantiser that's out now - video for this one coming in the near future. Finally there's the Wavematrix (great name) that is a 3 voice stereo wavetable oscillator with an as of yet undecided "?" control. Currently ? is a comb filter like effect but Acid Rain are playing around with ideas for what that third control should be, on top of X and Y wavetable position control.

Catalyst Audio

We (nearly) have lift off! With the MIG series from Catalyst Audio. This has been on show for a while now and it's a series of modules that complete a synth voice made up on NOS tubes found in MIG fighter jets. I'm looking forward to these releasing and having a play.

ohmforce

Like many ohmforce have been very busy this year with a big update to the bohm kick drum system and they had prototypes on show one of which that loaded legacy plug ins like frohmage, they had a hi hat style module that was like bohm but for top loops and a reverb on show. I didn't catch any info on when they'll be released.

Konstantine

Konstantine had Croak on show at the Shakmat booth, it's getting closer, but no set release yet. It's an interactive dual voice feedback instrument with added FX and a playable interface.

Timo Rozendal

Last but not least on the way out on the last day I caught Timo Rozendal who had his 3 new modules with him. Filler takes your clocks and rhythms and creates variations and fills based on what you put into the module. Dyn is a dynamics module in collaboration with plug in makers Surreal Machines providing a gate, limiter and maximizer for adding impact to the sound and Grainstream is a work in progress granular processor.

That's it for the round up, lots of pictures, people and good times from the event. I'm still fried on a big post Superbooth blues come down but looking forward to catching videos and coverage for things I'll have missed. If you're a support here on Patreon lets chat about it all in Discord, if you're not consider supporting to join our Discord community and to gain access to exclusives. Back with more soon.

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