r/synthesizers • • 16h ago

New Synth Announcements & Updates Arturia MiniFreak 49

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r/synthesizers • • 15h ago

Retail & Market Discussion Who keeps giving synthesizers to Goodwill??

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Good luck to anyone bidding, but this will go for market price. They've had a few Junos in the past.


r/synthesizers • • 9h ago

Performances, Jams celebration jam after my super gemini is back from the shop

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41 Upvotes

super gemini bricked and was out for a few months, so glad to have it back


r/synthesizers • • 8h ago

DIY / Repair 909 guts (sequencer and voice boards)

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Here are my RE-909 sequencer and voice boards. I have a nasty hum on my trigger out that I'm trying to locate so thoroughly going through each instrument to see where the voltage leak is occurring. I thought some of you might find the internals interesting.


r/synthesizers • • 4h ago

My Setup / New Synth Day I joined the cult...

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I am by no means anything more then a strange tinker-er with music/things... ordered this last month before all the firmware exploded onto the internet. So far, it's fun, small and portable too.


r/synthesizers • • 14h ago

My Setup / New Synth Day After 20 years of making music with VSTis I decided to go outboard

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...and I think this was the best decision. Finally, I am having joy again: turning knobs, moving sliders, sculpting the sound, jamming like a kid. There is something magical in this tactile feedback, working with real instruments. I couldn't afford it earlier, still most of my synths are rather cheap, but these little creatures bring the spark back :)

Feeling ready for winter.


r/synthesizers • • 8h ago

My Setup / New Synth Day got my grind a friend

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my boyfriend gifted me grind a while back, now i bought edge. AHH i tested it for a few minutes but i can already tell i needed this for a while. ^_^


r/synthesizers • • 12h ago

Performances, Jams Cyber punk made it only with the synthstrom deluge

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r/synthesizers • • 18h ago

Performances, Jams We recently played an extended live hardware set, and I'm never going back to computers.

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Making music with hardware synths has truly been a game-and-life changer for me. The fluidity and connection with physical instruments has deeply transformed my experience creating, performing and enjoying music.

This clip here is a little fragment from a recent set with VEEM, our live hardware trio. This is an ambient section we did during our 1h35min set, which spanned different variants of techno and breaks. The occasion was ESPEJISMOS Live, which is the event series of our live and hardware focused collective in Buenos Aires. I invite you to check out the full set on YouTube!

The setup included 2x Elektron Digitone 2, 1x Analog Rytm, 1x Digitakt, 1x Octatrack, 1x Novation Peak, 1x Arturia Keystep and a Behringer Xenyx 16 channel mixer.

Endless fun which I'm not willing to let go of anytime soon.


r/synthesizers • • 9h ago

Performances, Jams Fresh track Pagans Birth

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I make some music dawless without using computer DAW or any plugin just hardware synths and live performance.have alot of fun and is inspiring too


r/synthesizers • • 19h ago

New Synth Announcements & Updates New Korg microAUDIO 722 — analog filter and interface in one

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r/synthesizers • • 10h ago

My Setup / New Synth Day Noisferatu + 404 Tape Delay

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Noisferatu by Robert Heel kit making monsterous wails. Deep tones not coming through phone speakers


r/synthesizers • • 13h ago

Performances, Jams MicroMonsta 2 - Patch building & Bi-Timbral Mode (No Talking)

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This isn't a full on review or a tour of the MicroMonsta 2, there are many features I don't talk about or touch on, this is just me having some fun. Building a couple of pad-like patches and playing them in bi-timbral mode.


r/synthesizers • • 39m ago

Beginner Questions Casio CTK-230 for dungeon synth?

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So I wanted to get myself a cheap synthesizer for dungeon synth, keller synth etc. I also can't really play keys and only play guitar but I want to learn how to play on them. And recently found this casio for $19 in the good condition (I don't live in the USA, I just converted the price from my currency to dollars). Is this synth any good? thanks in advance


r/synthesizers • • 1h ago

Friday Hangout /// Weekly Discussion - October 16, 2026

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What’s been on your mind? Share your recent synth thoughts, news, gear, experiments, gigs, music, or such.


r/synthesizers • • 12h ago

New Synth Announcements & Updates Welcome to my Behringer MS-1 !

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I couldn’t afford a SH-101 lmao, but it goes well with my Yamaha SY77. It’s my first time posting here, my SY77 was my first big synth ! Can’t wait to create music with my MS-1 tho hihi


r/synthesizers • • 2h ago

What Should I Buy? Why do(n't) I need a Digitone 2?

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r/synthesizers • • 2h ago

Discussion Pro-800 VS MicroMonsta 2

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For those owning both/having tried both.

How is the menu diving in the MM2 ? Similar to an elektron digi box ?

How useful do you find each in covering certain type of sound ?

I would use them routed into ableton move, so external FX and sequencer available, also using a launchkey 61 mk2 so eventually having more hands on controls.

I personally produce mostly 90 inspired deep house, old-ish progressive house/trance, with peak time/rave or detroit vibe.

Cheers


r/synthesizers • • 3h ago

Synth ID / How was this made? What synth does Ed O'Brien use in Abrigado?

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The lead


r/synthesizers • • 11h ago

How To's, Tutorials, Demos late night microbeat jam on fm1

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r/synthesizers • • 17h ago

DIY / Repair Orovela -- new OS for the Ensoniq Mirage

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Right up front:

  • Yes, I used AI
  • No, this won't brick your Mirage, because the Mirage always loads its OS from disk -- if this doesn't work for some reason, just reload the OS you were using previously

I've been working on a new OS for Ensoniq Mirage samplers, and now it's ready: Orovela
(No video yet -- maybe someone with more free time will make one.)

Orovela replaces the complicated multisample structure of the stock OS with a simple workflow.

Sample a sound and it's mapped across the whole keyboard in a single layer, like a Casio SK-1 with analog filters and a much better synth engine.

It also makes every parameter editable live from the mod wheel (and/or MIDI CC1). You can finally sweep the filter, alter LFO parameters, and change envelope values with a continuous controller.

I added some other cool features:

  • Reverse sample playback
  • More LFO waveforms (triangle, saw up/down, square, random), simultaneous destinations (amp, cutoff, res, pitch), and a wider speed range
  • Bipolar pitch envelope
  • Velocity to filter cutoff and resonance
  • More flexible detuning, including detune drift
  • Utility functions: octave +/- shift, MIDI panic

Its top sample rate is 15.5 kHz, but now a disk image holds 10 programs (sample + params).

In addition, Orovela Sample Manager is a Windows programs that can:

  • Create new Orovela programs from samples on disk
  • Combine up to 10 programs into a new Orovela disk image
  • Save Orovela programs to disk from a disk image
  • Extract samples from an Orovela disk image

The link at the top has source code, but also a disk image ready for loading into a USB floppy emulator, plus docs and the sample manager executable.

Developed and tested on a DSK-1 keyboard variant, but I expect it to work on all Mirage models.

(Simplified version of my Gearspace post)


r/synthesizers • • 10h ago

Performances, Jams Synthtax Error (Ableton Live/Access Virus TI)

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⛔️ SYNTAX ERROR ⛔️

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●Underground Techno Jam

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DAW: Ableton Live 12

MIDI Controller: Novation Lauch Control XL

Groovebox: Novation Circuit Tracks

Synthesizer: Access Virus TI

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UndergroundA syntax error is a mismatch in the syntax of data input to a computer system that requires a specific syntax. For source code in a programming language, a compiler detects syntax errors before the software is run (at compile-time), whereas an interpreter detects syntax errors at run-time. A syntax error can occur based on syntax rules other than those defined by a programming language. For example, typing an invalid equation into a calculator (an interpreter) is a syntax error. (WIKIPEDIA)

#synthesizer #techno #undergroundtechno #hypnotictechno #rave

@wearenovation


r/synthesizers • • 16h ago

Performances, Jams synthwave track almost ready will be nice any feedback

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Will be awnsome if anyone wants to make some vocals for the song :)


r/synthesizers • • 5h ago

Performances, Jams TR-1000 x OB-X8 Jam

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First try at making a pattern on my TR-1000, featuring some custom patches from my OB-X8 to go with it!


r/synthesizers • • 18h ago

Discussion news: Minifreak 49!

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I heard the news on the Ringotv YouTube channel that a 49-key version of the MiniFreak has been confirmed, and I wanted to share it with you. I’m sure there are many people who have been waiting for this!