Posted on 17/02/2018
Posted on 23/08/2017
“King of the 80s sound”
4 decades of electronic music.
Posted on 17/05/2017
A different creature If you believe that a Roland Jupiter-6 is simply a boiled down version of the Jupiter-8, think again. The Jupiter-6 has got a different filter and synth engine. The addition of a true multimode filter (LPF/BPF/HPF) expands the sonic possibilities of the single synth engine. But the Jupiter-8’s ability to layer 2 different patches gives […]
Posted on 16/10/2016
Synthesizer pioneer and inventor Don Buchla sadly passed away on Sep.,16, 2016. In a long and unique career, Buchla was creating electronic musical instruments from the early 60’s and matched – or even preceded – Bob Moog in creating the first complete electronic music instrument – the Model 100. Don Buchla’s visions were different from […]
Posted on 23/07/2016
Frequency Modulation – or FM – is a key component in virtually all types of synthesizers, and has been an integral part of analog synthesizers from the very beginning. FM is a 2 component process, consisting of a modulator signal and a carrier signal. The modulator signal influences the frequency of the carrier signal. The […]
Posted on 20/07/2016
Among the many uses for an analog sequencer in a modular synth system, is using it as an advanced, multi-point envelope generator. Assign a trigger out from your keyboard to the “Trigger/Gate In” on your analog sequencer. Set the sequencer mode to “Single”, meaning that the sequencer will run through only one time, every time a key […]
Posted on 12/06/2016
The EML Synkey is an analog monophonic synthesizer from Electronic Music Labs, launched in the late 1970s and branded as “the first synthesizer you could program”. The synth featured basic synth parameters, and sounded … well, alright, without being a Moog/Arp killer. But it’s big and innovative thing was the Punch Card interface, that could […]
Posted on 19/04/2016
The analog video standards and production methods have now become mostly irrelevant with the advent of cheap digital video equipment of high quality, So a lot of old analog equipment can now be found at reasonable prices. The good thing is, that premium analog video recorders also can serve as high quality audio tape recorders, […]
Posted on 12/02/2014
Posted on 22/05/2013
Surround Monitor controllers come in 2 main flavours – active and passive. The active monitor switchers has circuitry that makes it comfortable and flexible to switch settings. However, this may come at an expense to the sound quality, since the signal passes through additional circuits before hitting your ears. This may lead to misjudgments about […]