„If you wanna start, start big!“ is what Groppioni Paolo (GrP) must have told me in 2008. We were sitting in front of a huge proxy of a synthesizer panel.… Read More
GRP A8 – analog studio synthesizer
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GeneralMusic GEM S2 / S2R / S3 – ingenious pro-synthesizers
Maybe you’ve heard some of those ever-persistent murmurings about the GeneralMusic S-Series: “The S2 synthesizer – a secret sound weapon”, “GEM S2 and S3 are among the best master keyboards… Read More
GRP A1 – name it Dr. BASSSSSSSSssssssss
… or Dr. Elegiac-Solo-Voice, come to think of it. The magic words: sub-oscillator and triangle wave. Besides great basses and elegiac voices, the GRP A1 also brings FX sounds (moderately,… 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
Sequential Pro 3 – a new benchmark for raw sonic power
Confession number 1: Being bold and ruthless, we have adopted the above headline “Pro 3 – a new benchmark for raw sonic power and unrivaled versatility” directly from Sequential. We… Read More
Modal Argon8 – a polyphonic Wavetable synthesizer
Modal Electronics has already made an excellent name for itself on the electronics music scene. The 00-series, consisting of the 8-voice Modal 008 / 008R, 002 / 002R and the… 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