The synth lords at Arturia have today released V-Collection 9, marking the latest edition of their absolutely delicious collection of synth emulations, fan-boy much? Arturia have included 4 new instruments, as well as introducing their original Augmented Series instruments, plus a ton of new presets and performance
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRAKTOR! Native Instruments have released a limited-edition collection of control vinyl in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Traktor. NI have designed a highly limited range of coloured control vinyl including a collaboration with New York-based turntablist Shiftee and Sasha’s record label Last
The next-gen volca fm is a powerful 6-voice, 6-Operator FM synthesizer with all 32 classic algorithms, a 16-step loop sequencer, effects and a powerful arpeggiator that perfectly reproduces the sound of the classic Yamaha DX7 and is completely compatible with SYS-EX patches for the DX7
Sample packs can be a great resource for kick-starting ideas, crafting your new tune or finding that specific sound missing in your music and productions. Native Instruments sample packs called Expansions are nicely packaged sounds, samples, loops and instrument presets catering to a range of
Founded on Modal Electronics’ next-generation COBALT synth architecture and housed in an ultra-portable go-anywhere footprint, the USB-powered COBALT5S is made-to-move and ready to spark your creativity wherever, and whenever inspiration strikes. Whether it’s a singularly authentic replication of classic analogue sounds or the most contemporary
UK synth aficionado’s MODAL ELECTRONICS have today announced a trimmed down 37 mini-key version of their Cobalt8 virtual analogue synthesiser. The Cobalt5S is a portable 5 voice polysynth and shares the same extended virtual analogue synth engine to the Cobalt8. It’s USB-bus powered and features
We bring you the latest synth demo offering, Arturia’s MicroFreak Vocoder edition. Ahh, I love my job, I get to play with all the synths so that you don’t have to, although I hope you do as I want you to enjoy this gear as
Universal Audio recently announced its new lineup of USB audio interfaces. The Volt series of interfaces are great for project studios, collaborators, musicians and producers as well as live streamers and content creators. We got lucky and Universal Audio hooked us up with the Volt
It’s probably the most anticipated synth re-release of the year, Korg’s ARP 2600 M and we finally got our hands on one! Korg has done an amazing job creating a 60% scale of the original legendary behemoth semi-modular synth. It has been 50 years since
It appears Roland have been busy little vegemites, having just dropped the SP-404 MKII recently and now they’ve added to their popular Boutique lineup with the JD-08 and the JX-08. These are digital emulations of the JD-800 and JX-8P synths, respectively which you may recall
