Stephen Fortner
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- Technical Editor
Stephen Fortner
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The Most Recent stories by Stephen Fortner
- Oblivion Sun May 2008
Oblivion Sun [Prophase Music]
- 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. ...
- 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 ...
- Centrance MicPort Pro March 2008
“I love it when things just work” is my favorite catchphrase, or at least my favorite printable one. Even if you’re a die-hard Keyboard reader, though, you probably aren’t sick of me using it yet — but if every piece of audio ...
- Clavia Nord Wave March 2008
As a no-money-havin’ high schooler in the ’80s, the keyboard rig of my dreams included a Prophet-5 for ballsy analog sounds, a Yamaha DX7 for the percussive, bell-like stuff analog synths didn’t do so well, and an Emulator II sampler ...
- Mutemath March 2008
Any number of things about Mutemath could grab your attention: their Grammy nomination, their remake of the Transformers TV theme for the movie, or the fact that last September, they deftly reproduced the backwards movements ...
- Dangerous Music D-Box February 2008 You’ve crafted the perfect song on your DAW. Then, you click “bounce to disk” to get your mix down to a stereo file for mastering, and the result makes you wonder if your next quart of milk will say something on the carton about all the ...
- Bose L1 Model II February 2008
The L1 Model II improves on the original Personalized Amplification System (reviewed Dec. ’04), which aimed to make musicians think differently about live sound. Bose’s pitch was that conventional PAs use one set of speakers for what ...
- Simian Mobile Disco December 2007
Attack Decay Sustain Release [Interscope]
- FutureSynths KeySounds December 2007 What makes Justin Timberlake tick? Whether it’s the first keyboards in his musical memories, the joys of the Rhodes, or mixing his mind-blowing arena show in surround, it’s all about the sonic details.