History of Synthesizers: 1950 to 1970
June 11, 2013 – 7:42 am | No Comment

Previously we discussed how the synthesizer started to come to be from its earliest days as the 200 ton teleharmonium up until the creation of the trautonium (and mixtur-trautonium) in the 1930s and 40s, but …

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Korg Kronos – guess what it is, and win a Korg Monotron!
January 3, 2011 – 11:54 am | 148 Comments
Korg Kronos – guess what it is, and win a Korg Monotron!

Korg has released a teaser video of the new Korg Kronus that will be unveiled at NAMM 2011. Details are extremely sketchy, but they talk about it in terms that indicate that it’s supposed …

Korg Monotron vs Korg MS-20
August 13, 2010 – 10:08 am | 2 Comments
Korg Monotron vs Korg MS-20

The Korg MS-20 is one of the more coveted vintage synths these days, and as such they fetch some pretty high prices. People like them not only because of their patchability and knob-laden instant-gratification …

Roland Gaia SH-01 review
June 24, 2010 – 9:59 am | 3 Comments
Roland Gaia SH-01 review

A couple of days ago, Roland released the Gaia SH-01 with great fanfare. It’s basically a 37-note virtual analogue subtractive synthesizer aimed at the mid-market. It’s one of Roland’s knobbier synths recently, so …

Dave Smith Prophet 8 review
February 19, 2010 – 12:35 pm | One Comment
Dave Smith Prophet 8 review

D. Ramirez is a Music Producer and DJ who was voted DJ Magazine’s Best British Producer and Best British Remixer. He was also nominated for an Ivor Novello award for his remix of Bodyrox …

Review: Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard
May 20, 2009 – 11:59 pm | 4 Comments
Review: Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard

Waldorf Music AG is a synthesizer company hailing from Germany – they were founded in 2003, taking over the business of the Waldorf Electronics GmbH which had become insolvent. They’ve been best known for the Microwave …