Doctor Mix, never one for half-measures, finally delivers his Commodore 64 synth after a mind-bending seven-year build saga. Expect DIY grit, SID chip drama, and enough sparks to light up your local club. He ropes in Look Mum No Computer for panel wizardry and even throws in a browser-based virtual version for the rest of us. If you like your chiptune with a side of solder burns and synth history, you’re in for a treat.

Commodore 64, Cynthcart, Look Mum No Computer Control Panel, SID chip, SID2SID dual-SID kit

3. August 2026

The Unperson

The Unperson’s 40HP Granular Street Weapon: Small Case, Massive Sound

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Forget sprawling modular jungles—The Unperson drops a 40HP Eurorack that slices, dices, and spits out lush granular madness. Packing the Instruō Arbhar and Mutable Instruments Beads into a tight rack, this is a rave bunker in a shoebox. If you think granular is just for ambient noodles, think again. This video’s all about twisted textures, live processing, and proving you can start a sonic riot with just two modules. Minimal case, maximum chaos.

Arturia Keystep, Instruō Arbhar, Mutable Instruments Beads, Oxi One, Teenage Engineering OP-1

3. August 2026

Espen Kraft

Espen Kraft’s Kawai K3 Editor: Free, Fierce, and Built for Sonic Mayhem

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Espen Kraft, 80s synth sorcerer and resident patch wizard, just dropped a Kawai K3/K3M editor that runs in your browser and costs less than a pint—because it’s free. If you’ve ever wrestled with the K3’s menu-diving quirks, this tool is your new rave bunker control panel. It’s got all the essentials: real-time tweaks, drag-and-drop additive magic, and even a virtual keyboard for those days when cables feel like medieval torture. There’s a catch—no hand-holding, no manual, just raw power. Dive in if you dare.

Kawai K3, Kawai K3M

3. August 2026

Voltage Labs

Voltage Labs: Vintage Hi-Fi – The Dirty Secret Weapon in Modern Production

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Vintage hi-fi gear: not just for your dad’s record collection. Voltage Labs dives deep into the underbelly of affordable music production, showing off how old cassette decks and dusty amplifiers can inject more filth and character into your tracks than most boutique plugins. If you’re sick of sterile digital ‘perfection’ and want some true grit, this is a must-watch. Expect real talk, live demos, and some gear abuse that would make a collector weep.

Ableton Live Suite, Arturia Audiofuse 16 Rig, CD-Player, Elektron Octatrack, Moog Grandmother, Technics cassette deck

2. August 2026

Sanjay C

Sanjay C Cuts Through the Chaos: NI Layoffs, Nullify, MD7 & Headphone Hype

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Sanjay C storms back into the news bunker with a whirlwind of synth drama, gear drops, and plugin surprises. Native Instruments is in the hot seat after mass layoffs, Nullify aims to show you how streaming mangles your mix, and the MD7 tries to bring motorised madness to your fingertips. All this, plus a new mastering shortcut and a headphone that actually wants to leave the house. Strap in, it’s a proper kit-carrier’s news blast.

Beyerdynamic DT 275 PRO, Mach Devices MD7, MusikHack HyFi, Native Instruments Maschine, Native Instruments Reaktor, Native Instruments Traktor, Nullify

2. August 2026

SpectreSoundStudios

SpectreSoundStudios Goes Nuclear: Head Rush Flex Prime Wrecks the Amp Sim Status Quo

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SpectreSoundStudios just dropped a truth bomb on the overpriced amp sim market, and the shrapnel is called Head Rush Flex Prime. Forget dropping your life savings on a shiny box with a famous logo—Glenn Fricker’s latest video puts a $450 street weapon right up against the top shelf, and the results are anything but polite. Expect savage comparisons, relentless honesty and enough open-source firepower to make the old guard sweat. If you thought you needed a Quad Cortex to sound pro, it might be time to check your wallet—and your assumptions.

2. August 2026

Molten Music Technology

Molten Music Technology Goes Full Throttle: July 2026’s Sonic Mayhem

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If you like your synth news served hot, messy, and with a British accent, Molten Music Technology’s July 2026 Monthly is your buffet. Robin Vincent is back – caffeinated, irreverent, and dead set on blitzing through a mountain of new hardware, plugins, and wild community projects in one breakneck episode. If you’re after dry press release recaps, look elsewhere. Here, it’s all about what slaps, what’s weird, and why the DIY crowd might just save your next studio night. Dive in for glitchy reverbs, brutal hardware and a rallying cry for real human creativity.

2. August 2026

Sweetwater

Sweetwater’s Pedalboard Gauntlet: Mitch Gallagher’s 23-Pedal Rave Bunker

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Mitch Gallagher from Sweetwater throws subtlety out the window and slams 23 pedals onto a single Gator Vertex Tour Elite board. This video is a pedalboard arms race with no budget cap and no genre boundaries—just pure tone territory. We get cable chaos, tight fits, and enough stompboxes to make your amp weep. Sweetwater’s signature helpfulness meets a gearhead fever dream. Guest players add fuel to the fire, and the whole thing is a love letter to everyone who’s ever said, “just one more pedal.”