MIDI guitar is reinvented. Are the results worth it? Boss is a guitar-oriented brand of Roland, which has long been...
Answer: touring with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets (named after the Pink Floyd album) Dom Beken is a keyboard and studio whiz who has collaborated with...
Two affordable digital pianos with really nice keyboards – one with graded hammer action I’ve been checking out a Williams Allegro as a possible synth controller...
Polyphonic aftertouch and MIDI 2.0 top our list of new features PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT The S49 and S61 have semi-weighted keys, and the S88 has weighted hammer-action...
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...
A look at the latest world prices for classic instruments Prices for electronic instruments – particularly classic analog synths – seem to have gone crazy over...
The latest from Roland’s “guitar pedal” division Our guitar- and bass-playing friends also deserve to play synths, right? Here’s the company release. BOSS announces the new Serial...
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...
If two octaves isn’t enough, add more of them side-by-side Remember when the entire Internet was full premature obituaries for ROLI? Well, their latest instrument –...
“Minimoog-equivalent modules” come in a Cre8audio NiftyKEYZ Eurorack case/keyboard The second sentence of this release shatters the record: 456 words. If ever there was a lock...
Roger Linn’s latest instrument is a very expressive MPE controller guaranteed make your synths sing The LinnStrument is a sure cure for the static synth part....
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...
Larger versions have been praised for their sounds, but does this one go where no synth has gone before (other than a desktop or connected to...
Features, functions, firmware, it’s free We stopped by the ASM Hydrasynth exhibit at Synthplex last October and were impressed. If you already have one of these...
Paperback-sized analog for desktop or Eurorack (in which case it covers lots of ground) The Moog Mavis is a direct descendant of the company’s Mother 32,...