E-MU LONGBOARD 61 REVIEW

Posted on Fri 03 June 2011 in entries • Tagged with controller, keyboard, midi, synth

Yo, dudes and dudettes!!! We at Absolute Music are, like, totally ‘stoked’ to have the new E-MU LONGboards in! No, they’re not the longboards that you may have heard of before, i.e. the ones with wheels that allow you to skate around town! These LONGboards are keyboard-type instruments …


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SUBBOOMBASS REVIEW

Posted on Fri 06 May 2011 in entries • Tagged with papen, rob, software, subboombass, synth

You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.

SUBBOOMBASS - INTRODUCTION

I thought I would have a look at a piece of Software for a change and because Bass is such an important element in music that people want to feel …


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KORG SV-1 88 - CUSTOMER REVIEW

Posted on Wed 20 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with Korg, piano, stage, sv-1, synth

Last month, one of our customers, Tim Hender, submitted a fairly in-depth review of the Korg SV-1 88... in fact it seemed so in-depth that we decided it was worthy of a blog post of it's own, so with his permission, here it is!

KORG SV-1 88 - HOW DID I …


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ROLAND JUPITER-80 PREVIEW

Posted on Fri 15 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with roland, synth, synthesiser

The Roland Jupiter-8 is perhaps my favourite synthesiser of all time! If you listen to some of the demonstrations on Youtube then you will understand why. It just produces such a beautiful, warm and distinctive analogue sound, and it can create a huge variety of different timbres from dynamic pads …


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KORG MONOTRIBE PREVIEW

Posted on Tue 12 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with analogue, Korg, monotribe, monotron, synth, synthesiser

What do you get if you lock a Korg Monotron and a Korg Electribe in a romantic, candlelit Honeymoon suite in an expensive Paris hotel? Yes, that’s right… absolutely nothing… apart from your Monotron and Electribe back, assuming one of the candles didn’t blow over and set fire …


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M-AUDIO VENOM REVIEW - TONY LONG

Posted on Mon 11 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with m-audio, synth, synthesiser, venom

You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.

M-AUDIO VENOM - INTRODUCTION

M-Audio are a company who design and import a range of audio products such as DAW interfaces, monitors, mics, MIDI controllers, Digital Pianos and DJ software and controllers. They …


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WALDORF Q PHOENIX - LONELY HEARTS AD

Posted on Wed 23 March 2011 in entries • Tagged with keyboard, synth, synthesiser

I think you had better sit down before reading this next piece of news…. and have a packet of tissues at the ready… because this is a rather sad blog post I’m afraid… it’s the news that we have one of, if not the very last brand spanking …


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SPECTRASONICS OMG-1 MOOG FOUNDATION CONTEST

Posted on Tue 22 March 2011 in Competitions • Tagged with synth

OMG-1The perks of being an Omnisphere user just keep getting better...Back in January at the Winter Namm show, amidst the excitement of the Omnisphere 1.5 update announcement and the incredibly impressive Omni TR iPad app, one other very extraordinary and unique instrument was causing a stir on the …


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KORG MICRO MACHINES

Posted on Thu 10 March 2011 in entries • Tagged with Korg, synth, synthesiser

KORG MICRO SERIES

If you’re short on space but you still need power, sounds and sampling in abundance, look no further than the micro series from Korg…

There are plenty of people out there who’ll tell you that ‘size isn’t everything’ and ‘small is beautiful’ and these …


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MOOG SLIM PHATTY

Posted on Thu 10 March 2011 in entries • Tagged with moog, synth, synthesiser

Hot on the heels of the Voyager XL comes an offering at the other end of the scale. It’s the most portable and most affordable Moog synth yet…

The compact Moog Little Phatty keyboard caused something of a stir when it was first released. It offered a lighter array …


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