Bleass Monolit -- deep waveform synth (49 EU / $49 USD intro desktop offer or $15 iOS)
It's quite deep if you want to tweak, or you can just hit randomize over & over again---I got a Speak n' Spell, SNES sounds, and electronic bird chirps in my first 5 automations. There's a free demo for test-driving it.
pros: lots of parameters, built-in effects, incredible range
cons: you can't target the randomization or apply a mix lock. randomization does a wholesale change (same as all other Bleass plugins at this time)
Waldorf unveils a plugin version of the Streichfett. It's 33 Euros / $33 for a limited time, as part of Waldorf's 33rd anniversary sale. (then up to $99) As someone who previously owned the hardware, this is a nice deal. It was a cool desktop device, and really enjoyable with phasers and delay. At $275-350 used, I sold it for bills, and now they're $479 new with inflation. I'm quite pleased to replace it and save the shelf space.
Hey guys, we're unveiling a Prophet with a Moog-inspired filter 8 days before Black Friday, but there's no ordering info or product demos. If you want to know anything about our Trigon-6, well just sit there and wait a week.
Still no ADSR envelopes, huh? I wish I had had the money for it when the Minimoog Voyager Old School was available.
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:45 pm
by echorec
It's nuts that Mike Adams approved of dedicating time/resources to rolling out those Minimoogs for ultra-rich studio nerds. Oh wait, this is all that he knows, so of course he greenlit this.
$5K for a mono synth with no memory in 2022 is just insanity. Mike Adams is just *ugh*...
How many dreadful decisions has Adams made in the last 20 years, that has led to them repeatedly losing dollars to obscure builders and startups? Thanks Mike for overseeing the death of the Moogerfoogers, a baffling resistance to software/digital enhancements, and unrelenting price hikes for 50-year old designs.
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:57 pm
by echorec
Pepe wrote:Still no ADSR envelopes, huh? I wish I had had the money for it when the Minimoog Voyager Old School was available.
Rewind to about 2019, and you could get a limited edition Voyager XL used for about $3,200 over here.
Gives me big Rubberneck vibes.. the number of iterations of PT2399 pedals with the same functions and just tiny-micro variations is reaching Tubescreamer-clones levels.
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 1:34 pm
by manymanyhaha
Still love my VFE Echo Ohce pedals which is my only experience with that chip. I love them so much that I probably should have explored more of the other PT2399 pedals
Re: New gear announcements for 2022
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:05 pm
by echorec
21st-century theremin with added dimensions
open-source with a controller that runs about $110