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Superbooth is the most important electronic music event for modular synthesis and this year was no different. If you’re lucky enough to attend, the variety of manufacturers and personalities is a sight to behold. If not, Instagram will quickly optimize to a jealousy-inducing stream of live events and module news.
Keeping up with all the releases, updates, and prototypes is hard work. Well, it was hard work. By our count there’s an insane 94 new modules, 9 module prototypes, 7 modular-related hardware announcements, 2 new modular systems, 2 firmware updates, and 1 pedal.
We’ve aggregated every piece of modular-related SB24 product news on the interwebs. This is our first annual SUPER MEGA NEWS ROUNDUP for Superbooth24. Let’s patch in.
Superbooth24 News Roundup – New Modules
Updates: added Flame KOSMOS FM synth, Five12 Vector sequencer mk2 + expander mk2, Ohmforce Hematohm
- 4MS MetaModule: 26HP VCV rack emulator with 160+ built-in modules, retails for $649
- AMMT Clutch: 8HP sample based hi-hat module, retail price TBA
- Ampersand Ampersand Wear & Tear: 16HP stereo cassette tape emulator, retails for $350
- Apollo View Modular + DivKid MANIC: 8HP dual-VCA with TanH soft clipping & hard clipping and Serge style wavefolding & Buchla style wavefolding, retails for $359 (check out DivKid’s release video)
- Bastl Instruments Crust: 8HP hard-hitting drum voice, retails for $300 (check out Bastl’s release video)
- Befaco Oneiroi: 30HP experimental synth voice focused on ambient pads and drone-like soundscapes (check out Befaco’s release videos here and here, Sonicstate’s here)
- Black Corporation ISE-NIN: 36HP single Eurorack voice of Black Corp’s Roland Jupiter-8 inspired ISE-NIN polyphonic desktop synth, retails for $999 or bundled at $1249
- Black Corporation ISE-NIN Breakout: 22HP expander with 28-inputs / 21-outputs for the ISE-NIN voice, retails for $299 or bundled at $1249
- Black Noise Modular GOMA II: 4HP ‘Generator, Offset, Mixer, Attenuverter’ utility module, retails for $122
- Black Noise Modular GOMA Pro: 6HP ‘pro’ version of BNM’s utility concepts with waveshaping and distortion, retails for $155
- Black Noise Modular Volt 55: 4HP all-in-one module designed to power systems up to 55 Watts using a USB-C adaptor or powerbank, retails for $222 (currently 17% off)
- Black Noise Modular Volt 100 3U: 4HP all-in-one module designed to power systems up to 100 Watts using a USB-C adaptor or powerbank, includes both Volt 100 1U modules, retails for $355 (currently 17% off)
- Black Noise Modular Volt 100 1U: 8HP expander that moves power into a 1U row, bundled with Volt 100
- Black Noise Modular Volt 100 1U USB Expander: 10HP expander with 3 USB-A ports, bundled with Volt 100
- Boredbrain DB25 (Xcelon Expander): 8HP 24-channel direct output module via 3 8-channel D-Sub connectors, retails for $369
- Boredbrain IO (Xcelon Expander): 8HP 30-channel direct input/output module, bidirectional signals on twenty-four mono and three stereo 3.5 mm jacks, retails for $99
- Boredbrain TRS (Xcelon Expander): 8HP 12-channel direct output module, connects to IO module to provide twelve balanced audio outputs, retails for $259
- Clank Endline: 10HP mixer with output section and dual mono or single stereo sends with two dedicated returns, retails for $455
- Cosmotronic Aphelion: 8HP stereo DJ-filter and distortion with bypass, retail price TBA (check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video here)
- Doepfer A-124-2 Wasp Filter: 4HP slimline version of the Wasp filter, retail price TBA
- Doepfer A-121d Dual Multimode Filter: 12HP dual multimode filter which can be used for parallel or serial organized dual mono filters, retail price TBA
- Doepfer A-188-9 HVCO (High Speed VCO): 4HP precision audio VCO followed by a PLL (phase locked loop), retail price TBA
- Doepfer A-165-2 Digital Modifiers: 2HP utility with six modification circuits for digital signals (clock, gate, trigger, start, stop etc.) which are derived from the two input signals, retail price TBA
- Doepfer A-117-2 Digital Noise: 4HP digital voltage controlled noise generator, retail price TBA
- DPW Design P1: 4HP dual channel pedal interface, retails for $154 (check out DPW’s release video here and DivKid’s video here)
- EMW Noise Cinema: 12HP noise module with envelope control and 10 “noise atmospheres” with morph control, retails for $192 (check out EMW’s release video here)
- Endorphin.es New Godspeed: 6HP auto-tuning thru-zero VCO, retails for $210 (check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video here)
- Endorphin.es Autopilot 1U: 6HP 1U innovative tuner module, retails for $65 (check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video above)
- eowave Supamix: 10HP compact stereo mixer, retails for $280
- Erica Synths Graphic Resonant Equalizer: 20HP 10-band resonant equalizer with a fully-analogue signal path and digital control over individual band levels, retail price TBA
- ExistentialElectronics Sprongle: 10HP stereo detuned oscillator, retails for $159 (check out EE’s video here)
- Ferry Island Modular Four Seas: 26HP “four-dimensional” wavetable oscillator, four related outputs with spread control & multiple spread modes, retail price TBA
- Five12 Vector Sequencer MK2: 42HP updated version of the popular melodic sequencer with a 5X faster processor, 3X memory and two extra onboard CV outputs, retails for $795 (pre-order)
- Five12 Vector Expander MK2: 8HP updated version of Vector’s CV expander, now up to 12 pitch+gate lanes are possible, retails for $289 (pre-order)
- Flame TON: 12HP duophonic sensor-based melody looper, retails for $320 (check out fx_berg’s jam video here and SynthDad’s video here)
- Flame KOSMOS: 24HP (?) 6-operator quad polyphonic FM synthesizer, retail price TBA (thx for capturing this SynthDad)
- Frap Tools 411: 6HP quad linear VCA for audio & CV, retails for $140 (check out Frap Tool’s release video here)
- Frap Tools Bagài: 12HP “multipurpose thingamabob” aka clock burst / S&H / audio bitcrush / analog noise / fluctuating random voltage generator, retails for $299 (check out Frap Tool’s release video above)
- Half-Time Modular Cnvrg: 6HP compact stereo mixer with stereo send/return/cue and headphones out, retails for $185
- Half-Time Modular Pathfinder: 6HP versatile 2-channel signal routing module, retails for $165
- Half-Time Modular Refiner: 6HP 3-channel utility module with attenuversion / offsets / mixing, retails for $185
- Herbs and Stones Arms: 12HP two-voice digital percussion module designed to cover a wide range of percussion tones, retails for $330 (check out Herbs and Stones release video here)
- Herzlich Labs 4×4 Matrix Switch: 8HP 4-in / 4-out matrix mixer with switches, works with triggers/gates/CV/audio, retails for $245
- Herzlich Labs + RAKT mApnea: 2HP passive attenuator with “intuitive slider” and “innovative clickless mute,” retails for $76
- Infinite Digits + Toadstool Tech ectocore: 10HP (?) amen breaks mangler, retail price TBA
- Instruo dàil: 4HP high resolution quantizer & precision adder, retails for $339 as a bundle (check Instruo’s release video here)
- Instruo dàil USB Expander: 2HP expander MIDI-to-CV interface & USB MIDI host, retails for $339 as a bundle (check Instruo’s release video above)
- IO Instruments Leda: 14HP dual multimode filter with dual VCA & drive, retail price TBA
- IO Instruments Taygete: 26HP 4-channel VC controlled mixer, each channel has a multimode filter with resonance, two AUX sends, pre/post switch, panning, mute/solo, and level control, retail price TBA
- Jolin Labs Avalith: drone synthesizer with 100 transistor-based oscillators with 20 different oscillation frequencies divided into 10 banks in an open design configuration framed by a four-pole analog lowpass filter, retails for $1300 (check out Jolin’s release video here)
- Joranalogue Cycle 5: 6HP vari-wave oscillator with 7-octave switch and 5 waveform outputs, retails price TBA
- Kaona Zazou: 18HP 4-channel algorithmic pattern generator with circular screen & multitimbral MIDI output, retails for $375 w/ current 20% pre-order discount
- Knobula Echo Cinematic: 12HP stereo effects module with EQ/delay/reverb & knob automation recording, retail price TBA (check out Knobula’s release video here)
- LA Circuits Odysseus: 18HP (?) analog delay with drive and two cascade types, retail price TBA
- Larix Elektro 4TOMS: 20HP 4-channel percussion voice with tune/tone/accent/decay and stereo mix out, retails for $370 launch price (check out Larix’ release video here)
- Modbap Modular CLRS: stereo color effects processor with stereo DJ filter / drive / tape saturation & distortion / sample rate reduction & bit depth / compressor with 3 ratio settings & duck input, retails for $400 (check out Modbap’s release video here)
- Morphor Echo: 20HP (?) analog quad-tap BBD stereo delay, retail price TBA
- Morphor Sequencer: 4HP quad gate/CV sequencer, retail price TBA
- NANO ARC (bottom-left corner of SB24 rig): 20+HP 2-channel looping envelope generator w/ extra sauce (very little info on this module but it appears close to final so not placing in prototype section), retail price TBA
- Ohm Force Ohmicide: 14HP classic VST-based stereo distortion module with 111 distortion algorithms, retails for ~$500 USD (check out Ohm Force’s release video here)
- Olivella Modular DUPLEX: 12HP 2-channel vactrol-less low pass gate with ping inputs & 6dB/12dB filter switch per channel, retails for $400 (check out Olivella’s release video here)
- Olivella Modular FOLDIST: 8HP Serge-style wavefolder with symmetry & feedback sliders and switchable JFET input stages, retails for $250
- OXI Instruments Meta: 6HP end-of-chain stereo effects processor with riser functionality, retail price TBA
- Patching Panda Etna: triple-control analog multimode morphing filter with digital control & “snapshot” functionality, retails for $415
- Percussa XMX: 28HP powerful DSP module downsized from the Percusa SSP, digital modular synth engine and multi-channel recorder/sampler/playback device and audio interface, retails for $499 (check out Technobear’s overview video here)
- Ritual Electronics Aranea: 26HP 5×5 attenuverters matrix mixer with AC / DC modes and 9 outputs, retails for $460 launch price
- Ritual Electronics Fascina: 8HP dual VCA with drive and a switchable anti-click system, retail price TBA
- Ritual Electronics Crypta: 16HP (?) 1U PT2399 delay with “harsh” modes, feedback, and dry/wet control, retail price TBA
- Schlappi Engineering BTFLD: 6HP distortion, wavefolder, and analog-to-digital converter with 4 gate outputs, 1 stepped output, and 1 wavefolding output, retail price TBA (summer 2024)
- Schlappi Engineering BTMX: 8HP 4-channel input logic function mixer and combiner with 8 switched inputs, 4 dual logic function outputs, 4 gate outputs, and 1 stepped output, retail price TBA (summer 2024)
- Sebsongs Modular Bread & Butter: 6HP polyphonic MIDI-based synth voice with 128 selectable instruments & a drums preset, takes CV/gate and MIDI input, retail price TBA (summer 2024)
- SetonixSynth Shaka-8: 12HP 4-in / 2-out voltage-controlled stereo matrix mixer, retails for $249 (check out Setonix’ release video here)
- SetonixSynth Shaka-4: 6HP stereo matrix expander with additional stereo output channel & 4 stereo VCAs, retails for $120 (check out Setonix’ release video above)
- Shakmat Modular Ballista Blast: 12HP hybrid digital + analog synth voice with classic/wavetable/FM engines and SD card storable presets, retail price TBA
- Shakmat Modular Bishop Miscellany MK2: 14HP dual stepped CV/gate engine with performantive (re)generative algorithms and SD card storable presets, retail price TBA
- Shakmat Modular Griffin’s Claw: 12HP attenuation recorder with offset normalization, syncable recording time with tempo adaptation, and 16 memory presets, retail price TBA
- TEIA Synthesizers OpticTone MKII: 10HP multimode, mixable vactrol active filter and a vactrol-based VCA, 12dB lowpass / 6dB bandpass / 12dB highpass voltage-controllable frequency and resonance, and a drive stage, retail price TBA
- TEIA Synthesizers OpticShifter: 12HP (?) optical phaser with phase and feedback stages, phase adjustments, and pre-phaser tilt EQ, retail price TBA
- TipTop Audio Triax8: 32HP (?) eight-voice polyphonic ART / VCO with FM, subs, and vibrato, retail price TBA
- TipTop Audio Octovert: 6HP (?) Polytip-equipped attenuverter and offset utility module, retail price TBA
- TipTop Audio VC-Resonator: 16HP (?) Polymoog-inspired polyphonic voltage controlled resonator, retail price TBA
- TipTop Audio M: 4HP Polytip-equipped multiple, retail price TBA
- TipTop Audio / Buchla 259t (scroll down): 34HP programmable complex waveform generator, retails for $450 (check out TipTop’s SB24 video here)
- TipTop Audio / Buchla 285t (scroll down): 18HP frequency shifter, retail price TBA (check out TipTop’s SB24 video above)
- Tubbutec Brainstep: 22HP four-track sequencing brain / modulation generator / arpeggiator / sample player, retail price TBA (August 2024, check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video here)
- Verbos Instruments Sawtooth Stack: 40HP (?) standalone voice with 5 oscillators with detune / spread, 2 envelopes, and harmonics control, retail price TBA
- Vermona Bass Drum DRM1: 16HP (?) Eurorack conversion of Vermona’s DRM1 MKIV kick drum with VC control and dynamics trig, retail price TBA
- Vermona TRANSfouMER: 12HP (?) high-quality output module with four balanced XLR outputs, retail price TBA
- WMD Performance Mixer MKII: 50HP mk2 version of WMD’s 8-channel iconic performance mixer with full stereo support on all channels & sends, retails for $1499 (check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video here)
- WMD PM Channels MKII: 24HP 4-channel stereo expander for WMD PM MKII, retails for $549 (check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video above)
- WMD DB25 MKII: 4HP DB25 pre/post fader balanced output expander for WMD PM MKII, retails for $299 (check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video above)
- WORNG Electronics Sidecar: 18HP 6-channel (4-mono, 2-stereo) mixing VCA with 45mm faders, retails for $359
- XAOC Devices Berlin: 8HP digital oscillator / LFO with Leibniz system integration, retails for $250 (check out XAOC’s release video here, Tom Churchill’s video here, and Sonicstate’s SB24 video here)
- XOR Electronics NerdSEQ Dual Chord Expander: dual four-voice polyphonic oscillator expander for NerdSEQ, retail price TBA
- XOR Electronics NerdSEQ ART Expander: Tiptop Audio ART protocol expander for control of polyphonic ART modules, retail price TBA
Superbooth24 News Roundup – Prototypes
- Acid Rain Technology Memo: full modular synthesizer with digital patch points, retail price TBA
- Animal Factory Infinite Cruelty Machine (ICM): matrix mixer designed for sending one mono signal to four Eurorack effects in parallel
- Boredbrain OPTX v2: 10HP (?) mk2 version of the 8-in / 8-out ADAT Lightpipe converter with audio + CV switches per channel, no current retail price
- Center for Haptic Audio Interaction Research (or CHAIR for short) Analog Waveguide: 22HP (?) versatile stereo resonator that feeds the signals into a rotation matrix, retail price TBA
- Glasgow Synth Guild Procyon: 10HP stereo filter with built-in VCA / FM / morph, retail price TBA
- Ohm Force BohmBohm: 14HP (?) kick module, retail price TBA
- Ohm Force Hematohm: 14HP (?) plugin-inspired frequency shifter, retail price TBA (thanks for capturing SynthDad)
- Ohm Force Rohmble: 24HP (?) techno rumble generator, retail price TBA
- Rabid Elephant “Secret” SEQ: 30HP (?) performative sequencer, retail price TBA
Superbooth24 News Roundup – Modular-Related Hardware
- Bastl Instruments Thyme+: digital tape machine that transcends typical delay effects and spans across various multi-effect categories, retails for $650 (check out Bastl’s release video here and Sonicstate’s SB24 video here)
- Erica Synths Bullfrog XL: super-sized educational synth, retails for $1850 (check out Erica’s release video here)
- Erica Synths x 112dB Nightverb: standalone stereo reverb with a unique algorithms, retail price TBA (summer 2024, check out Sonicstate’s SB24 video here)
- Intellijel Metropolix Solo: desktop multitrack MIDI and CV musical sequencer, retail price $699 (check out Intellijel’s release video here)
- MOK Waverazor Eurorack Kit: 1010music Bitbox and Bitbox Mk2 conversion kit for MOK’s Waverazor wave-slicing oscillator, retails for $99
- Moog Spectravox: semi-modular voltage controlled filter bank and vocoder, retails for $599 (check out Reverb’s video here, Sonicstate’s SB24 video here, and Tiger Arcade’s video here)
- Pittsburgh Modular Voltage Lab 2: two oscillator semi-modular synthesizer with unique wave shaping and performative touch controller, retails for $1999 (check out PM’s release video here, BoBeats video here, and Hainbach’s video here)
Superbooth24 News Roundup – Modular Systems
- Clank Oracle System: complete modular system with motion controller, sequencer, two stereo oscillators, dual LPG, and modular / line-level output module, retail price TBA (check out Les Sondier’s overview video here)
- Der Man Mit Der Maschine DROID Moto Kit: haptic musical performance sequencer with controlled by motor faders, includes one master controller, a P2B8 (2 pots, 8 buttons), a B32 (32 buttons), and a M4 Droid motorized controllers, retails for $1394 (check out Mylar Melodies’ demo video here)
Superbooth24 News Roundup – Firmware Updates
- Neuzeit Instruments Warp: adds AI-generated wavetables, stereo spread, & knob saves (check out Neuzit’s overview video here)
- OXI Instruments Coral: released 2.0 updated with acid engine, delay FX, and more (check out OXI’s 2.0 tutorial video here)
Superbooth24 News Roundup – Pedals
- ALM MFX Pedal: pedal format of the ALM MFX stereo effects Eurorack module, retails for $360 (check out ALM’s overview video here and guitar demo video here)
And that, thankfully, is the end of the list! We’ll do another super mega roundup after Knobcon 12 later this year.
What’s your favorite piece of hardware from Superbooth24? Let us know in the comments below.
