Geoff Farr has been introducing musicians to premier iconic electronic musical instruments since the 1970s, when, as sales representative and clinician for synthesizer legend Tom Oberheim’s Oberheim Electronics, he travelled the country with the sonically and otherwise massive Four-Voice Programmable Synthesizer, blowing minds in music stores across the US and Europe. Later, as co-founder of Europa Technologies, Geoff imported to North America the groundbreaking PPG synthesizer family designed by Wolfgang Palm, and the Brit-import Oscar synth from designers Chris Huggett and Anthony Harrison-Griffin.

Geoff created his GSF Agency at the start of the new millennium to build on his longtime role as a best-sound curator to eminent composers and keyboardists across the planet, beginning with exclusive distribution of the Waldorf Wave, followed by the American market introduction of the Access Virus line of synthesizers.

The GSF Agency allows Geoff to continue his white-glove service facilitating the success of instrument designers and end-users alike. “I curate the Agency and its products at an optimal size to support the very best instruments from innovative engineers and designers for my musician friends old and new through a stout North American retail dealer network,” says Geoff. “GSF’s sales and marketing efforts have helped Tom Oberheim maintain a legacy over decades, and I’m fortunate to have a part in building the legacies of a new generation of sonic visionaries. Jonte Knif and George Hearn are designing and producing some of the most desirable electronic musical instruments out there,” he says.

A UDO Audio Super 6 in the foreground at a performance of The War on Drugs during the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands. Photo by Jon Natchez, keyboardist and saxophonist for the band.

Over the last several years UDO Audio’s acclaimed Super-series synths have altered expectations of keyboard and sound design pros across the globe. Traditional oscillator/filter/envelope/output paradigms have been transformed into a fertile new sonic playgrounds, starting with UDO’s proprietary FPGA digital oscillators, imaginative modulation schemes and pristine audio output.

In short, UDO Audio renewed joy in sound craft.

The new DMNO builds on that mission. An 8-voice, 2-part multi-timbral powerhouse with a highly flexible and dynamic signal architecture, it features two fully independent 4-voice analog-hybrid synthesizers, each equipped with a new Dynamic Multi-Core Stereo VCF. 

Start with beautifully awesome sounds, then take them to a higher place with DMNO’s madly creative Play Modes. Touch a single control to stack and divide voices and timbres, instantly unlocking unexpected new sounds, interactions, and exceptional moments of memorable musical creation.

DMNO tops off its amazing sonic palette with a high-resolution digital effects engine offering delay, reverb, EQ, distortion, and chorus. Each effect is meticulously crafted and capable of results from the subtle to the extreme while offering a consistently musical output.

Pumping all that audio joy through flexible analog and digital audio outputs with state-of-the-studio connectivity (a built-in USB audio interface enables direct 2-in 2-out connection to your computer or DAW), makes DMNO one heck of an expansive and immediate sound design playground.

DMNO exists to remind you just how much fun you can have with your hands on a singularly remarkable and personally satisfying musical instrument.

Learn more about DMNO by clicking the link below.

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UDO’s new Super 8 confidently occupies a natural niche between its groundbreaking Super 6 predecessor and big brother Super Gemini. Like the Super Gemini, the Super 8’s voices and timbral layers can be split, stacked, sequenced and arpeggiated from a single control point. And like both of its siblings, the Super 8 employs UDO’s proprietary FPGA digital oscillators to build textural soundscapes editable through a performance-enhancing front panel. 

You’ll feel at home from the downbeat.

The 61-note semi-weighted keyboard offers expressive access to sixteen voices of polyphony routed into two real-time timbres, each with an independent effect chain. Wave morphing, cross- and ring-modulation, and bi-directional oscillator sync add exciting variety to your audio creation palette. Save your sounds into 256 performance and patch slots, select thirty-two interchangeable waveforms, build and store sixteen complex sequences … the Super 8 balances sonic power and in-the-moment playability.

The UDO philosophy of intuitive design inspires joyful play throughout the product line. The new Super 8 … rugged and road-ready … promises to be your go-to sound machine for years to come. 

It’s a synthesizer for life.

Find out more about the Super 8 by clicking the link below.

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Nearly fifty years have passed since the early days of analog synthesizer hegemony in electronic music. Still, the basic structures of analog sound creation … left-to-right sound sculpting utilizing VCO, VCF, VCA and ADSR components … have remained a stalwart constant.

The Super Gemini, the second iteration of the UDO Audio ‘Super’ series of synth technology, is a manifestation of that which has been consistently desirable to players in the last half-century of electronic music composition, sound design, and performance: a balanced hybrid of pristine sound generation through designer George Hearn’s proprietary FPGA digital oscillators, uniquely powerful modulation capabilities, an expressive semi-weighted keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, and twenty-voice polyphony, all routed through an analog output section that provides all the warmth and punch a player could want.

Building upon the proven quality of its predecessor Super 6 synthesizer, outlined below, the Super Gemini is a powerhouse new electronic musical instrument from UDO Audio. Hear the Super Gemini and consider the possibilities for your music by clicking the link below.

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Few electronic musical instruments attain a suitably unique sound to earn a slot on the GSF Agency roster. One such instrument is the U•D•O Super 6, a twelve-voice binaural synth that starts with audio engineer & designer George Hearn’s own FPGA digital hardware oscillator and blends unique VCA modulation technology to forge a sound character that is, according to Geoff, “… powerfully unique, simultaneously graceful and punchy. When I first heard the Super 6 in 2019, I was totally on board.”

The Super 6 is a synthesist’s synthesizer; an inviting, familiar interface pulls the player into deeper layers of possibility within its unique binaural audio path. “My mission with the Super 6 has been to harmonize what I love about archetypal electronic instrument design with modern, novel synthesis technologies that excel at generating spatially dynamic results,” says designer Hearn.

The GSF Agency manages exclusive North American distribution of the Super 6. Follow the link below to hear why the Agency believes the Super 6 belongs in the GSF line-up.

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Geoff first learned of Finnish artisan/engineer Jonte Knif in 2015 and was immediately enchanted by the audio output and build quality of his Knifonium synthesizer, a 28-tube-driven handcrafted marvel. Jonte’s product line comprises small-batch, world-class recording and performance gear, with an attention to every possible detail that is a stunning expression of his healthy obsession with excellence. For three years Geoff partnered with Jonte in delivering the rare Knifoniums to discerning clients.

Now, the BBD Delay is the newest addition to the Knif Audio folio of gear. Features include:

• Stereophonic analog bucket brigade delay with precision analog clock generators

• Variable frequency anti-alias and reconstruction filters for wide frequency response and -advanced companders and careful clock signal handling for high signal-to-noise ratio

• Superb-sounding tube distortion stage for the delay path with four NOS SQ pentode tubes

• Six 4096-step BBD ICs for 20ms-600ms (1200ms in mono) delay time

• Seven different operational modes, including X-fed feedback signals

• Versatile LFO

• Tempo divisions

• Tap tempo and external sync

• Beautiful oiled Walnut housing and color-filled engraved panels

GSF Agency is the exclusive North American sales agent of the Knif BBD Delay. Priced at $3,999, the BBD is available by contacting GSF Agency at geoff@gsfagency.com.