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Retrosound, whose videos we’ve featured here frequently, has released a couple of albums of vintage-synth filled music, Ambient Traxx & Electro Traxx.

• Ambient Traxx features sound landscapes in the style of Vangelis, J.-M. Jarre, Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter. You an preview a track from Ambient Traxx, Cold Land, above.
• Electro Traxx features music in the 80’s styles of Kraftwerk, Yazoo and Human League.

Both feature the 100% virtual analog-free sound of vintage synths, directly played and recorded.

If you’ve listened to either of these albums, leave a comment with your thoughts!

In this official Cakewalk video, composer, remixer and producer Justin Lassen (creator of the ‘Synaesthesia’ series) offers his impressions of the SONAR V-Studio 700 package. The Fantom VS (Roland Synthesizer) and Channel Strip / EQ controls are among his favorite features.

Recorded live at NAMM 2009.