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Superbooth24 Mega Super News Roundup

Keeping up with all Superbooth24 releases, updates, and prototypes is hard work. Well, it was hard work. By our count there's an insane 92 new modules, 8 module prototypes, 7 modular-related hardware announcements, 2 new modular systems, 2 firmware updates, and 1 pedal. Let's patch in.

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ModBias Weekly – Modular Newsletter

This is Alex from Modular Bias and I'm excited to announce our first newsletter ModBias Weekly – a weekly, no-frills update on everything modular synthesis.

New Firmware

Acidus Versio – Alternative 303 Firmware by Blue Nautilus

We're baaaack! Let's get caught up on a few things before smashing everyone with Superbooth 24' news. First item, the amazing Acidus Versio alternative firmware from Blue Nautilus.

00:31:15

New Modules

Meet Nightlife – After Later Audio’s New Mixer Ecosystem

If you were lucky enough to attend Knobcon last year, 2023 was clearly the "Year of the Mixer." Larger offerings from Noise Engineering, 1010 Music, and Boredbrain got significant coverage but there's one company who seems to have snuck under the radar: After Later Audio and the modular Nightlife Mixer Series.

Eurorack

Four New Ways to Color Sound: Farbfilter Series from Making Sound Machines

Making Sound Machines have announced the Fabfilter Series: four 4HP modules, each focused on a single mono effect with two CV inputs. This is MSM's take on their favorite analog effects circuits from East Coast and West Coast synthesis.

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Alert Ripley: Xenomorph Blanks

Few synthesists can boast the ability to patch a kick drum while staring down the jaws of H.R. Giger's dark imagination. If you want...

Eurorack

New TZFM Oscillator: ALM – TAZM-O

Right before their upcoming week-long pop-up shop, ALM / Busy Circuits just dropped a brand new TZFM oscillator: the TAZM-O. Taking full advantage of the recently popular SSI2130 chip, ALM's newest oscillator has some thoughtful design. Let's take a look.

News

Sales: Patchwerks – SPRING10

Patchwerks Spring Sale is upon us. Use code SPRING10 to get 10% off most products across eurorack, modular synths, and more.

Business

Noise Engineering: Major Warranty Update

Hardware warranties aren't the sexiest topic on earth, but they sure get important quickly when you get distracted by the LA Lakers playoff score and plug a $349.99 module in backwards. What? No, that's not oddly specific. Anyway, moving on..

Interviews

Mixmag Asia Interview: Siam Modular

Mixmag Asia recently launched their SynthAsia series. Episode 1 features Siam Modular, a Chiang Mai-based eurorack manufacturer with a unique history and plenty of useful modules.

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Superbooth24 Mega Super News Roundup

Modular Bias

ModBias Weekly – Modular Newsletter

This is Alex from Modular Bias and I'm excited to announce our first newsletter ModBias Weekly – a weekly, no-frills update on everything modular synthesis.

New Firmware

Acidus Versio – Alternative 303 Firmware by Blue Nautilus

We're baaaack! Let's get caught up on a few things before smashing everyone with Superbooth 24' news. First item, the amazing Acidus Versio alternative firmware from Blue Nautilus.

00:31:15

New Modules

Meet Nightlife – After Later Audio’s New Mixer Ecosystem

05:28:21

Artists

Modular World – Patch-On: Reverb Challenge

Weighing in at almost five and half hours, the Modular World Patch-On: Reverb challenge is an epic show of 50 artists across 15 countries.

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