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Bob Moog Foundation Raffles Thomas Dolby-signed Minimoog Voyager XL for Education

Bob Moog Foundation Raffles Thomas Dolby-signed Minimoog Voyager XL for Education

The Bob Moog Foundation is raffling a Thomas Dolby–signed Minimoog Voyager XL (valued at $7,500) to fund Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Moogseum and the Foundation archives.

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Essential Safety Tips for Restoring Vintage Analog Synthesizers

Essential Safety Tips for Restoring Vintage Analog Synthesizers

Safety-first guidance for restoring vintage analog synths: disconnect power, document wiring, replace tired capacitors a...

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RL Music Highlights Kent Spong’s World-Class CS-80 Level-2 Restorations with Multi‑Month Warranties

RL Music Highlights Kent Spong’s World-Class CS-80 Level-2 Restorations with Multi‑Month Warranties

RL Music highlights Kent Spong’s KSR Level-2 restorations for Yamaha CS-80s, detailing full operational overhauls and mu...

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Vintage Synth Buying Guide: Trusted Markets, Inspection Checklist, Pricing, Shipping

Vintage Synth Buying Guide: Trusted Markets, Inspection Checklist, Pricing, Shipping

Practical buyer's guide for vintage synths explains trusted markets, inspection checklist, pricing benchmarks, and shipp...

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Essential KSR Restorations and SynthXL Resources for Vintage Synth Care

Essential KSR Restorations and SynthXL Resources for Vintage Synth Care

Two practical resources — KSR Restorations (Kent Spong / KSR80) and the SynthXL service-manual and parts index — offer a...

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Modulaire Maritime Phosgène: 2HP Wavetable/FM Oscillator Delivers Industrial Low-End

Modulaire Maritime Phosgène: 2HP Wavetable/FM Oscillator Delivers Industrial Low-End

Modulaire Maritime's tiny 2HP Phosgène combines 60 wavetables, wavefolding and a 100 Hz-centric FM engine to deliver gri...

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Dubreq unveils Stylophone VOICE sampler and OTF real-time Eurorack sequencer

Dubreq unveils Stylophone VOICE sampler and OTF real-time Eurorack sequencer

Dubreq announced the Stylophone VOICE 3-slot portable sampler and the Stylophone On-The-Fly (OTF) real-time Eurorack seq...

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Roland Unveils TR-1000 Rhythm Creator: Analog Voices Meet Modern Sampling Sequencer

Roland Unveils TR-1000 Rhythm Creator: Analog Voices Meet Modern Sampling Sequencer

Roland unveiled the TR-1000 Rhythm Creator at NAMM 2026, pairing true analog voices with modern sampling and a performan...

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Cherry Audio launches SH-MAX plugin combining three classic 1970s Roland synths

Cherry Audio launches SH-MAX plugin combining three classic 1970s Roland synths

Cherry Audio launched SH‑MAX, a $59 Mac/Windows plugin that fuses the SH‑5’s “bold” dual‑oscillator architecture with SH...

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Korg Debuts phase8 Eight-Voice Acoustic Synth with Swappable Resonators

Korg Debuts phase8 Eight-Voice Acoustic Synth with Swappable Resonators

Korg debuts the phase8, an eight-voice acoustic synth with swappable steel resonators, blending tactile acoustic tone wi...

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Gotharman Unveils Tuul: 4‑Channel Eurorack Multi‑Function Workhorse Module

Gotharman Unveils Tuul: 4‑Channel Eurorack Multi‑Function Workhorse Module

Gotharman of Denmark revealed the Tuul on January 6, 2026, a 12HP, 4‑channel Eurorack module that can configure each cha...

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Home Vintage Synth Repair Guide: Safety, Soldering, Cleaning, When To Stop

Home Vintage Synth Repair Guide: Safety, Soldering, Cleaning, When To Stop

Home vintage synth repair guide outlines safe starter steps for cleaning, soldering, and troubleshooting, and explains w...

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Behringer Previews JN-80 Juno-60 Inspired 8-Voice Analog, Unofficial Specs

Behringer Previews JN-80 Juno-60 Inspired 8-Voice Analog, Unofficial Specs

Behringer previewed the JN-80 at NAMM as a Juno-60 inspired 8-voice analog synth, with unofficial specs that promise cla...

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Korg unveils microAUDIO interfaces adding analog filter to compact units

Korg unveils microAUDIO interfaces adding analog filter to compact units

Korg launched two compact microAUDIO interfaces with studio I/O and an onboard analog filter, offering easy, affordable ...

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Practical Power Supply Diagnostics and Fixes for Vintage Synthesizers

Practical Power Supply Diagnostics and Fixes for Vintage Synthesizers

This hands-on guide explains how to diagnose and repair common power-supply failures in 70s-90s vintage synthesizers and...

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Practical Buying Guide, Vintage Analog Synths Versus Modern Modeling

Practical Buying Guide, Vintage Analog Synths Versus Modern Modeling

Long running advice widely cited by collectors lays out a practical checklist for choosing between vintage analog instru...

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Community restoration logs deliver practical guidance for vintage synth repairs

Community restoration logs deliver practical guidance for vintage synth repairs

A hands-on community project published detailed restoration logs with photos and step-by-step repair notes, giving reade...

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Roland Debuts CR-78 Software Rhythm Composer with ACB Modeling on Cloud

Roland Debuts CR-78 Software Rhythm Composer with ACB Modeling on Cloud

Roland released a CR-78 Software Rhythm Composer on Roland Cloud, recreating the 1978 CompuRhythm with ACB modeling and ...

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Casio Unveils Battery-Powered SXC1 Portable 16-Voice Sampler with 4x4 Pads

Casio Unveils Battery-Powered SXC1 Portable 16-Voice Sampler with 4x4 Pads

Casio previewed the battery-powered SXC1, a portable 16-voice sampler with a 4x4 pad grid - a compact on-the-go tool for...

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KORG launches Filter Ark plug-in with four‑way component‑modeled filters

KORG launches Filter Ark plug-in with four‑way component‑modeled filters

KORG released Filter Ark, a component‑modeled filter plug‑in for KORG Collection that stacks up to four classic and mode...

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Open-Source OB-Xf Beta Brings Community OB-X Recreation to Desktop

Open-Source OB-Xf Beta Brings Community OB-X Recreation to Desktop

Surge Synth Team and related maintainers released OB-Xf beta/nightly builds on January 2, 2026, providing free installer...

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MSW-820 offers dual AS3340 VCOs, 16-mode filter and Eurorack I/O for $499

MSW-820 offers dual AS3340 VCOs, 16-mode filter and Eurorack I/O for $499

Michigan Synth Works revealed the MSW-820, a compact analog mono voice with dual AS3340 VCOs, a 16-mode VCF and Eurorack...

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Inspect power supplies, caps, keys and pots before buying vintage synths

Inspect power supplies, caps, keys and pots before buying vintage synths

Inspect power supplies, caps, keys and pots before buying a vintage synth to avoid persistent failures and costly repair...

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LFO Store's Klaus Schulze Tribute: 40 modWave Patches Recreate Berlin-School Textures

LFO Store's Klaus Schulze Tribute: 40 modWave Patches Recreate Berlin-School Textures

LFO Store released a 40-performance Klaus Schulze Tribute for the Korg modWave, recreating Berlin-School textures with m...

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Essential Maintenance Checklist for Vintage Analog Synths: Sunlight, Dust, Capacitors, Regular Use

Essential Maintenance Checklist for Vintage Analog Synths: Sunlight, Dust, Capacitors, Regular Use

Keep vintage analog synths cool, clean, and exercised to avoid capacitor failure, dry solder joints, and scratchy contro...

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Vintage Synthesizer Restoration Checklist: Safety, Documentation, Parts, Community

Vintage Synthesizer Restoration Checklist: Safety, Documentation, Parts, Community

Practical restoration checklist covers safety, documentation, parts, and community resources to keep vintage synths play...

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Trilling Synths Unveils Passaggio 9HP Eurorack Digital VCO

Trilling Synths Unveils Passaggio 9HP Eurorack Digital VCO

Trilling Synths of the Netherlands launched the Passaggio on January 4, 2026 — a compact 9HP digital VCO that maps class...

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Live Synth Workshop Episode 6 Host Applies Sound-Design Lessons Across Synths

Live Synth Workshop Episode 6 Host Applies Sound-Design Lessons Across Synths

Live synth workshop ep. 6 streamed Feb 10/11, with the host applying sound-design lessons across multiple synths to demo...

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Collector's primer for buying and restoring vintage synthesizers safely

Collector's primer for buying and restoring vintage synthesizers safely

A practical primer identifies key vintage synth models and gives hands-on buying and restoration tips that matter to col...

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Vintage toy teardown offers clear roadmap for tiny synth repairs

Vintage toy teardown offers clear roadmap for tiny synth repairs

Manitou Productions released a hands-on teardown and repair of a Talk ’N Learn Alphabet toy, showing diagnostics and mod...

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