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Aug 9, 2024August 9, 2024

Dawsome KULT 🧻🧻🧻🧻

Some virtual synthesisers these days you look at the interface and think you are seeing something alien and mysterious. After a while you realise you’re back with oscillator/filter/amplifier just in…

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Aug 8, 2024September 6, 2024

Tracktion Various Artists

Having bought Tracktion’s KULT, MYTH and NOVUM I was sent an application to download updates and demonstrations of their other instruments. We are sure you will love these other fine…

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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 27, 2024

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…

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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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Apr 25, 2024April 25, 2024

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…

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Feb 12, 2024December 6, 2024

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…

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Feb 7, 2024February 7, 2024

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…

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Jan 31, 2024February 13, 2024

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…

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Jan 31, 2024June 4, 2024

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…

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