Korg has officially announced a new addition to the microKorg family – the microKORG XL. The original microKorg was a big hit for Korg, because it’s cheap, it sounds pretty good, it looks cool, it’s easy to use and it’s got a funky vocoder. Now an advanced microKorg is available that’s not just an updated microKorg, but a… Read More Korg’s New Synth: The MicroKorg XL
King Beezy makes a beat with the Open Labs Timbaland Special Edition Neko. It seems like there are tons of hip-hop producers working with the NeKo – any readers using the NeKo for other genres?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijJ9JiWoq-o Is MicroKorg XL the jumbo shrimp of synths? From the name – it sounds like it should be a full-size MicroKorg, but from the video it looks like something very different.
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This video, via ElectronicMusicGear, demos the presets of the Roland V-Synth GT.
This GearWire demo video looks at the vocoder features of the Alesis Micron. The Alesis Micron is an 8-voice, 3-octave analog modeling synthesizer. The micron’s compact design delivers the power of large synthesizers like the Alesis Ion (the Micron is compatible with Ion programs).
Matthew Davidson (Stretta) demos the Analoque Systems French Connection. Based upon the Ondes Martenot, the French Connection is a unique controller for virtuoso performance. By placing a finger through the ring suspended below the physical keyboard the player can smoothly glide between notes by moving the playing hand from left to right, and create natural vibrato… Read More Matthew Davidson Demos The French Connection
This video, Where Are You?, captures Stretta (Matthew Davidson) playing a French Connection controller against a looping phrase. If you listen carefully to the phrase, the pulses change slightly throughout the composition. The French Connection is controlling a small collection of modules including a Cwejman VCO-RM2, MMF1, Plan B model 11 and Doepfer VCA. The left hand… Read More Gorgeous French Connection Synth Work
jetdaisuke apparently has loads of cash, because he’s always demoing new toys. Here, he demos a series of increasingly tiny small synthesizers. What’s next after the iPhone synthesizer?
This is a video introduction to the Andromeda A6 synthesizer, a state of the art digital/analog hybrid synthesizer.
