Great Synthesizers is an online magazin with reviews, pictures, documents and soundfiles of analogue and digital synthesizers & related music gear
SUPERBOOTH22. Great synthesizer companies were on the spot: Sequential, Oberheim, Moog, Korg, Roland, Yamaha, Novation and others. The number of modular exhibitors was once again impressive and the fields of… Read More
SUPERBOOTH22. Relaxed atmosphere, as always. Since it was uncertain whether the city government may need the FEZ premises as a camp center for Ukrainians or not, some of the exhibitors… Read More
SUPERBOOTH21 – once again at the FEZ Berlin. Visitors immediately noticed some differences due to the pandemic: time slots for visitors, the obligatory nose-and-mouth mask (inside the FAZ), cosy Expo-huts… Read More
This is a big and powerful controller, in the truest sense of the word. The 3D joystick from Doepfer was made for the A-100 system, but certainly fits in all… Read More
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
Polyphony is nothing new, you’re right. But speaking of modular systems, polyphony usually requires a lot of effort. Many VCOs, many VCFs, lots of VCAs, etc. The problem is not… Read More
Doepfer Musikelektronik announces availability of the new Dark Energy III Analog Synthesizer as of today, July 4th 2018. The synthesizer’s signal path is 100% analog. Needless to say, everything is built into a… Read More
Dark Energy III is – just like its predecessor Dark Energy II – a monophonic analog synthesizer with USB and MIDI interface. The entire sound generation and all modulation sources are… Read More
Buchla and Moog started it all with their modular synthesizers in the 1960s. Doepfer made it affordable in the 1990s by introducing the Eurorack standard. Today, the Modular plug-in from… Read More
Let’s start our stroll through the Musikmesse Frankfurt at the very heart of the MODULAR SYNTH section, there, where the knob-tweakers are at home. First and foremost, MOOG deserves mention,… Read More