REVIEW The DrumBrute Impact is new smaller and less expensive brother to Arturia’s DrumBrute. It’s an analog drum machine that packs a punch at an aggressively low price point for an analog synth. My video review shows you what it … Continue reading Arturia DrumBrute Impact Comprehensive Review and Sound Test
The H9 is an effects pedal from Eventide that as evolved over the past few years: it contains all the effects previously released in the Eventide Factor series pedals – TimeFactor, PitchFactor, ModFactor and Space, and quite a few more … Continue reading The ultimate synth multi-effects pedal? Eventide H9 review and my top presets
The MatrixBrute by Arturia is a massive synth with a hefty price tag – is it worth it? Well, that depends on what you want or need… but as far as synths go, this is one of the most advanced … Continue reading The 9 Synth Superpowers of MatrixBrute by Arturia
Maths by Make Noise is by far the #1 eurorack module on Modular Grid – both in terms of rating and popularity. In this video, I explain what Maths is and why it’s so popular. Maths sounds complicated and if … Continue reading 22 reasons the top eurorack module is Maths by Make Noise
Delay is one of the most popular audio effects, and understandably so. In this clip I review EuroDDL, as well as use its various CV interfaces to create a chorus/flange effects, a delayed harmonizer, apply a PWM-like effect to a … Continue reading Be like the Edge: EuroDDL, Eventide’s first eurorack module reviewed
The Arturia Spark LE – or Sparkle has been around for quite some time, but I only came across it when I needed drum sounds for a clip I made a few weeks ago. I was scouring the web for … Continue reading Can a cheap drum machine be better? Arturia Sparkle reviewed
The Electro-Harmonix EHX-95000 is the latest in its series of multi-track loopers. The concept behind these loopers is simplicity, and for the most part, knob per function. Electro-Harmonix were clearly going for scale here: the EHX95000 can live loop into … Continue reading Multi-track tape killer? EHX 95000 by Electro-Harmonix reviewed
TRK-01 is a new synth and drum engine – or more precisely a kick and bass synthesis and sequencing plugin from Native Instruments. Though it can be used to produce a variety of non kick and bass sounds, its focus … Continue reading It’s all about the bass (and kick…): TRK-01 reviewed (Native Instruments)
If you were ever curious about what it’s like to attend Moog’s Engineering Workshop at Moogfest – join me as I walk you through the process of building the Moog Subharmonicon, including some pretty nasty mistakes I admit to making … Continue reading Building a Subharmonicon: What it’s like to attend a Moog Engineering Workshop
The open source music community is blooming with creative ideas – unique sequencers, synths, loopers and effects are being shared by many innovative creators – from well-known commercial contributors like Mutable Instruments and projects like Pure Data and SuperCollider, to … Continue reading Organelle just got 10x better, and so did open source music-making: Orac released