Two new desktop synths are available

Small, independent manufacturers are still keeping the flag of the hardware synthsizer units up for the sake of the enthusiasts. In the first picture is RozzBox One V2 from L. L. Electronics, which is a renowned version of a previous product - now it has 5-note polyphony (instead of being monophonic), and it has got an additional filter stage with a real tube. It produces sound with digital oscillators, and has three filter solution: a digital one with variable characteristics, an ordinary analog 24 dB low-pass filter, plus the tube filter with low-cut also. It eves does FM with seven algorhythms. Multitimbral up to five parts, and has independent outputs for all the five voices. Costs 2000 USD, here.

Shape the transients

Similar to a physical unit, but Schaak Audio's Transient Shaper is still a software plugin which can only set the incoming signal's attack and release. Behind it there can be a kind of compression because the output has significantly more energy than the input as we can hear it in the demos. Its price is 49 euro, order here if you like it.