Arturia KeyLab MK2 vs KeyLab Essential: Is it worth the price difference?
Arturia’s KeyLab Essential and the new KeyLab MK2 look quite similar but the premium MK2 version costs about two and a half times more than Keylab Essential. Let’s take a […]
6 simple and cheap ways to fix hum, buzz and ground loop noise issues
Have you ever hooked up a new piece of gear into your setup and suddenly heard a horrible noise you weren’t expecting? Or just had an unbearable noise find its
Novation SL MK3 Review: Is it a game-changing controller?
Novation’s SL MkIII is a big departure from versions one and two that came before it, and most other MIDI keyboards on the market, because it’s not just a DAW
Make Noise RENE 2 Review: Eurorack’s top sequencer gets a major redesign
Make Noise have just released the new version of Rene – an update to the original Rene from 2009, which, according to Modular Grid, is the most popular Eurorack sequencer
16 Advanced Digitakt Ideas, Tips and Tricks
Elektron describe the Digitakt as a “Drum Computer and Sampler”, but it can actually do much more. Not only is it a full blown subtractive synth, but due to its
Double Synth Review: Bastl SoftPop and Gecho Loopsynth – two odd travel companions
I’ve been traveling this week – to Knobcon in Chicago – and took two very odd travel companions on the road with me – Bastl’s SoftPop and Gecho’s Loopsynth. They’re
MIKRO MK3 vs MASCHINE MK3 vs MIKRO MK2: What is it and how it compares
Native Instruments just released MASCHINE MIKRO MK3 – the new entry level hardware controller for MASCHINE – its hardware-software beatmaking/groovebox platform, and two immediate questions come to mind – how
4 Easy Setups for Quadraphonic Music Making: Ableton, Eurorack, VCV Rack and DAWless
If you create music, you’ve GOT to try doing it in quad. The experience of sitting in the middle of music you create while your sounds rotate around you is
Review: Medusa by PolyEnd and Dreadbox, and its grid explained
Medusa is an innovative new synth, the result of a collaboration between Dreadbox and PolyEnd. The core of what’s new with Medusa is the GRID – a multi-mode expressive interface
Analog morphing like a wave-table synth? Yes you can, and here’s how
Wavetable synths are a lot of fun but strictly digital. Is it possible to create one that’s completely analog, for analog waveforms and sounds? Well, I wouldn’t be asking if