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19 Jan · The new Nord Grand 2 boasts a new keybed, new user interface, and of course more of everything – more layers, more memory, more effects!
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19 Jan · Yamaha SEQTRAK, a groovebox with DNA from DX and AMW2 instruments. Is Yamaha coming for Teenage Engineering’s market share? Now available!
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19 Jan · Korg's original logueSDK-empowered mini-synth and effects box gets a major overhaul. The NTS-1 MkII gets more oscillators, more effects, a sequencer and an improved keyboard.
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19 Jan · Korg has made a kit version of its popular Kaoss effects pad. Fancy building one of your own? Now you can - and for not very much money.
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19 Jan · At last, Korg has heard our cries and announced the Korg modwave, opsix, and wavestate modules, with added features like MPE and MIDI 2.0.
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19 Jan · The KORG opsix mk2 is the latest edition of KORG's popular 6-operator digital altered FM synthesizer, designed for the studio and stage.
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18 Jan · The Swell Physics ADDAC508 simulates the movement of the ocean to generate voltage that follows the bobbing of tethered buoys. Intrigued? Read on.
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18 Jan · The Korg Grandstage X marks the next generation of the manufacturer's top-of-the-line stage piano. Does the Grandstage X have what gigging musicians need?
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18 Jan · The rather underwhelming VA synthesizer has returned to terrorise us in a smaller format. Can the KingKORG Neo restore our faith in VA?
17 Jan · This week in Midweek Modular we find FM in the SideBander, wave our hands at AIRLECTRON and pump wireless audio into our Eurorack.
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17 Jan · Korg’s latest drum machine the Korg KR-11 is a fun little box packed with useful drum beats for practicing and busking. Producers may want one too!
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16 Jan · Which Minimoog plugins are best to recreate the sound of this legendary analogue synth? We look at some of the top emulations available.
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16 Jan · Chompi Club invites you to explore the magical world of sound design through a very cute "Tape-Music" device, now available in a Midnight Edition.
15 Jan · Everyone from the Beatles to Oasis to the Moody Blues used the Mellotron, making this tape-based electromechanical keyboard one for the ages.
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15 Jan · Is the AKAI MPC Live III about to be released at NAMM 2024? A banner on the manufacturer's website hints at a new MPC that we haven't seen before.
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14 Jan · JC303 is an open-source clone of everyone’s favorite acid bassline synth! Check out the best free plugins of the week here.
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13 Jan · The TB-303 on its own is never quite enough. Dtronics can blast it with 3 types of novel distortion from the DT-303 Acid Sound distortion box.
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12 Jan · In a very unexpected move, Stylophone introduces the first in the Compact Portable Modular range of synths: the DS-2 Analog Drone Synthesizer.
12 Jan · In this week's edition of Synth Deals, you'll find a selection of exciting offers ranging from pocket-sized samplers to semi-modular beasts.
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12 Jan · Forget everything you thought you knew about sampling: AKAI MPC Stems separates samples into up to four stems – directly on your MPC!
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11 Jan · Take the red pill and dive into the rabbit hole of Neo Trinity's six channels of LFOs, Envelopes, recordable triggers and automatable modulation.
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11 Jan · We investigate the Stockholm-based punk outfit Viagra Boys and find out how they put together their uniquely minimalistic but raw sound.
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10 Jan · In Midweek Modular this week we're bonging with the DXG, sequencing with the Prizma MkII and pulling strings of modulation out of our Eurorack.
10 Jan · The History of Buchla is the history of West Coast synthesis, counter-culture art and Don Buchla's alternative to the East Coast Moog.
