Ever seen the LEM Bit-99? It’s a rare version of the Crumar Bit-99. Technically completely identical, it has much better panel graphics and a slot for plastic sound lists. The… Read More
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GRP A4 Synthesizer – First Official Videos
It’s exciting when a brandnew (and cool!) analog synthesizer sees the light of day. The GRP A4 prototype was completed last week! Enrico Cosimi – keyboarder and writer for “Audio… Read More
Kawai K3 – a rare hybrid synthesizer
The Kawai K3 is a typical representative of those mid-80ies synthesizers: membrane buttons (instead of real buttons), an Alpha Dial which is used to edit the extensive selection of parameters,… Read More
The 10 greatest synthesizers ..?
The machines that changed music! Interesting link to the 10 greatest synthesizers of all time, on musicradar.com. As always, these are subjective assessments. But as of 2009, they are still… Read More
SEM Pro – excellent sound, MIDI and patchpanel
Well, this is indeed the most desirable new SEM module. Simply because it offers the combination of MIDI and CV control options. The finish is great, too. We find it… Read More
GRS VCO.3 – The Forgotten Italian Minimoog
… there it is! Only 30 pieces of the VCO.3 were built before a flood destroyed all the instrument’s documents in 1973. The Italian company GRS with headquarter in Florence… Read More
MFB Dominion X – Programmable Analog Synthesizer
Minimoog in your pocket? The new DOMINION X is a 3 VCO synthesizer with “maximum functionality”, as the manufacturer says. The instrument offers 3 VCOs. Each waveform can be varied… Read More
Korg MS-20 – the semi-modular revolution
The Korg MS-20 synthesizer was released in 1978. This landmark indicated to American synthesizer manufacturers the coming dominant factor in the synthesizer field: Japan. In its brief life span (production… Read More
John Bowen Solaris – a life’s work
Solaris review. A life’s work: Three views on the John Bowen Solaris … First: “The Solaris is a fusion of the most important synthesizer designs of the past 40 years”… Read More
Roland JX-8P – a good all-rounder
Does this sound familiar? You buy a synthesizer and then, after some time, you want to sell it again. Years later you find yourself looking for the same instrument again.… Read More










