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
Book Recommendation: Analog Days (T. Pinch / F. Trocco)
Category: 2020
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
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
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
Vermona meloDICER – the musical aesthetics of uncertainty
Who has ever heard the word “stochastic” before? Nobody? We thought so. Well, Vermona fills this gap in knowledge with its meloDICER. The 34HP wide Eurorack module is not only… Read More
Sequential Pro-One – modifications and upgrades (part 3)
Part 3 of our Pro-One upgrade trilogy provides hints for a new CPU, MIDI kits, and some very simple modifications. The material for the latter can be purchased in any… Read More
Sequential Pro-One – modifications and upgrades (part 2)
Following part 1 of our trilogy (covering the idea of a pitch bend / mod wheel CV output modification), part 2 and part 3 deal with more general Pro-One upgrades.… Read More
Sequential Pro-One – modifications and upgrades (part 1)
We would like to point to a few useful ideas, modifications and upgrades pertaining to the Sequential Pro-One. This classic synthesizer was built from 1981 to 1984 and it sold… Read More