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Modular NAMM 2018.8: Steady State Fate, Five12, WMD, and Warm Star

Modular NAMM 2018.8: Steady State Fate, Five12, WMD, and Warm Star

by Chris Meyer | Feb 17, 2018 | Trade Show Reports | 0 comments

We are getting close to the end of the companies I visited during this year’s NAMM show, and I’ve been saving some of my favorites for last. Today I talk more about oscillators, semi-modulars, sequencers, granular synthesis, and some modules we saw last year but which...
Modular NAMM 2017.3: Expert Sleepers, Five12, & Rossum Electro-Music

Modular NAMM 2017.3: Expert Sleepers, Five12, & Rossum Electro-Music

by Chris Meyer | Jan 22, 2017 | Trade Show Reports | 0 comments

In this installment I discuss updates to the Expert Sleepers Disting and ES-8, the introduction of the Five12 Vector Sequencer (hardware cousin of their Numerology sequencing software), and share conversations with Dave Rossum about design challenges in his new Morpheus filter and upcoming Assimil8or sample player.

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