Noise Engineering releases 16 new firmwares for the Legio series
One item in gearnews' latest Synth Journal is good news for Eurorack players who like swappable firmware: Noise Engineering has released sixteen new firmwares for its Legio series, bringing the total up to 23.
Noise Engineering helped pioneer modules with swappable firmware. The Versio, Alia and Legio series all follow the same idea: buy one module and you can use them all, because you can turn a module into any other from the same platform just by swapping the firmware in your web browser. The company also offers printable panel overlays so the front panel can match whatever you load.
At 6 HP, Legio is the most compact of the three. It covers oscillators, filters and effects with stereo inputs and outputs. All Legio modules share the same hardware: three knobs with matching CV inputs, a gate or trigger input, two switches and stereo ins and outs.
For me, this is a great example of how a small module can grow over time instead of becoming obsolete. If you already own a Legio, you get a lot of new things to try without spending anything, and if you were thinking about buying one, the choice just got bigger.
The same Synth Journal also looks at the alpha of the 88emu Sound Canvas emulator and at Botanica, a prototype hardware sequencer from Human Motives that grows simple melodies with controls like Prune and Blossom. They are fun to read about, but the Legio news is what stayed with me.
Source: gearnews
Noise Engineering helped pioneer modules with swappable firmware. The Versio, Alia and Legio series all follow the same idea: buy one module and you can use them all, because you can turn a module into any other from the same platform just by swapping the firmware in your web browser. The company also offers printable panel overlays so the front panel can match whatever you load.
At 6 HP, Legio is the most compact of the three. It covers oscillators, filters and effects with stereo inputs and outputs. All Legio modules share the same hardware: three knobs with matching CV inputs, a gate or trigger input, two switches and stereo ins and outs.
For me, this is a great example of how a small module can grow over time instead of becoming obsolete. If you already own a Legio, you get a lot of new things to try without spending anything, and if you were thinking about buying one, the choice just got bigger.
The same Synth Journal also looks at the alpha of the 88emu Sound Canvas emulator and at Botanica, a prototype hardware sequencer from Human Motives that grows simple melodies with controls like Prune and Blossom. They are fun to read about, but the Legio news is what stayed with me.
Source: gearnews
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