Elektron Analog OS 1.22 Features Overview

This video is an overview of the Elektron Analog OS 1.22 for the Analog Four & Analog Keys. Here’s what they have to say about the update:

March 7, 20165 Comments

The Roland RS-505 Paraphonic String Synthesizer

This video, via Classic Vintage, demos the Roland RS-505 Paraphonic String Synthesizer, a classic 70s string synth.

March 5, 20164 Comments

Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 Now Shipping

Dave Smith Instruments has announced that the OB-6, a collaboration with synth pioneer Tom Oberheim, is now shipping. The OB-6 features a sound engine inspired by Oberheim’s original SEM (the core of his 4-voice and 8-voice synthesizers). The OB-6 is designed to provide the SEM tone, with the stability and flexibility of modern technology.

March 3, 201615 Comments

AKAI AX60 Ambient Space Music

Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via synth4ever, captures an ambient space music performance, Celestial Being, on an Akai AX60 synthesizer. The AX60 is a 6-voice analog synth from the 80s.

February 21, 20164 Comments

Tiracon 6V Analog Synthesizer (1987)

The demo video, via RetroSound, demonstrates the rare Tiracon 6V analog synthesizer from the year 1987. RetroSound’s Marko Ettlich notes that the Tiracon 6V is a polyphonic synth keyboard that was made in GDR. “I saw this synthesizer first at the Leipziger autumn fair in 1987. It was the second synth made in GDR after the monophonic Vermona… Read More Tiracon 6V Analog Synthesizer (1987)

February 20, 2016February 20, 20169 Comments

Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 vs Dave Smith Instrument Prophet 6 Patch Comparison

This video, via SyntheticThings, is a head-to-head comparison of the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 and the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6. “We compare the same patch on both the DSI Prophet-6 and the OB-6 to compare the similarities and differences between these two great synthesizers.”

February 17, 201633 Comments

Does The Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 Have The Classic Oberheim Sound?

Can the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 do classical Oberheim sounds? That’s the question that synthesist Peter M Mahr explores with a series of audio demos of the new synth:

February 16, 201627 Comments