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Marty Cutler

MARTY CUTLER currently resides in Closter, New Jersey, with his wife and six cats. He has performed with bluegrass musicians Hazel Dickens and Peter Rowan, with choreographer Twyla Tharp, on Saturday Night Live, in numerous jingles, and for Broadway theater. In addition to teaching MIDI and sound design at several colleges, he was a member of Electronic Musician’s editorial staff and later a contributor to EM, Guitar Player, and Keyboard. He created sounds for Korg, for the first commercial software synthesizer, and for MOTU’s Bob Moog Foundation Encore Soundbank. Marty co-authored the book MIDI for Guitarists, and his most recent is The New Electronic Guitarist.

Stories By Marty Cutler

In This Issue2 months ago

Roli Seaboard Rise MKII MPE Keyboard Controller – the Synth and Software Review

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...
In This Issue3 months ago

Vir2 Apollo 2: the Synth and Software Review

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...
In This Issue6 months ago

Cherry Audio Announces GX-80 – and Here’s the Synth and Software Review

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...
In This Issue7 months ago

Fluidity Expansion for UVI Falcon Hybrid Synth

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...
In This Issue9 months ago

Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Fretless Bass Sample Library – the Synth and Software Review

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...
In This Issue10 months ago

Spitfire Polaris: the Synth and Software Review

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...
In This Issue1 year ago

Korg Opsix Native – the Synth and Software Review

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...
In This Issue1 year ago

Sonic Couture Geosonic II – Global Soundscape Synthesis (The Synth and Software review)

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...
In This Issue1 year ago

Synth and Software Review: Toontrack Upright Bass

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 –...
Features1 year ago

Cherry Audio Eight Voice

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...
DAW2 years ago

MOTU Digital Performer 11 – The Synth and Software Review

Marty Cutler jumps up and down on DP11, the latest version of MOTU’s DAW, while making ape noises and scratching his chest to see whether it...
Reviews2 years ago

UVI Quadra: Muted and Harmonics for UVI Workstation and Falcon

Quadra: Muted and Harmonics. Marty Cutler reviews a sample library that doesn’t paint you into a repetitive corner. Too many sample libraries invite repetiveness, with their...
DAW2 years ago

MPE and Multichannel Tracks in MOTU Digital Performer 11

Digital Performer 11 includes multichannel and MPE MIDI tracks. Marty Cutler explains how and why to use them. Among the many new features included in Digital...
In This Issue2 years ago

Rhizomatic Software Plasmonic Physical Modeling/Subtractive Synth – Exclusive Synth and Software Review

What would it sound like if you created a synth that combines sampling, physical modeling, and subtractive synthesis? Marty Cutler finds out. Digital Modeling has become...
In This Issue2 years ago

Applied Acoustic Systems Chromaphone 3 Review – Audio Examples

You want noodling, you got it! A bunch of random noodling with the Applied Acoustic Systems Chromaphone 3… These audio examples complement Marty’s review of Chromaphone...