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
ELKA Synthex – analog Classic and “vintage Workstation”
Tag: Sequencer
Modal Electronics Argon8 – new Wavetable-Synthesizer with 8 Voices
Modal Electronics introduces the Argon8, an amazingly impressive (and really affordable) 8-voice wavetable synthesizer. Aside from the 3 octave keyboard, the instrument offers everything you’d expect from a full-blown polyphonic… Read More
Arturia MiniBrute 2 and the “Synth-Flation” phenomenon
The Arturia MiniBrute 2 could easily be chosen “People’s-Analog-Synthesizer Number ONE of the decade”. It certainly has all the refinements that a modern versatile analog synth should have. But in… Read More
Impulse Command – True Stereo Analog Synth
It’s astonishing that new analog synthesizers are still popping up like mushrooms. Not that you have to buy “every” single instrument – certainly not. But such handy desktop synths with… Read More
GRP R24 Sequencer – pre-orders now opened!
The GRP R24 is a 8×3 analog step sequencer firmly based on the mighty sequencer of the GRP A8 and GRP A4 analog synthesizer. The new R24 offers access to… Read More
Arturia BeatStep – MIDI/USB/CVgate Sequencer
Chameleon-like in its many control options, BeatStep is designed to work with DAWs, loop triggering software, VST-instruments or effects, MIDI hardware, or even CV/Gate-equipped analogue instruments (like Arturia’s MiniBrute or… Read More
Arturia MicroBrute – first impression
If a “Mini” model is followed by an even smaller “Micro” model, expectations might be very low. You could easily overlook the new Arturia synthesizer, but … boy, that would… Read More
GRP getting ready for the R24 Sequencer
Finally! The remarkable GRP A8 / GRP A4 sequencer can soon be had as a stand-alone version. To be honest, the new machine can do much more than the original… Read More
Doepfer MAQ 16/3 Dark Edition
After many years on the market, Doepfer has redesigned the MAQ 16/3 MIDI/CV step sequencer. They have issued it, visually adapted to the Dark (Energy) line. Very classy. Optically an… Read More
Bass Bot TT-303 – the new Roland TB-303?
Well, it did take a while! There are already thousands of TB-303 clones on the market, but it took until 2013 to see an exact replica of the original. Roland’s… Read More