Ah, yes. KORG is doing a perfect job. Following the ARP 2600 relaunch last year, the updated miniKORG 700S – now called miniKORG 700FS – follows this year. A pure… Read More
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Yamaha CS-50 / CS-60 / CS-80 – the GREAT Japanese IMPACT
Completely superflous: Praising the (vintage) polyphonic Yamaha CS series to the skies. The legendary CS sound has long since been written in gold in the logbooks of electronic music. That… Read More
Book Recommendation: Analog Days (T. Pinch / F. Trocco)
Our headline is a bit simplified – we apologize. But even the original title Analog Days – The Invention And Impact Of The Moog Synthesizer seems almost too minimalist. The… Read More
Doepfer A-111-5 – relaunch of the “Eurorack Dark Energy”
The Dark Energy in Eurorack format has been on the market for quite a while. But in 2018 the remaining CEM 3394 stocks came to an end and production of… Read More
Töörö Synth Kickstarter Campaign a great success
Congratulation: The Töörö Synthesizer Kickstarter Campaign was successful. The synth will be produced and shipped by Fred’s Lab in 2021. Töörö is a 6-voice POLYPHONIC, multi-timbral synth with 12 oscillators,… Read More
Sequential Pro 3 – a new benchmark for raw sonic power
Confession number 1: Being bold and ruthless, we have adopted the above headline “Pro 3 – a new benchmark for raw sonic power and unrivaled versatility” directly from Sequential. We… Read More
Novation AFX Station – new MakeUp for the Bass Station II
Admittedly: We really appreciate the Novation Bass Station II. That small synth can produce a vast array of impressive analog sounds and is – thanks to the sequencer and arpeggiator… Read More
New Sequential Prophet-5/10 – return of a legend?
Pretty cool: Sequential has released a 2020 version of its legendary Prophet-5 / Prophet-10 synthesizer. That powerful, analog goodness (as Sequential calls it) is housed in a full, five-octave, semi-weighted… Read More
Roland Jupiter-X – the last stand?
Let’s be clear about this: “The last stand” has no militant connotations. It is meant positively (well, at least neutrally). Jupiter-X is Roland’s latest and most superior synthesizer flagship, but… Read More
Waldorf Iridium – a Quantum in rack format?
A Quantum? Yes and no. At first glance, Iridium is simply a rack-sized Quantum synthesizer. With touch display, all the synthesis forms, all the modulation options (albeit slightly adapted). At… Read More