BigCityMusic demos the presets on the Dave Smith Instruments MoPho: “This is a bad little synth. The sub-oscillators make for a super beefy low end and the internal sequences are inspiring right out of the box.”
A video demo of the Moog Taurus analog bass pedal synthesizer.
Bleep Labs has reintroduced the ThingamaWEEN – an anthropmorphic robot synthesizer, styled for Halloween. Four options are available: Bella Lubleepy – vampire The Ghost of Robot TB1X – robo-ghost Jack-O-Lumen – jack-o-lantern The Modern Prometh-O-Lux – monster The Thingamaween retails for $130.
Microscopics’ Mat Jarvis shares a collection of extreme close up vintage gear porn of the Roland AP-2 Phase II, a superb phaser from the 70’s that is used on a lot of classic recordings. Unfortunately, it came with some vintage kinks: I decided to treat myself for my birthday (Friday 26th) and bought a vintage… Read More Vintage Gear Porn: The Roland AP-2 Phaser
http://www.vimeo.com/1820127 This is a direct comparison between a vintage analog Moog Minimoog (1976) and a Creamware Minimax ASB, trying to use the same settings on both instruments and playing them together or one at a time. The video was recorded “live” with two cameras and a Panasonic AVE5 video mixer (I’m switching channels manually between… Read More Analog MiniMoog Vs Virtual Analog Minimax ASB
A video demo of a strange electro-mechanical circuit-bent Casio SK-1.
This is a demo of Eric Barbour’s Metasonix S-1000 all-tube Wretch Machine in action. There are different clips, some using the Wretch as a drum processor, some as a synth. There’s a short little bit with the pulser section too. It’s not very nice sounding, but aren’t most synths trying to sound nice? Different is good. via bigcitymusic
Therminator 1.0 may not be controlled like a real theremin, but the sound is similar and musically useful. As the developers say, “it makes a passable alternative to the real deal, especially in places where noise is a big issue. And it’s good for annoying friends as well!”
IK Multimedia has announced the release of a new range of accessories for StompIO, IK’s custom pedalboard and amp rig. The new GPU Stage case is a rugged metal enclosure designed to fit a Mini PC or Mac Mini, allowing users to gig live with a mini computer onstage directly next to StompIO. StompIO is designed… Read More IK Multimedia Shipping StompIO Accessories
DigiTech has upgraded the JamMan Looper with a 1GB CompactFlash memory card – giving it over three hours of loop time and storage. Features include: 1/4″ instrument input, balanced XLR input, and stereo 1/8″ auxiliary input jacks. Guitars, bass, vocals and audio from MP3 players can be sampled, looped and overdubbed in one of 100 loop memories.… Read More JamMan Updated To Have Over 3 Hours Of Loop Time
