Posted on 08/11/2006
2006: A sudden urge to nurse a poor little orphan baby keyboard, while its sinister synth grannies observe from behind. A quasi-rockstar pose, holding a Korg Microcontrol in a setting with the Oberheim Xpander analog polysynth, and the custom Moog Sonix VI rising in the background. The Sonic Six was signed by Robert Moog personally […]
Posted on 01/04/1986
The Oberheim Xpander was a very ambitious synth for the time (1984). It features a very flexible analog subtractive engine, and adds a Modulation Matrix that gives it a lot of extra flexibility compared to fixed signal path synths prevalent of the period. It’s 6 voice can be split in 6 fully independent monophonic synths, […]
Posted on 09/11/1985
The Emu Emulator II is a nice machine, but originally came with a semi-hefty price tag that limited owners to recording studios and wealthy musicians. The sound library was available both on Floppy Disks and CD-ROM. The CD-ROM version is much more practical, since it contains a large library on each disc, with only little swapping of […]