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Outside view of Moog Music's HQ in North Carolina
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Moog acquired by music conglomerate inMusic, joining Akai, Denon, Numark, more

Moog Music has announced that it has been acquired by music conglomerate inMusic. It marks the synthesiser maker's departure as an independent company, in a...

Photo of R2D2 standing next to a ARP 26000 FS
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Korg’s iconic ARP 26000 FS gets limited edition re-release for Star Wars Day

A small batch of full-sized ARP 2600s are being released by Korg to mark 4th May, aka Star Wars Day. The ARP 2600 was the...

Moog
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Moog makes Moogerfooger Effects available as individual plug-ins

Moog had made its Moogerfooger Effects available as individual plug-ins. The eight plug-ins are a "re-invention" of all seven analogue effects pedals (plus a new...

Minimoog Model D 2022
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Moog’s iconic Minimoog Model D is back in production

Moog's iconic Minimoog Model D has entered production again, marking the imminent return of a legendary synthesiser that has helped shape electronic music. Considered by...

Abacusynth
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Student designs synthesiser inspired by the abacus, Abacusynth

A university student has designed a new synthesiser for their thesis, inspired by the mathematical abacus. Dubbed Abacusynth, the project is the work of Elias...

JUPITER-4 software synth
Roland announces JUPITER-4 software synthesiser

Roland has announced the JUPITER-4 software synthesiser, an "authentic recreation" of the classic JUPITER-4 – the company's first-ever polyphonic synth and the first to bear...
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Synthesiser pioneer Peter Zinovieff dies, aged 88

The EMS founder built instruments used by Kraftwerk, Soulwax, David Bowie and more

The synthesiser pioneer Peter Zinovieff has died, aged 88. According to a report in The Guardian, the Russian-British founder of benchmark-setting brand EMS suffered...
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Influential avant-garde composer Jon Hassell dies, aged 84

Carl Craig, Brian Eno and Moritz von Oswald collaborator, and the man who coined the "fourth world" musical aesthetic 

The influential American avant-garde composer Jon Hassell has died, aged 84.

The musical icon's family released a statement on 27th June via Facebook and Twitter...

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Novation share first look at much-anticipated Summit synth: Watch

The polyphonic synth is composed of two parts, 16 voices and 61 keys, featuring the same five-octave keyboard implemented with the predecessor SL MkIII MIDI...

Novation have shared the first look at their eagerly anticipated Summit synthesiser, through a Beats & Bites livestream which can now be viewed on Youtube...