Sweetwater’s Daniel Fisher takes a look at a prototype of the new Arturia MiniBrute Analog Synthesizer, which was one of the most exciting introductions at this year’s NAMM Show.
Fisher takes a thorough walkthrough of its parameters and features, with plenty of audio demos. The Minibrute can be controlled with CV, MIDI, or USB-MIDI, and it’s even got an external audio input that lets you run signals through the multi-mode filter and amplifier sections.
via SweetwaterSound
The Casio CZ-1 was the top of the Casio’s CZ synthesizer line. The CZ series were a family of low-cost phase distortion synthesizers produced by Casio mid-1980s.
The CZ-1 synthesizer offered the classic CZ sound, but also featured stored splits and layers , velocity and aftertouch sensitivity. The CZ-1 also featured a backlit display – an improvement over the rest of the series.
There were eight models of CZ synthesizers released:
Additionally the home-keyboard model CT-6500 used 48 phase-distortion presets from the CZ line.
The CZ series were flexible synthesizers, and their price made programmable synthesizers affordable.
If you’ve used the Casio CZ-1, leave a comment with your thoughts! Continue reading
This is a quick audio demo of using a Korg DW-8000 to create Vangelis‘ signature Yamaha CS-80 sound.
Pretty good approximation, eh?
via BromusTbg:
I tried to do very famous Yamaha CS-80 sound on my DW-8000. I used aftertouch to LFO and filter modulation.