What do you get when you put 18 of the hottest modular synthesizer makers under one roof in Brooklyn on an October weekend? A synth fair called Machines In Music. Here's a video of the event.
In case you missed it–and to be fair if you weren’t in New York last weekend you probably did–here’s a five minute video by boxoftextures from the Machines in Music synth fair, Brooklyn New York 2015.
Verbos Electronics at Machines In Music, NY 2015.
Consider this more of a “wish I was there” style video in a real-time stroll through the exhibitor area rather than a “this is what synth X and modular synth Y can do or sound like” kind of video. Despite being a walk-through, I was very keen to get a look at the new Critter & Guitari Organelle synth being played… and even to hear just a second or two of its sound palette.
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As it happens, at 3:01 in the video, that’s pretty much what we get: a full 5 seconds. However, there’s plenty more to see. Here's a complete list of all the exhibitors captured in this video to whet your synthesizer-fuelled appetite...
Monome
Steady State Fate
Synthesis Technology
Low-Gain Electronics
Verbos Electronics
Endorphin.es
Doepfer
Zlob Modular
2egress.com
Control
Snazzy FX
Korg Little Bits
Critter & Guitari
Make Noise
Qu-Bit Electronix
WMD
4MS
Pittsburgh Modular
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At many of the exhibitor stands you’ll likely notice the Arturia Beatstep Pro being employed as the sequencer/controller of choice. With the Squarp Pyramid and, more recently, Social Entropy’s Engine and the Arpeggio being announced, the future looks bright for hardware sequencer controllers too.
Critter & Guitari at Machines In Music, NY 2015.
If you were at the synth fair drop us a comment below and let us know your highlights. If, like me, you weren’t but are keen to learn more about the new Critter & Guitari Organelle, fear not… we’ll let you know more as soon as we can.
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