201 Pocket Piano: a minimalist synth that’s infinitely tweakable – Review & tutorial
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 […]
Yamaha Montage M Review, What’s new, Poly AT keybed & AN-X explored // M6/M7/M8x Tutorial
Montage M is Yamaha’s latest flagship synth: It builds on the existing popular Montage platform and adds significantly enhanced hands-on controls with new encoders and an extra parameter display, a
Korg Kaoss Replay Review: Pros & cons vs the competition (SP404 MK2, MPC, Blackbox)
Korg’s Kaoss Replay takes inspiration from the XY-pad-centric interface of their old Kaoss products, but is really it’s own thing. It has 16 velocity-sensitive pads; it can sample, resample and
Korg KeyStage Review: MIDI 2.0 finally works – let’s see what it can do
KeyStage from Korg is the first keyboard I’ve seen that actually seems to have a working implementation of MIDI 2.0’s capability of automatically mapping synth parameters on a controller. It
Korg DRUMLOGUE Review and Tutorial: Top Pros & Cons and All 64 Factory Patterns
Drumlogue is a hybrid drum machine with four analog tracks, six sample based tracks, and another digital synth track – which, with an open SDK has the potential to expand
PERKONS HD-01 Review – Did Erica Synths bottle up thunder in drum synth? Detailed tutorial here
Perkons from Erica Synths is a hybrid analog and digital, four-voice drum synth (and also a drone synth), that takes hands-on controls to the extreme – giving you per voice
Review: Eventide Misha – an entirely original improvisation and generative sequencing module
Misha from Eventide is an entirely different and original way of performing and composing music, and is also a different kind of generative sequencer. With most instruments or controllers, pressing
Review: ROLAND JUNO X vs JUPITER X/Xm and other ZEN-Core synths – Advanced tutorial
Juno-X from Roland takes the familiar interface of the classic Juno-106 and combines it with the sample and virtual analog capabilities of Roland’s ZEN-Core engine, as well as the scene
Review & Tutorial: AKAI MPC KEY 61 vs MPCs & other workstations
MPC KEY 61 may seem like just an MPC with a built-in keyboard, but it’s also Akai’s first shot in workstation wars – where there’s fierce competition for a keyboard
Review: Korg Volca FM2 vs OG // DX-7 based synth gets better // Volca FM 2 synthesis tutorial
Volca FM2 is a new and improved version of the original Volca FM hardware with 6 voices, a MIDI output, new reverb effect and presets and more — both modeled