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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NORD STAGE 2

Posted on Tue 08 March 2011 in entries • Tagged with keyboard, nord, piano, stage, synth, synthesiser

Much of the recent NAMM 2011 piano-emulation talk has been dominated by the monster that is the Korg Kronos. However, another product that certainly deserves some recognition in this area is the new Nord Stage 2 keyboard synthesiser. Here I will attempt to give you a bit of information on …


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M-AUDIO VENOM PREVIEW

Posted on Mon 21 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with avid, m-audio, review, synth, synthesiser

I once DJ’d at a night in Banbury and before my set I got talking to one of the other DJ’s. Naturally, talk turned to music, and I asked him what sort of music he played…the answer I got was a single word, spoken in a deep …


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KORG KRONOS PREVIEW

Posted on Wed 16 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with keyboard, Korg, kronos, review, synth, synthesiser

The Korg Kronos - arguably the most anticipated product of the year (and it's only February!) So it seems only right that I dedicate a blog post to fill you in on what this bad boy can do! So I guess this post is actually more of a preview than a …


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NOVATION ULTRANOVA REVIEW 2

Posted on Thu 10 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with Novation, review, synth, synthesiser, ultranova

What? Another Novation Ultranova review from Absolute Music? Yes, but this time you're getting the opinions of Tony Long, rather than myself... and you can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music! Enjoy!

NOVATION ULTRANOVA - INTRODUCTION

As I recall, Novation were …


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ACCESS VIRUS TI2 POLAR WHITEOUT REVIEW

Posted on Thu 03 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with access, review, synth, synthesiser, virus

I'm sure that when Access released their first Virus synthesiser back in 1997, they must have known that they were onto something special. Since that day, the Virus synth series has greatly expanded, and with it has come a mass of loyal followers, who swear by the quality of sounds …


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DAVE SMITH INSTRUMENTS TETRA REVIEW

Posted on Wed 26 January 2011 in entries • Tagged with analogue, dave smith, instruments, review, synth, synthesiser, tetra

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

DAVE SMITH TETRA - INTRODUCTION

Dave Smith who co-developed the DSI-120 integrated circuit that was used in the famous Prophet 08 in 2007 and the Mopho …


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