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May 15, 2025May 16, 2025

AKAI MPC3 beta

I’ve previously reviewed my MPC Live – first as an updated AKAI Sampler just not white like the old ones but still with a big wheel. Then as a tool…

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Apr 29, 2025

Augmented Everything 🧻🧻🧻

Arturia are venturing into a bit of cut-and-paste with their augmented instruments. What’s the big idea? How far can you push them? Can I get rid of the huge lump…

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Apr 17, 2025April 21, 2025

KORG Gadget 3 for PC 🧻🧻🧻🧻

This collection of musical toys has been floating around for some years now – appearing on the Switch, iPhone/iPad (thus recent versions of MacOS) and as a VR version. You…

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Nov 19, 2024November 19, 2024

Sonicware Liven Ambient 0 🧻🧻🧻💩

Sonicware are a Japanese company that takes pre-orders and ships out their Liven keyboards once orders reach a set goal. It’s not exactly playing hard-to-get but more like hard-to-test these…

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Nov 19, 2024November 19, 2024

Yamaha Montage M

Don’t be shy. Tell it like it is. Having synthesisers is like having that rocket ship that you really wanted to pilot when you were a kid. Your own Death…

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Jun 21, 2024June 21, 2024

IK Syntronik 2 🧻🧻

We live in exceptional times where a musician can buy (often low cost or even free) working replicas of almost every vintage synthesiser. Near everyone may afford a software OSCar…

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May 18, 2024May 27, 2024

Ensoniq Mirage Sampler 🧻🧻🧻🧻

Back in the day, long long ago, I was able to borrow an AKAI S612 Sampler which I used on an album called Come Visit The Big Bigot. But when…

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Dec 11, 2023

Dawsome Novum 🧻🧻🧻

The idea is interesting – you take a sample and slice it into six new samples over frequency ranges from very low to very high. You can then shuffle the…

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Oct 19, 2023December 5, 2023

AudioThing’s audio things 🧻🧻🧻🧻

Bit of a oddity due to renovations – currently living in an alternate space, reviewing things that make alternate spaces. With most of my equipment wrapped up in body bags…

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Aug 31, 2023June 3, 2024

‘logue SDK

If you have a minilogue XD, prologue or just the little NTS-1 you can run DSP code as oscillators or effects. The good thing is that anyone can create a…

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