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A serious contender to KORG and other players in the ultra-portable format has come through Skulpt. UK synth manufacturer Modal Electronics has announced its latest instrument, a four-voice virtual analog polysynth that will cost under $300. Skulpt launches on Kickstarter on July 13, and is described by Modal as the first of a “new […]

New ultra-portable four voice 32-oscillator synth from Modal Electronics

11 Jul, 2018 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged IK Multimedia / KORG / Modal Electronics / Skulpt / Synthesizer / UNO / Volca by admin

Have you fully embraced the iPad (or iPhone) as a key instrument in your music production set up, or are you merely using it as a mobile composing companion on the road, or are iOS synths something that is still out of your radar? In either case it is clear […]

Will the new KORG Mono/Poly hit our Top 10 iOS ...

30 Aug, 2017 in Music Production / Reviews / Synthesizers tagged BeepStreet / iMS-20 / iOS / iPad / iProphet / KORG / Mono/Poly / Moog / Poison-202 / PPG / Propellerhead / Sequential Circuits / Soft synth / Software / Sunrizer / Synthesizer / Thor / WaveMapper / Wolfgang Palm by admin

Well, not sure if we will ever see the famous keytar re-emerge on stage but it sure looks like Roland is well on its way to bring the classic SH-101 back into it line up of Boutique synths. First spotted in a video published on Instagram Story by Nick de Friez […]

Looks like Roland is adding the old keytar to its ...

26 Jul, 2017 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Behringer / KORG / Roland / SH-101 / Synthesizer by admin

Aphex Twin has unveiled a new track made exclusively from Korg gear. The new track was released and shared in connection with an interview with the former Korg engineer Tatsuya Takahashi. Together Aphex Twin and Takahashi had previously worked on the Korg Monologue synth to make it the only synth on the market to […]

Aphex Twin returns in an all out KORG track

13 Jul, 2017 in Interviews / Music / Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Aphex Twin / KORG / Modular synthesizers by admin

NAMM 2017 has ended and compared with the 2015/16 versions, this year’s event left us a bit on the disappointment side of things. Perhaps one cannot hope that each year will surpass the previous in terms of awesome releases of new software and thrilling new machines on the hardware side, […]

NAMM 2017 – Excitement that came and went

25 Jan, 2017 in Music Production / Reviews / Synthesizers tagged Dave Smith Instruments / Denon / Elektron / Jean Michel Jarre / KORG / Modular synthesizers / Moog / NAMM / Percussa / Stylophone / Teenage Engineering / Waldorf by admin

We have heard the rumors for quite some time now, both about the return of the ARP, but also that more Volcas were on their way. In yesterdays´s announcements from KORG we got all this plus a spiced up microKORG, a synth that kind of have become somewhat legendary now in […]

It´s KORG bonanza today – New Volca, microKORG and the ...

1 Sep, 2016 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged ARP Odessey / KORG / microKORG / Synthesizer / Volca by admin

Avoid spending thousands of dollars on expensive hardware or software gear or simply feel like killing time at work? The world, or rather the web, is full of browser based instruments that can be used for free and in this feature we will guide you to the best ones. Needless […]

The ultimate guide on how to be a browser based ...

24 Aug, 2016 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged Browser instruments / DAW / Drum machine / Flash / HTML / KORG / Moog / Roland / Synthesizer / Web by admin

KORG is a synthesizer company (no shit! hehe) that has truly embraced modern computing platforms. The company has made both top notch clones of their legacy machines like the MS-20, as well as new innovative apps like the KORG Gadget. Bandai Namco, on the other hand, has been very slow […]

KORG and Bandai Namco – The perfect marriage

5 Jul, 2016 in Synthesizers tagged Arcade / Atari / Bandai Namco / Chiptune / Commodore 64 / Games / iOS / KORG / NES / Pac-man / SID / Teenage Engineering by admin

Frequency modulation is not a new thing and it has certainly been a major force in many classic synth tracks over the years. Most notably of course was Yamaha´s introduction of the DX7. Now in 2016 we are seeing a revived interest in FM synthesis and one of the most […]

Time to revisit the power of modulation and FM synthesis

14 Mar, 2016 in Music Production / Synthesizers tagged FM synthesis / KORG / Yamaha by admin