Moog Spectravox – detailed overview, and How Vocoders Work
Moog’s Spectravox was Moogfest 2019’s Engineering Workshop synth. It’s not available commercially, at least not yet. The only way to get one is to have built it at the workshop […]
Reviews
Arturia MicroFreak Review and Massive Tutorial, including all 12 sound engines
If you’ve seen my Eurorack videos, Plaits from Mutable Instruments is in many of them. It’s a very flexible module with 16 different sound engines and three control knobs for
Loopop Review: What is BUZZZY?
Buzzzy is a Kickstarter Synth that has quite a few interesting traits in a tiny little package: it’s a 4 part multi timbral, stereo, digital MIDI module with up to
Loopop Review: What is NDLR?
NLDR (pronounced “Noodler”) from Conductive Labs is quite a sequencer, if it can be called that at all. If I had to summarize what makes it different, whereas with a
Review: Hyve Synth – 60 oscillators and as many VCAs as you have fingers
Intro Hyve Touch Synth is very is very different from other synths – it’s polyphonic with 60 analog oscillators, but it doesn’t have any filters or VCA envelopes – rather
Model Samples vs. Digitakt + 10 performance tips/hacks
Here it is! A full, detailed review of Elektron’s new Model:Samples, and a feature by feature comparison to Digitakt, which is the question I believe most people interested have on
Review: Behringer Neutron 2.0 – what’s new, pros, cons and 13 patch ideas/tips
Neutron by Behringer was a pretty good value for money before this update, and with version 2.0, Neutron got quite a lot better. In this video I cover the pros,
Make Noise QPAS Review (smile pass filter and mystery wildcard inputs explained)
The Quad Peak Animation System – or QPAS from Make Noise – is an interesting new look at stereo filtering, what can be done with four filters, and how to
Akai Force vs Ableton Push 2: Which is better for you?
Akai just announced Force – their new standalone music production workstation. The design is clearly inspired by 8×8 style grid controllers like Push 2, Launchpad, and their own APC-40. The
Review: Moog Sirin (and the updated Minitaur)
Moog’s new Sirin is a refresh to the Moog Minitaur with a new look, but more importantly, it got a major upgrade to the internal oscillators that lets it play