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Sep 2, 2022

Vital 🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻

Everybody from KORG to NI to Arturia has been trying to catch and eat Serum. Even Roland (Roland!) has finally dabbled with wavetables. Vital is the fox that finally got…

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Sep 1, 2022May 16, 2025

AKAI MPC Part 2.

In which I actually used the damn thing as intended. (Yes, Donald Duck Hat, just keep moving.) I’ve previously written about the MPC as if it was an old white…

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Aug 12, 2022August 2, 2023

Electro Harmonix Mini Synthesiser 🧻🧻

I had one in 1981. It wore out. But now you can get it on your iPad. It sounds like a sick duck.

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Jul 31, 2022March 24, 2025

[MPC] AIR’s Revenge? 🧻🧻🧻

(Update 2025) You may have read my previous assay into the travails of Advanced Instrument Research, once the shining jewel of ProTools and now the Pinocchio of AKAI’s travelling puppet…

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Jun 25, 2022September 11, 2024

Roland AIRA MC-707 🧻🧻💩

Updated 11 Sept 2024 with new information about a third party editor. This is the fourth version of this article, and I have become more critical. I recently decided to…

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Jun 4, 2022August 12, 2022

Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate 13 🧻🧻🧻

Like a fat guy running down the street chased by wolves trying not to drop his ice cream. As an owner of Komplete 9 I’ve been offered an upgrade to…

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May 21, 2022July 5, 2023

Kilohearts Phase Plant 2 🧻🧻🧻

There is something called Superbooth which seems to involve a competition for how many cables you can shove into a box full of sockets without the marbles falling down a…

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May 11, 2022January 12, 2026

Arturia V Collection 11 🧻🧻🧻

“YES BUT THIS COLLECTION GOES UP TO ELEVEN” This page covers the V Collection from version 9 onward. It is currently being refreshed.For earlier versions please go to this page…

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Nov 7, 2021August 25, 2025

Pop My Cherry!

This is the mission of the Starship ManCave.The obvious title that boldly Goes Too Far. This page has their general reproductions only. For their original titles please go here. For…

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Oct 10, 2021March 17, 2025

Modular Madness

Vaccination, Gender Identity, Rolling Stones versus The Beatles – all flash points where sane human beings become nightmare beasts. Add to this infamy the cult of modular synthesis. I have…

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  • Virtual Wood – emulations of the past
  • From Beyond – explorations of the future
  • Toys
  • iPad isn’t dead it’s just resting

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