Protein is a new portable desktop wavetable synth from Waldorf – inspired by their classic gritty 8-bit Microwave 1. It’s designed with affordability, portability, and hands-on controls in mind. It […]
Astrolab 37 is the much more compact version of the full size Astrolab stage performance instrument – it’s got the same brains and sounds, slightly fewer hands on controls, is
SteamPipe from Erica synths and 112db is unlike most synths. Rather than having a linear signal path with simple or complex oscillators and filters, Steampipe pairs an exciter with a
P-6 from Roland is the latest in their relatively low-cost compact series of synths and drum machines, and this time the focus is on sampling, sample playback, and granular synthesis.
Moog doesn’t often make analog polyphonic synths, and when they did, they weren’t cheap. Muse is an 8-voice, bi-timbral polyphonic synth from Moog, which, relatively speaking, is priced competitively. It
MPC Key 37 is the latest hardware version of Akai’s MPC platform – which there are now quite a few of. In this video, I take a look at what
SEQTRAK is Yamaha’s return back to the portable groovebox market – it’s got plenty of buttons and hands-on controls, it’s loaded with internal sounds and synths and it can sample
microKORG 2 is Korg’s sequel to what is allegedly the best-selling synth of all time. It’s got a totally new sound engine, hi-res screen, a new interface, but they remained
KingKORG NEO is a 3-octave version of the original King Korg, in a more compact form factor. Other than a few differences which I discuss in the video, it has
201 Pocket Piano from Critter and Guitari is a two-in-one bundle of polar opposites. On the one hand, it’s a small synth with a minimal set of controls and no