Everything terrible, horrible, no good about modular synthesis…and why I love it It’s hard to believe that it’s been over six months since I dove head...
Can you have your mandolin without having to tune, play, and record it live? The mandolin is one of the most overlooked strummed instruments. While I’ve...
The 2023 take on Roland’s classic SH-101 fits in your jacket pocket and only costs $200 The Roland S-1 Tweak Synthesizer is the latest offering from...
Neither thin nor synthy Of all of the orchestral instruments, the trumpet is one of the most challenging instruments to sample properly. Many sample libraries sound...
We review an interesting sequencing module in this episode in our chronicles of a new Eurorack setup In this installment we’ll tackle using a sequencer within...
Morph from chamber to huge orchestras and add some sampled synth spice Ever wonder what it would sound like to morph seamlessly from a small and...
The chronicles of a new Eurorack setup In Part 3 of this series I installed my modules into the NiftyCASE and hooked them up to the power...
The chronicles of a new Eurorack setup Now that choosing the case part of the build is settled, it’s time to assemble my very first Eurorack...
The chronicles of a new Eurorack setup The very first challenge when building a Eurorack modular set up is choosing a case. After all a Eurorack...
The chronicles of a new Eurorack setup Sometime around the early 2000s I decided that I was done with hardware. Virtual instruments were all the rage,...
A conversation with Kays Al-Atrakchi, with some great quotable lines Michael Boomer has been repairing vintage synths at his Los Angeles-based LA Synth Co. for the...
This little marvel only costs… $250?! Call me a late bloomer, but I’ve been resisting the siren song of hardware modular synthesis – until I discovered...
Kays Al-Atrakchi calls it “One of the most exciting new products to come out in recent years.” I can use many adjectives to describe Realitone sample...
Artistic beauty is more than skin deep. But does it even require skin? [Editor’s note: This is a complicated and controversial subject, and we welcome your...
Is it an instant gratification toy or a serious tool to create new ideas? A product that automatically generates chord progressions?! That sounded like the very...
