Behringer’s unveiling of the JT-16 at the 2024 NAMM Show has sparked considerable excitement within the synth community, signalling the company has ‘zero-chill’ when it comes to emulations of classic synths. The JT-16, a modern interpretation of the legendary Roland Jupiter-8, promises to be a 16-voice analog powerhouse, blending classic inspiration with contemporary features, and has become one of Behringer’s most highly anticipated synths. Specs: Dual Analogue VCO design 16-voice analog synthesizer Digital patch memory Modern features inspired by the Roland Jupiter-8 JT-2 Eurorack module version in development JT-2 features autotune and arpeggiator functions. Behringer’s commitment to the JT-16’s development,…
Author: Felipe Balbino
The buzz of NFTs has been around for a while now, but if you are still unsure of what this acronym stands for here is a mind twister for you; NFT stands for non-fungible token. Yeah ok, but what does it mean? Aren’t NFTs just those stupid JPEGs that overly rich people are buying for an overly priced rate on an overly estimated martlet and mean nothing?! Well, not really, so let’s dig in deep on what are NFTs and how they might impact your musical career in the future. NFTs are a financial security-backed asset, consisting of digital data…
In 2020, an artist named Travis Scott started a project that would expand the way we think of music performance spaces. The concept was genius, using one of the most popular video games of all time to reach a massive fanbase –and that’s what TravisScott did with the game Fortnite. A giant version of Travis was digitized and displayed in gigantic proportions while he performed his songs to a virtual audience and virtual dancers doing their funky choreography, yep it was the full experience. For a glimpse of the concert go to the all-knowing Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYeFAlVC8qU For the video game…
Adamson is a brand that is a bit different from what we are used to seeing in the consumer market, these are professional products for “cream of the crop” AV professionals and boutique venues, these speakers are the pinnacle of sound quality for live performances and this is no exaggeration. This Canadian brand takes their products very seriously and there are optimised for perfection. This year they came to NAMM 2021 with their portfolio of amazing products and invested in their sessions to present their CS series of intelligent speaker systems and, I must say by my own experience, it…
Gibson has just announced the Kirk Douglas Signature Gibson SG, the guitarist of The Roots band and the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon, “Captain” Kirk Douglas is one amazing guitar player with a rich history of incredible performances. Now Gibson has named this amazing green SG after him. This SG’s counts with three BurstBucker™ humbucking pickups, a master tone knob right at hands reach, and instead of a second tone control, another volume control is installed for the middle pickup and can be used to blend its signal with the other pickups. The pickups can be controlled in individually,…
Kurzweil have come to the table this NAMM 2021 season, with the new K2700, featuring 88 fully weighted hammer-action keys, revamped sound engine and a myriad of control surfaces including 16 pads, a ribbon controller, programmable sliders and knobs, this is a fully fledged workstation. The K2700 has 256 voices in a V.A.S.T (Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology) system, offering 32-layers per program, which makes for an incredible sounding 4.5 gigabytes of Factory Sounds straight out of the box. If you are into tweaking your own sounds and creating your own presets, this workstation also allows for a 3.5 gigabytes of…
