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…
Tag: virtual analogue
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Arturia MiniBrute V 🧻🧻🧻🧻
Arturia is one of few vendors that can maintain both music hardware and software – with the added benefit of comparative youth. Where Roland and (to a lesser extent) Korg…
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…
The Real Suspects OsTIrus 🧻🧻🧻🧻👍🏼
Virus TI hardware has come to the end of its life. The chips are used up, the company has moved on. Party over. But a quite wonderful sequel has come…
Adam Szabo Viper 🧻🧻🧻💩
The Virus is Dead. Long live the Virus. In news just to hand Access, maker of the Virus synthesiser, has announced that the hardware is no more. The chips are…
KrishnaSynth Legacy 🧻🧻🧻
I find it hard to see 2007 as that long ago, but it’s just after the dinosaurs as far as music technology is concerned. Put it this way – your…
discoDSP Discovery Pro 8 🧻🧻🧻🧻
discoDSP have been around for quite a while. They seemed to spring up pretty quickly after VST came into being. Evidence is still there – the appearance of Vertigo is…
U-He FilterscapeVA 1.5 🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻
For a very long time I have been whining about filters. For no good reason they are very often neglected in synthesis in favour of oscillators. Even worse – it’s…
Blipblox After Dark 🧻🧻🧻🧻
On the base of this device its says ‘toy’. I’ll follow their lead, although I’ve owned non-toys less sophisticated than this. This is the third iteration made by Playtime Engineering…
U-He DIVA and HIVE 🧻🧻🧻
DIVA There was a time when DIVA was one of the few software synthesisers to sound like ‘the real thing’. In fact several of ‘the real things’ and furthermore ‘real…