A rarity, found in a synthesizer report from October 1978. Simmons’ Synthcheck review of the Jupiter-4 is illustrated with a photo of the original prototype. That instrument had a quite… Read More
Roland Jupiter-4 prototype – a true SH-synthesizer
Category: 2012
Korg Monotribe Version 2
The Korg Monotribe is a pretty remarkable groove box: monophonic analog synthesizer – small drum machine – step sequencer … all in one. Korg released a major update (Version 2)… Read More
Roland SH-1000 – Video by Ares Kalogeropoulos
The Roland SH-1000 – the first compact synth produced by Roland back in 1973. An absolutely simple and great sounding synth that gives you smooth basses and edgy leads. In… Read More
The Roland Jupiter-4 – Video-Demo by RetroSound
I did not use any presets. For each track a new sound was programmed and of course not saved. ;) I usually do not save any sounds as this forces… Read More
The Prophet VS – Video-Demo by Marko Ettlich
The demo track shows the enormous acoustic range of the Sequential Circuit Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer of 1986. Everything is there, from the digital sounds typical of PPG to warm… Read More
The Trinity – Video-Demo by Ares Kalogeropoulos
One of the most successful workstation/synthesizers in the last 3 decades. A beautiful sounding and State of the Art music machine, that gives you everything you need to expand your… Read More
New Bob Moog book and the “Google Mini”
On the occasion of Robert Moog’s 78th birthday, we’d like to draw your attention to a new “synth” book which will be hitting the market in October: BOB MOOG –… Read More
Retro Synth Ads
“Growing up, synthesizer advertisements were the only way for me to find out about new synths. Gear advertised in magazines such as Keyboard Magazine and Electronic Musician.” We have nothing… Read More
Oberheim Matrix-12/Xpander Software Editor
Xplorer is a real-time and bi-directional software editor for Oberheim’s Matrix-12 & Xpander running under Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista or Windows 7. Find more here.
LEM Bit-99 analog synthesizer
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