Glassware takes on a new meaning In the late ‘60s, when I had finished my private study on banjo, my teacher introduced me to recordings from...
MIDI guitar is reinvented. Are the results worth it? Boss is a guitar-oriented brand of Roland, which has long been a leading force for guitar synthesis....
Not emulations, but rather unique sounds with their own quirks It’s been said: “You can’t have everything; where would you put it?” The folks at UVI...
It’s like additive synthesis but unique: two sample-based oscillators play up to eight pitches each, based on the harmonic series or tuned to half-steps Earlier this...
The traditional problems with MIDI guitars are a thing of the past Let’s set the MIDI guitar stage to put the Zivix Jamstick MIDI guitars being...
Marty Cutler got his hands on the new version of this highly expressive instrument A quick thumbnail refresher course: MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) is a fairly...
Marty Cutler is so taken by this processed guitar library that he forgets and strums his keyboard The love affair between guitars and synthesis has been...
Marty Cutler gets handsy with Cherry Audio’s amazing new flagship softsynth, a combination of two classic dream machines It cost $60,000, it was impossible to program...
Simon Stockhausen’s soundset draws a rave from Marty Cutler I always look forward to new releases for UVI Falcon, especially when they are from Simon Stockhausen...
Desktop Jaco Jockeys, your instrument awaits Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 FretlessDesktop Jaco Jockeys, your instrument awaits. I’ve been a fan of Impact Soundworks libraries since Sitar...
The man bites dog story of a string orchestra emulating synthesizers… Spitfire Audio is as widely known for its superbly detailed orchestral libraries as it is...
If you think this is just a DX7 clone, Marty Cutler advises you to think again… and again. Yamaha’s DX7 was one of the top selling...
Looking for some atmosphere? Marty Cutler is not one to use the word “awesome” lightly. The idea of merging found and environmental sounds with synthesis is...
The Basses are loaded, but Marty Cutler definitely wasn’t when he wrote this review If you’re anything like me – and I know I am –...
An Oberheim SEM software recreation comes in at a fraction of the weight with eight times the fat. Marty Cutler lifts it for exercise. Tom Oberheim...
