Future Sound Systems launches the Brunswick, a barebones analogue synth for under £100

Bristol-based Future Sound Systems has announced the arrival of its latest device, a single VCO, barebones synth kit that goes by the name of Brunswick.

Alongside the single oscillator is a multimode filter, a basic LFO and what FSS is describing as a dirty VCA, all wrapped up in a DIY kit that also features a 24-point patchbay.

Originally commissioned by Bristol Experimental Expanded Film: BEEF, the Brunswick is going to be made available to buy exclusively from Thonk for £99 per kit, from 19 October.

If you’re not up to the task of building the Brunswick yourself then, then you can place a pre-order with Future Sound Systems for a pre-built version, but there is very limited stock.

Brunswick patch bay I/O

• VCO 1V/Octave pitch control input
• VCO Pulsewidth Modulation input (normalled to LFO Triangle output)
• VCO FM 1 input (normalled to LFO Triangle output)
• VCO FM 2 input (normalled to Envelope output)
• VCO "Sawtooth" output
• VCO Pulse output
• Phase Comparator input
• Phase Comparator output
• Phase Locked Loop input
• Phase Locked Loop output
• LFO Triangle output
• LFO Square output
• Low-Pass Filter input (normalled to switched VCO output)
• Band-Pass Filter input
• High-Pass Filter input
• VCF output
• VCF FM 1 input (normalled to LFO Triangle output)
• VCF FM 2 input (normalled to Envelope output)
• VCA input
• VCA output
• VCA AM 1 input (normalled to LFO Triangle output)
• VCA AM 2 input (normalled to Envelope output)
• Envelope Gate input (normalled to LFO Square output)
• Envelope output