Synth education guru Marc Doty has put together a mammoth collection of videos, embedded as a playlist above, looking at the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 synthesizer. The OB-6 is a new 6-voice synthesizer, developed by Dave Smith & Tom Oberheim, featuring an all-analog signal path and discrete VCOs and filters.
This video, via Gattobus, captures 10 covers in 10 minutes on the Roland JD-XA synthesizer. The demo was recorded straight from the Roland JD-XA to an audio interface, with no external audio processing.
Composer and sound designer Drew Neumann shared another video of his experiments and explorations with the Knifonium vacuum tube synthesizer:
Modal Electronics shared a new set of audio demos for their Modal 008 synthesizer:
At Musikmesse 2016, Yamaha was showcasing their new Montage synthesizer. The Yamaha Montage, available in 61-, 76- and 88-key configurations, offers twice the power of the Motif line, plus an advanced FM synth engine.
CZsounds is a new site that offers custom patch libraries for the vintage Casio CZ line of synthesizers. Here’s what the developer has to say about the site:
The Arturia MatrixBrute analog synthesizer, introduced at the 2016 NAMM Show, is a work in progress. But Arturia is offering a sneak preview of the MatrixBrute synthesizer at Superbooth 16 and Musikmesse 2016. Here are a few hands-on demos, offering both an update on both the state of the MatrixBrute and a preview of the… Read More Arturia MatrixBrute Hands-On Demos
At Superbooth 16, Nonlinear Labs was previewing their upcoming C15 Synthesizer. The Nonlinear Labs C15 Synthesizer is designed to be a performance-oriented keyboard, with a Fatar keyboard, lots of performance controls and an immediate interface.
Musikmesse 2016: Korg has introduced the Pa4X ORIENTAL Professional Arranger keyboard – a new synth that features Arabic, Persian, Turkish sounds and more. Here’s the official video intro:
German instrument distributor Electronic Music Components (e:m:c) has announced that it is taking orders on what it say will be the last 25 Schmidt Polyphonic Synthesizers, one of the most ambitious analog synths ever created.
