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
UDO Audio SUPER 6 – an acoustical chameleon
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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
Novation SUMMIT – an OSCar synthesizer with 16 voices?
Novation is a fascinating company. Its Bass Station II – that top mono-synth that appeared a few years ago – has set a new standard in the modern analog world.… Read More
Waldorf QUANTUM – a hybrid path to the future
Multi-technologies are trendy. Not only in the automotive industry, where hybrid automobiles will be part of our future. In the music electronics industry, hybrid systems are omnipresent as well. Especially… Read More
Baloran THE RIVER – an elemental SOUND force
THE RIVER. The name of that French Synthétiseur Multitimbral Analogique Polyphonique might be deceiving, evoking memories of a leisurely Sunday boat trip, or a romantic stroll by the riverside. But! THE RIVER… Read More
Studiologic Sledge 2.0 / BLACK – a panther to be tamed
Dramatic stories are exciting. Sometimes. Not smooth (boring) stories, but unfathomable stories. Stories that surprise you. My experience with Studiologic Sledge belongs to this latter category. It’s been many years since I first played… Read More