Experimental Synth’s Chris Stack sent this video our way from his recent Synth Party. Sadly, we weren’t invited – but it does look like it was quite the soiree, with Korg, Moog & Yamaha in attendance. Stack adds, “If it’s not fun, it’s not music.”
Music gear retailer Hard To Find is now listing the Korg Monotribe at £169, or about $277. If case you missed it, here are the specs for the Monotribe: The powerful sound of true analog synthesis 3-part analog drums, using discrete analog circuitry Popular Electribe-style sequencing. Active Step and Flux features for realtime dynamic loop manipulation Advanced multi-function… Read More Would You Pay $277/£169 For The Korg Monotribe?
Eowave has introduced the Koma synthesizer – a new analogue bassline synthesizer, inspired by classic synths from the 80s. Features include 4 different waveforms (saw, square, sub, noise), a 24 dB low-pass filter and a 16-step sequencer. The 16 steps sequencer has 4 rows: 1 for the notes and 3 that are freely assignable to… Read More Eowave Koma Analogue Bassline Synth + Sequencer First Look
Moby shares some interesting thoughts about his interest in making a drum machine museum in a new interview with Rick Moody: “There are seven billion people on the planet, and I realize I will never ever be the best at anything. But I can potentially have the world’s largest collection of drum machines. So when… Read More Moby’s Dream – A Drum Machine Museum
Reader Alex Theakston sent us this video of Cyril Lance, Senior Engineer at Moog Music, sharing his thoughts on what’s under the hood in the Moog Taurus III bass pedals, as well as sharing a selection of some of the “brutal sounds” it can create.
The Casio VL-1 vs the Teenage Engineering OP-1 – “A photo that pretty much had to be made.” Image via Maggie Osterberg & the Synthtopia Flickr Group.
Travis Thatcher shared this sneak preview of the upcoming Voice Of Saturn Synth II: I’ve implemented 3 of the possible 6 oscillators on this one (though the old sequencer case I used will hold 5). The circuit is based around a schmitt trigger oscillator. Super simple, and easy to make a lot of them. Sorry… Read More Voice of Saturn Synth II Sneak Preview
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Have you weighed in on the hottest new synth of Musikmesse 2011 yet? It was actually a pretty good year for hardware synths. Korg introduced a new synth + sequencer combination, the Korg Monotribe. Roland introduced the massive Jupiter 80 synthesizer. Yamaha introduced the budget-minded Mox 6 & 8 keyboards. Nord came through with the Electro 3… Read More Vote For The Hottest New Synth Of Musikmesse 2011!
