https://www.futuresoundsystems.co.uk/
Looks pretty amazing, has me tempted to move a few big ticket items to free up the funds. Also it is blue. The sound cloud demos sound really great.
I don’t think I could ever be down for a matrix that uses physical pins like that.
But that is one sexy synthesizer.
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The demo’s sounds really nice!
I use their Fil4 Timbral Sculptor filter, sounds great and very easy to get into weird and aggressive territory.
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Woohoooooo thanks for the post! Sticking my head in to say hi if anyone has any questions etc. etc.
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I’d love to hear about some of the design choices you made on it… seems synthi inspired to a point and then it diverges, more cv modulation, less ringmod? Seems impressive.
Finally found a new synth. Great.
@futureimage, looks like so much fun and the design is plain, clean, without visual distractions, no overly bright leds. Congratulations.
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Looks amazing!! Will it be 19" rackmount-able? 
Sadly it became wider than 19” a couple of years back! The plan originally was to aim for rack mountability, but the spacing of the controls was simply too cramped.
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Looks to be a really fun and exciting piece of kit. Nice job!
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So the oscillator setup is more or less similar to the recombination engine module, right?
Very nice, was always tempted by that module when I was a crackhead.
That plus one of your filters, four function generators and a pretty comprehensive matrix makes this a serious bit of kit. So many opportunities to introduce feedback into the system too. This is the sort of innovation I’m into.
I like it.
Can’t afford it, but I like it.
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Digging the demos on this one.
I love my FIL4 and use it all the time. I haven’t been using my Recombination Engine as much as I should though. This is inspiration to circle back to that module!
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It’s beautiful.
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Yep, the VCO section is arranged like the Recombination Engine, but tightened up and made even more “linear” by the use of SSI2131s rather than CEM3340s.
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The design decisions really were me asking myself “what do I want from an analogue synth?”
The main EMS / Synthi influence is in the pin matrix, and even then, it’s quite a different arrangement. Cric’s is fully buffered/active, signal levels are kept to a specific scheme, there are no differences between pins, you won’t have anything “surprising” happen by mixing and splitting different sources.
The ring mod question appeared elsewhere - whilst there’s no dedicated RM, there’s a VCA on many of the sources, so plenty of scope for amplitude modulation. I realise it isn’t exactly the same thing, but there’s plenty in this that will get close 
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Looking forward to checking this out at Machina Bristronica!
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Machina Bristronica ( thread )
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Very impressive looking synth, I like the visual design loads better than Synthi or Syntrx. More importantly, the oscillators/filters sounded excellent in that demo. And I like the array of options in the matrix and with ins/outs. Definitely a desirable instrument!
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Didn’t really need this appearing just after I’ve decided to get rid of all my hardware.
I really thought Cherry Audio finally doing a decent Polivoks VST would be the end of me wanting “proper” synths.
But now this…
It’s gonna take a while to save up for it cos I’ve just bought a new car, but I can definitely see me owning one of these in a year or two.
The things I could do with those oscillators and a bit of feedback…
Best of luck with this @futureimage, it deserves to sell very well.
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Damn it, this looks sexy as hell! Sounds epic too! Maybe next year! I thought I achieved gear nirvana and no gas, nooooooo.
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Congratulations, it looks fantastic!
Will there be a manual?
I would love to nerd for a bit
ps: is the release on schedule?
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