A conversation with Emmy-awarded musician in advance of his latest album In addition to his greatest claim to fame –...
Using a wind controller may be the most expressive way to play synths With the AE-20, Roland now has five different wind controllers in their lineup...
It “sings” what you type in, it has hundreds of bread and butter sounds, it samples, it has a sequencer, effects, integrated speakers… and it’s ridiculously...
Remember those fabulous hits of the ’80s? Roland announces the JX-08 and JD-08 Sound Modules, the latest additions to the award-winning Roland Boutique lineup of compact electronic instruments. The JX-08...
The analog-hybrid 12-voice synth is now available in a much more affordable keyboardless compact version Remember the UDO Super 6? Please click on that link (that...
Their latest bundle of 27 plug-ins includes two new ones: RoCoder (musical muscular vocoder virtual effect – a new processor) and Predator-3, a major update to their...
It’s a physical modeling synth that sounds organic, but you don’t need to wear Birkenstocks with socks to read this in-depth review by Jim Aikin. Also,...
The feel of real piano keys, built-in sounds, and USB MIDI so it’s a controller for triggering synths Whether these (or any digital pianos) are MIDI...
Casiotone? Seriously? Yes. We were fortunate to get an excellent preview demo of this little keyboard over Zoom from Casio’s Mike Martin. He played through some...
These sounds may be designed for crime shows, but they can also paint a lot of other pictures Crime Fundamentals is a dark and cinematic sound...
Launchpad Pro Sequencer… In order to bring light to all the incredibly powerful features of the Launchpad Pro Sequencer, Novation has put together a new series of videos...
If you’re a synthesist, the Kyra could be a DSP farm for your DAW. One remarkably exciting new synthesizer that isn’t getting enough attention (yet) is...
Now that the Hydrasynth is becoming widely available, let’s find out what makes ASM’s flagship synthesizer unique. In September 2019, a new company called Ashun Sound...
Synclavier Go! is the innovative iPad instrument app directly descended from the codebase of New England Digital’s Synclavier® II Digital Synthesizer. Spearheaded by original co-inventor Cameron...
We review Korg’s new NTS-1, a compact synth and effects processor you can assemble and customize to make your own. When Korg released its bestselling Prologue...