Arturia Analog Factory Experience
May 2008
If you’ve hunted down a Minimoog, Roland Jupiter-8, or Sequential Prophet-5 or VS, you’re a synth enthusiast. If you’ve captured a rarer beast such as a modular Moog, Yamaha CS-80, or ARP 2600, you’re a synth fanatic. If you own several ...
Waldorf Blofeld
May 2008
Waldorf, heir to the prestigious synth bloodline that began with PPG in the early ’80s, is the latest in a series of great names to come out swinging after a stretch in business limbo; Moog, Kurzweil, Prophet, and Rhodes are some others. ...
Edirol PCR-800
April 2008
Synthesizers are inherently unexpressive. There, I’ve said it: The dirty little secret of electronic keyboards.
Ketron SD2
April 2008
Sometimes a piece of gear has some quality that grabs your attention before you’ve even had a chance to put the thing through its paces. The first cool thing you notice about the Ketron SD2 Orchestral Wizard is its size. The idea of ...
Apogee Duet
April 2008
Apogee is one of those prestige brands that’s synonymous with high quality and performance. Their AD-16x analog-to-digital converter and Big Ben master clock have become must-have staples for any serious commercial studio. It’s not ...
Digidesign Mbox 2 Micro
April 2008
Digidesign is very clear about who the Mbox 2 Micro is for: Pro Tools users who want to work with their sessions on a laptop without having to cart around any sort of bulky audio interface. Sure, other Mbox interfaces are compact, but ...
Bleep Labs Thingamagoop
April 2008
When a true analog synth is the size of an effects pedal, it’s newsworthy. When that box is designed to look like a toy robot, it’s noteworthy. When the sounds that emanate from said robot are a treasure trove of glitchy electronica, ...
Way Out Ware KikAxxe
March 2008
Virtual instruments keep getting better. Based on KikAxxe, I’d say they’re getting less expensive, too: If you’ve been looking for a virtual analog soft synth, you’d be hard-pressed to find better bang for the buck. But do you have ...
Audioease Altiverb 6
March 2008
Altiverb revolutionized the art of mixing music on computers. Or at least, Dutch developers AudioEase redefined how we could create a sense of space when it came to mixing “inside the box.” Prior to Altiverb, software reverbs all had ...
Vir2 Syntax
March 2008
The proliferation of sound libraries with included plug-in instrument engines has made it pretty difficult for any one library to stand out, particularly when a goodly portion of them are offered with Native Instruments’ Kontakt Player ...
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