Roland Jupiter-6. Cult status? Nope! Sales success? So-so. Since its release in 1983, the Jupiter-6 has been traded as a niche product between the Juno-60 and the Jupiter-8. So …… Read More
Roland Jupiter-6 – of harmonics, pads and polyrhythms
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ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe: Is DIGITAL the NEW ANALOG?
The ASM Hydrasynth is one of those instruments that automatically triggers that dreaded MUST-HAVE reflex. A reflex from which many synthesizer enthusiasts suffer their whole life. Diagnosis: MUST-HAVE. Therapy: BUY… Read More
Moog Memorymoog – TOP vintage poly-synth with 18 VCOs
The Memorymoog – one of the legendary TOP FIVE vintage poly-synthesizers. On second thought, one of the TOP THREE. After all, the instrument differs from all its competitors in one… Read More
GRP V22 Vocoder – Voices from Outer Space
First, a confession. Our test report on the GRP V22 Vocoder is overdue by 9 months. Outrageous! To be perfectly clear: This is not a reflection on the quality of… Read More
UDO Audio SUPER 6 – an acoustical chameleon
UDO Audio SUPER 6, reminiscent of some of the great synth classics from the late 70s and early 80s, cleverly combines synth features of today with those of past decades.… Read More
ELKA Synthex – analog Classic and vintage Workstation
For a long time I was ambivalent about the ELKA Synthex. Strong, powerful and brilliant on the one hand, too brilliant (perhaps), too clean and maybe even too digital on the… Read More
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
Roland Jupiter-X / Jupiter-Xm – 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
Kawai S-100F / Teisco S-100F – “Terra Incognita”?
Hardly believable: A few of those “little giants” (monophonic synthesizers from the late 70s) seem to have disappeared completely from our memory. Take, for instance, the Kawai/Teisco Synthesizer-100F. Like reminiscences… Read More
Korg Trident – a classic 8-voice string synthesizer
For many years the Korg Trident, albeit impressive to look at, struck me as an uninspiring synthesizer. Chunky hardware, annoyingly chorused strings, very limited synthesizer possibilities. A synth for the… Read More