Plinky is a combination multi-sampler, granular, virtual analog and wavetable synth with a pressure sensitive playing surface. It has 8 voice polyphony, is stereo, has both an arpeggiator and sequencer, envelopes, four LFOs and a comprehensive mod matrix, and all … Continue reading PLINKY Review – a charming portable granular and wavetable synth
Slim Continuum from Haken Audio is the thinner and more powerful version of the Continuum. Like the original, it’s what you’d get if a violin or flute and a huge modular setup had a baby – it includes the same … Continue reading SLIM CONTINUUM Review – Haken’s amazingly powerful and complex matrix-based synth (Full tutorial)
OXI ONE is a new grid-based sequencer that’s part of an IndieGoGo campaign that has just launched. It’s competing in an increasingly crowded market of desktop sequencers that can also control modular gear. In this video, I take a look … Continue reading Review: OXI ONE Sequencer – Is it worth it? Generative features explained
UNO Synth Pro – both the desktop and keyboard versions – are the next step in IK Multimedia’s hardware synth lineup. The synth guts in both are identical – three analog oscillators playable paraphonically, two analog filters, analog drive, and … Continue reading UNO SYNTH PRO Review and tutorial – Pros and cons for IK Multimedia’s new synth
In this video I look at the magical timbral world of Additive Synthesis with a few practical examples using additive synths and synths that have an additive component, including Alchemy, Pigments 3, Loom II, Razor and Polyphylla: TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro … Continue reading Additive Synthesis Magical Mystery Tour – Pigments 3, Razor, Loom & Alchemy Resynthesis Tutorial
Mono from Norand may look like yet another 303-style mono synth, but actually, it has one of the most innovative modulation capabilities and user interfaces I’ve ever seen in a hardware synth. It has an analog signal path with two … Continue reading NORAND MONO Review – Why it’s a breakthrough synth
Ground Control is a eurorack sequencer by Endorphines – throwing their hat in the ring for master brain of your setup. It has three mono melodic tracks and another 8 lane drum sequencer track. It has an Ableton Live-style grid … Continue reading Endorphines GROUND CONTROL Review and Tutorial – Eurorack Sequencer and Arpeggiator
My last album was mastered professionally and I was happy with the results, but for this one, I wanted to take a look at a few DIY options to try and personalize things a little bit more. In this video … Continue reading DIY AI Mastering Shootout: Soothe 2 vs Gullfoss vs Intensity by Zynaptiq, along with Magnetismus 2
Deckard’s Dream MK2 from Black Corporation is an 8-voice analog polyphonic desktop synth inspired by the legendary Yamaha CS-80 – which in turn was used, among other, by Vangelis on the soundtrack of BladeRunner. In this video I take a … Continue reading Deckard’s Dream MK2: Is it a Yamaha CS-80 replicant? Full tutorial and review
Welcome to another video where I ask a producer to get into the details of how they create music and perform. Part #1 looked at a DAWless setup, Part #2 at a setup using Ableton Live, and in this episode … Continue reading Synth Setup Tips #3 – Julia Bondar’s Compact Techno Eurorack/MIDI Rig and Performance