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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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Mar 20, 2025March 20, 2025

Serum 2 🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻

It’s been so long since Serum 1 was released that Serum 2 resembles all the software inspired by its decade old ancestor – you might at first glance compare it…

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Mar 9, 2025March 20, 2025

Korg multi/poly 🧻🧻🧻

From my experience of Korg’s previous lower/case synthesisers with little key beds, I didn’t buy the multi/poly hardware – betting that software would arrive not long after (which it did).…

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Dec 6, 2024December 15, 2024

The Space Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo

It is the year 2025. Powerful hardware can now create a universe of new, exciting synthetic sounds and … oh fuck it. Why bother. To be continued.

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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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Nov 13, 2024

Sistema2 “AI” synthesiser 🧻

Let’s try be brief. This is not good. You start by typing a short written description. For example “Juno Bass” or “TR-808 Kick”. You will get something that is roughly…

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Sep 23, 2024

The Real Suspects Vavra and Xenia 🧻💩

From the team that brought you the virtual Virus keyboards, two related emulations of the Waldorf MicroQ and MicrowaveXT. I’d have to start with the interfaces which are quite authentically…

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Sep 23, 2024September 23, 2024

Roland, by Cherry.

This page has Roland reproductions only. For their original titles please go here. For other brands go there. Why didn’t Roland do this first? The only thing they have left…

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Sep 21, 2024

U-He Bazille (revisited) 🧻🧻🧻🧻

I’m sorry but every time I hear Bazille I see this. It has no relevance and should not appear in a review but damn it, that’s just the way it…

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