Easily one of the greatest synths of all time, we find out how to recreate the sound of the classic Roland Jupiter-8 with software plugins.
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Her four-decade reign in pop music makes her hard to escape. We look into some of the instruments used in building Madonna's iconic sound.
In this week's edition of Synth Deals, we've selected some exciting offers on creative instruments for beatmaking and live performance.
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We follow the journey of British New Wave Pioneers, Duran Duran, and find out more about the elements that created their signature sound.
This week, we've got a range Synth Deals from Roland, from modules to workstation keyboards, we've got some creative tools for your setup.
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Version 2 of the Roland Cloud JUPITER-4, JUPITER-8, and JUNO 106 softsynths have been released featuring some new features and refinements.
Behringer have teased a new prototype via their Facebook page this afternoon, the JT-2, a single voice unit in a Eurorack form factor
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We check out some of the core studio and stage instruments that helped create the industrial, euphoric sound of rave pioneers Orbital.
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DivKid brings us a channel strip of stereo goodness, the Polychrome Phaser gets gooey, Blood Cells Audio goes versatile and more in Midweek Modular.
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Erica Synths attempts to capture some of that classic Roland Jupiter and Juno sound with the AS3109 VCF chip in the Black 3109 VCF/VCA.
Saturn is the third mini-synth in as many days and is a fascinating take on the Roland Jupiter-8. This one is looking a bit tastier.
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Roland takes us through the history of musical invention with an interactive website, anniversary editions and hints of new products.
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One of the best bundles of classic synthesizer software emulations got a boost with version 8 of Arturia's V Collection and now there's an 8.2 update.
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Vocal Designer uses your voice to control and modulate synthesizer sounds and now it's available as a Model Expansion for the Jupiter-X and Jupiter-XM.
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This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins brings you a vintage mic preamp, classic synth bass sounds and some otherworldly electric guitars.
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In the latest teaser video, Cherry Audio points to Jupiter and asks us to guess which synth they're doing next.
How can you possibly replace the awesome Jove filter? System80 believe they've added some improvements in the 860 MK2 - the nerve of some people!
Conjured Circuits has licensed the System80 Jove filter and brought it to the Moog Modular (MU) format so that big modular enthusiasts can enjoy that creamy Roland Jupiter-6 sound.
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Now they've done it. Roland has broken free of the confines of their history and takes everything forward into the world of ZENOLOGY and it could be tragic or terribly exciting!
Roland's CEO opens up about ZEN-Core that makes all sounds available across all instruments. He also explains why the Jupiter-Xm is the ultimate synth studio and why they're not looking to the past.
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UVI has released a collection of 4 instruments inspired by iconic cosmically named Roland analog synthesizers. They are calling it the JP Legacy bundle.
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The new Dr Z Jetta is the US company's cheapest hand-wired all tube combo yet. This 30 watt amp packs in all the high end components but at a lower price. And only three control knobs: bonus!
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The Jupiter-X looks fantastic and runs all their vintage models and has a built-in drum machine. The Jupiter-Xm has all that in a more hipster package. Is this the flagship we've been waiting for?
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3D renders and photos of PCBs have started to emerge of DinSyncs next replica project called JP-ONE. Scheduled for a big reveal at Superbooth we've scraped together a few details of what to expect.