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RYK Modular 100M modules: creative art!

2026-01-25
by Theo Bloderer
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RYK Modular System 100M Module

… there are moments when you wish you had a bank account with no limits. All the beautiful – and truely interesting – instruments that appear on the market… it’s… Read More

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Tagged M114, M175, M185, Roland System-100M, RYK Modular

Waldorf Protein: first member of a new product line

2026-01-25
by Theo Bloderer
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Waldorf Protein Synthesizer

Small, handy, colorful, and affordable… Waldorf is keeping up with the latest synthesizer trends and launched its new product line in November with the Protein. An 8-voice wavetable engine à… Read More

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Tagged Desktop synth, Protein, Synthesizer, Waldorf, Wavetable Synthesizer

AS500-SEQ – a different kind of analog step sequencer

2026-01-02
by Theo Bloderer
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Analogue Solutions AS200 CV/Gate Step-Sequencer

This is a tool for creative musicians. With 64 (2×32) steps, the AS500-SEQ offers flexible step/row combinations that break up the structural pattern logic of a classic sequencer. In addition,… Read More

Filed under 2026, General
Tagged Analogue Solutions, Analogue Solutions, AS500, AS500-SEQ, step-sequencer

Oberheim OB-1 – unrivaled lead-synth with memories

2025-12-23
by Theo Bloderer
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Oberheim OB-1 Synthesizer

The OB-1 belongs to the timeless elite of classic mono synthesizers. It ranks among the very best and shares its place in the Top 10 with legends such as the… Read More

Filed under 2025, Main Feature, Reviews
Tagged lead synthesizer, memories, OB-1A, OB1, Oberheim, Synthesizer, Tom Oberheim

Roland TR-1000: the hybrid Rhythm Creator

2025-12-07
by Theo Bloderer
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Roland TR-1000 Rhythm Creator

The release of the Roland TR-1000 Rhythm Creator is welcome news. First, it is—after a long time—the quasi “real” successor to the classic TR-808 and TR-909 (and R-8, we would… Read More

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Tagged Rhythm Creator, Roland, TR-1000

FOR SALE: Vintage Keyboards & Used Gear …

2025-10-10
by Theo Bloderer

Various synthesizers for sale: Oberheim SEM Modular, Chroma Polaris, Octave The CAT SRM II, Sequential Multi-Trak (in original box), possibly the Juergen Haible JH-3200 PolyKorg Clone (a one-off) … and… Read More

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Tagged for sale, For Sale, Synthesizer

OSCar Synthesizer – a unique fetish synth from the UK

2025-10-03
by Theo Bloderer
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OSCar Synthesizer

Whoever knows of a vintage mono-synth that can produce more timbres than an OSCar, please raise your hand NOW … … … No one? Wonderful, then we already agree on… Read More

Filed under 2025, Featured, Main Feature, Main Feature, Reviews
Tagged Adrian Wagner, Chris Huggett, OSCar, OSCar Synthesiser, OSCar Synthesizer, Paul Wiffen, Synthesizer, WASP

GRP A8 – analog studio synthesizer

2025-08-12
by Theo Bloderer
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GRP A8 Synthesizer 2025

„If you wanna start, start big!“ is what Groppioni Paolo (GrP) must have told me in 2008. We were sitting in front of a huge proxy of a synthesizer panel.… Read More

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Tagged A8, GRP, GRP, GRP A8, Paolo Groppioni, Sounds, Synthesizer, Test

Moog Polymoog Synthesizer – an auralesque miracle

2025-06-29
by Theo Bloderer
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Polymoog Synthesizer

Polymoog? No, no, no .. out of the question … never-ever! That’s what I thought for years. Until Uncle Sigi called in 2024. He had fulfilled a late childhood dream… Read More

Filed under 2025, Featured, Main Feature, Main Feature, Reviews
Tagged Chick Corea, David Luce, Herbie Hancock, Keith Emerson, Moog, Moog, Polymoog, Polymoog Keyboard, Synthesizer

GRP A10 – the new monster-synth from Italy

2025-06-17
by Theo Bloderer
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GRP A10 Synthesizer

15 years after the legendary GRP A8, which was built in 2009/2010 in a small edition of 23 units, the Italian company is once again announcing a “monster” studio synthesizer:… Read More

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Tagged A10, analog synthesizer, Delay, GRP, GRP, GRP A8, GRP R24, Phaser, Reverb, Synthesizer
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