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
Sequential have announced ‘Take 5’, a new compact analog polyphonic synth which promises “Genuine Sequential sound and quality at a price within your reach”. With a full size 44 key Fatar aftertouch equipped keybed, two VCOs and 1 sub-oscillator per voice and what’s described as a ‘Prophet-5-lineage 4-pole analog filter’, Take 5
Most synthesizers these days seem to fall into (at least) one of three categories: subtractive, wavetable, or sample based. So what’s the difference between these categories, and are they all mutually exclusive? Let’s investigate and try to find out. For simplicity’s sake, let’s generalize and
Perhaps you’re heard of Korg’s NTS-1 synthesiser, or it’s similarly Multi-Engine equipped brethren, minilogue xd and prologue. Hell, if you’re reading this article there’s a good chance you own one of these bad boys. If you do, and you’re yet to explore the growing number
If you’ve been thinking about getting a new synth, now is the time to do it because there are some great deals on synths from well-known synthesiser brands. The world-famous Korg Kronos and prologue synths, the ever-popular microKorg, the highly acclaimed Arturia Minibrute 2 and
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
