In the ever-evolving scene of new synths being announced, it’s comforting to know that there are manufacturers who continue to look at ways of enhancing their current catalogue of products. This is especially true with KORG, who have announced significant updates to the prologue, and
Sinevibes have just released their second custom-developed digital synthesis engine designed to run on Korg’s Multi-Engine, featured in the Prologue and new Minilogue xd synths. Called Bent, Sinevibes say they’ve implemented a novel synthesis method called ‘bent-wave frequency modulation’, developed by Sinevibes themselves. Bent combines a classic FM-style
With its smaller minilogue and monologue siblings already making their mark on the synthesiser market, we were super excited when KORG announced the NEW prologue synthesiser at NAMM 2018. We have been fortunate enough to get our hands on one to check out what’s under the hood, so we thought we’d begin an
When Korg released the minilogue xd early last year, it may have taken a moment to realise just how powerful it was and would become. The ability to load customised third-party oscillators, filters and effects are forward-thinking, to say the least, and really opened the
Roland have this funny tendency to stumble into developing things that end up being legendary. Their TB-303, TR-808 and TR-909 models of the ’80s get spoken about a lot, but another one that’s become more recognized in the last few years is the 1997 JP-8000
We had loads of fun assembling the Nu:Tekt NTS-1 synth at the Korg booth at the winter NAMM show in LA, but now we’re back and had some time to sit down and really discover what’s possible with this mini synth. Assembling your own synth
It’s been an incredible ten years for synthesiser enthusiasts. A fairly niche area of the musical instruments market has absolutely exploded with exciting products thanks to the home studio revolution, the analogue synth renaissance and a new fascination with hands-on music gadgets. As we round
You may have noticed the recent trend of manufacturers using 3.5mm connectors on devices in place of the classic 5-pin DIN MIDI socket. This is of course because these devices are physically too small to feature the sizable 13.2 mm diameter ring of a standard