Forget everything you think you know about synthesis. Well, that may be a little drastic, maybe just put it to the back of your mind for the time being. To many, the term synthesis or analogue synthesis, suggests a familiar assortment of voltage controlled oscillators
Saving for gear and software sucks, nobody likes the waiting game. So it’s very welcome news that Arturia’s latest software synthesiser Pigments, is now available to purchase via Splice‘s rent-to-own payment plan. We’ve seen a number of manufacturers dipping their toes in this service, Pigments
The Synclavier, produced by New England Digital in various incarnations from the ’70s through to the early ’90s, was a synthesiser with incredibly vast ambitions. Alongside the Aussie designed CMI Fairlight Sampler, it channeled developments in the earliest computers into digital sound design. Initially starting
From Teenage Engineering, Korg, Arturia and Behringer showcasing a range of synthesisers and modular gear, to Akai’s FORCE being heralded as a replacement for the laptop and DAW – NAMM 2019 had it all. Here’s a choice collection of new synths, controllers and gear we expect
When you’re first looking to get a home recording rig setup or upgrading gear for an already existing space it can be very exciting but at times overwhelming, with quite literally a galactic amount of options of gear to choose from. The main hub of
Combining digital and analogue components, through necessity or sonic exploration, has resulted in some of the most interesting and unique instruments within the fairly short history of synthesisers. Analogue components in the ‘70s had sonic capabilities that were limited in scope and expanding on that
French synthesiser wizards Arturia have dropped a new hybrid Paraphonic synth called the MicroFreak, mixing a complex digital oscillator, an analogue filter and creative sequencing. “Unusual, different, unique, perculiar, exceptional” – all adjectives that have come straight from the horse’s mouth to describe their latest offering
