Superbooth 22 just happened over the weekend in Fez-Berlin, Germany. Anybody who keeps an eye out on the latest synth offerings, especially those from smaller boutique modular synth manufacturers, will know that Superbooth is where all our electronic dreams come true. This is where we
It’s not every day we see a new synth bearing the classic Oberheim branding. In fact, it’s been several decades. The new OB-X8 is an all analog 8-voice polyphonic monster that combines the tone of three classic 1980s Oberheim synths into something completely new. Back
KORG’s Nu-Tekt line of DIY audio gadgets remains amongst the company’s more intriguing ventures. The compact and hackable NTS-1 synth in particular has developed a sizable following, due at least in part to its affordability and expandability, the latter being either via hardware mods, or
Ableton has released an update to Learning Synths, a free website that teaches the fundamentals of synthesis in an interactive way. This latest version includes some features that will allow users to continue working on their music in Live, make recordings of their tracks, and
Say hello to Syntakt, Elektron’s new hybrid groovebox which has been one of the music industry’s worst-kept secrets, but it’s not until now that we get a glimpse of what Elektron’s newest groovebox is all about. First Glance The Syntakt is a 12-track drum computer
As we recently reported, KORG have released two new software instruments; opsix native and wavestate native, based on their own opsix and wavestate hardware synths respectively. At the end of the day, these software instruments are sonically and functionally identical to their hardware counterparts, although
Korg’s new digital series of synthesizers have generated a lot of excitement over the past few years, and now there’s a whole new way to harness their sonic prowess. Opsix and wavestate are now available as native plugins for Mac and PC for use as
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
Three of Arturia’s popular analog desktop machines: MiniBrute 2, MiniBrute 2S and DrumBrute Impact are available in limited edition all-black finishes under the name ‘Brute Noir Editions’. We first got a taste of Brute Noir treatment with Arturia’s amazing MatrixBrute Noir released last year. It
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
