KORG just released their version of Gadget for Nintendo’s Switch gaming console. Gadget for iOS and Mac are powerful workstations for music production and performance. The big question is, how well does Gadget translate to the world of console gaming? … Continue reading Review: KORG Gadget for Nintendo Switch – before you buy
Squarp is a company that specializes in making sequencers – Pyramid and Hermod are the only two products it makes. Pyramid, which has been around for a while, was designed for “regular” MIDI compatible instruments (though it has a few … Continue reading Review – Pyramid vs. Hermod: Powerful Squarp sequencers explored
The Behringer Model D is an homage (or clone, depending on your point of view…) to the classic and legendary Minimoog Model D. Behringer’s main achievement, aside from creating a faithful and great sounding synth, is pricing it at $300. … Continue reading Behringer Model D review and 15-minute manual
The most obvious feature of Polyend’s SEQ sequencer is the 8-track, 32-step grid, along with a great looking aluminum and oak exterior. However, the abundance of control and charm come at a steep price. Is it worth it? In this … Continue reading Review: Polyend SEQ and POLY: One sequencer to rule them all?
DFAM (Drummer From Another Mother) is the second semi-modular Moog are releasing in a compact, either standalone or 60hp eurorack form factor, following the Mother-32, and while they may look very similar, they’re actually very different animals. I already did … Continue reading Moog DFAM vs MOTHER-32: Review and comparison
The Disting has an ever expanding library of onboard modules or algorithms that can do very different things – currently about 80 but probably more by the time you watch this, all embodied in a 4HP module. If you … Continue reading 80 MODULES IN 4HP?! Disting MK4 review and my top 5 algorithms
The Z-DSP a cartridge based open-source variable clock digital signal processor from tip-top audio. Let’s break that down: cartridge-based means that it needs one a cartridges with an algorithm that determines how it works. Variable clock means that you can … Continue reading Tiptop Z-DSP Review, first look at Reverb FDN and 5 other effects
While walking the halls at NAMM 2018 I met the team from Genki and was very impressed by their WAVE product. They sent me one and this is my review: More about their IndieGoGo campaign here: http://bit.ly/WaveOnIndieGoGo * Note – … Continue reading Review: WAVE ring gesture/motion controller by Genki Instruments
The Haken Continuum Fingerboard is a combination of an extremely sensitive surface and and powerful and complex synthesizer, tailor made to take advance of its expressive sensors. The Continuum has been refined over the past few decades by Lippold Haken, … Continue reading Haken Continuum in depth review, and what is the Matrix…?
Dave Smith has been making synths for 40 years, and traditionally has sold them at a relatively high price. With the Rev2, an update to the original Prophet 08 analog poly synth, that has changed. The 8 and 16 voice … Continue reading Review of the Prophet Rev2 by Dave Smith – is it the analog poly synth for you?