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Arturia Pure Sub Bass Machine. We flip some patches with the    Arturia Pure Sub, a monophonic bass synthesizer plug-in. It has a sub oscillator, a morphing additive harmonics generator with up to 32 partials, or a VA with morphing between waveforms , a texture engine, a filter, and up to twelve effects slots, plus a separate FX processor stage for detune, colour, presence and space. Modulation comes from envelopes, function generators, randomisation and macros.

Live Stream of our weekly music technology show.
SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories from the recording studio and on the road.
With guests who are producers, musicians, manufacturers and other industry insiders.

Guests:
Paulee Alex Bow youtube.com/ Magical Synth Adventurer and vintage digital specialist
Rob Puricelli youtube.com/ Pro Synth Network and 90s synth specialist

BlackBox 2 1010music - Knobcon 2026
Steve from 1010music [] gave us a look at BlackBox 2, the successor to the original BlackBox. We first saw it at Superbooth ealrlier this year, when it had just been released.
To recap, BlackBox 2 features four tracks, with one-shot tracks supporting 16 one-shots and loop tracks following the same structure. It includes the new Shredder track, which combines slicing with elements of the granular engine, so a sample can be granulated, sliced, chopped, and played by slice.
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Behringer [] 2-XM - SEM Oberheim Clone. Chris from takes a look at the 2-XM, the Oberheim 2 voice clone that in its original form was known to make grown men weep. The 2-XM is sginificantly less expensive while also less expansive - see what Chris makes of it. Does it have that X Factor? Full Video in link in Bio ⬆️

We have the .radical.acoustics synth in for review. Nick is taking it through its first paces. What do you want to know? Keep an eye on our YouTube for the full video coming soon.

Did you catch this week’s - Sonic TALK episode 910!!? If not, then it is now online in its full glory! Joined by Paulee Bow [] and Charlie Clouser [], we discuss the new Arturia [] MiniFreak update to 5.0, the Eventide [] H910, early recordings of human voices and 5 Amazing Synth Presets That Changed Pop Music amongst many other items!

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Terrain Synth: Conductive Labs [] - Knobcon 2026
The Terrain Synth now includes a developed patch set, a Favourite section and expanded effects routing. The effects menu offers multiple topologies; previously, the four effects slots ran only in series. The synth also includes FM-style sounds, harmonic and inharmonic processing, overdrive and distortion in some patches, plus a built-in vector synth that sweeps through four voices.
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SISKworks [Asiskworks] at Knobcon 2026 showed us the Modified Tape Player Prototype, a motor-controlled cassette instrument developed from his earlier “poor man’s Mellotron” idea.
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Dreamcatcher Synthesizer Frequency Factory [] - Knobcon 2026
Sean from Frequency Factory gave us a look at Dreamcatcher Synthesizer, his first prototype as a hardware granular synth with sample-based operation, FM and wavetable oscillators, onboard effects and direct recording.
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