Mar 24, 2018 | Hardware Synth, Synthesis
Novation is presenting the Circuit Mono Station as a Bass Station II with a Sequencer. My first impression was that is had a less powerful synthesis engine. But When I actually tried it, I was more than amaze. I’m now thinking of selling my Bass Station II to...
Mar 22, 2018 | Groovebox & Drum machine, Hardware Synth
Novation Circuit MonoStation : First impression The Novation Circuit series is a really fun series. The original Circuit brought in a very fun and powerful sequencer playing 2 NOVA synths on top of triggering 4 sampled drum sounds. The Circuit Mono Station reuses the...
Mar 19, 2018 | Hardware Synth
How to program the D-05 sequencer The D-05 includes a Sequencer and an Arpeggiator. They can be used separately or simultaneously. Together they could even offer some type of accompagnement: i.e. With a patch in Split mode you could program a bassline on the Lower...
Feb 26, 2018 | Hardware Synth, Synthesis
The Waldorf Rocket It’s a small synth desktop module that packs a punch. It has a Virtual analogue Oscillator combined with a real Waldorf analogue filter. One top of that, it has one LFO, an Arp and an audio VCF in. It has no memory. What you see it what you...
Feb 24, 2018 | Hardware Synth, Other News
The MX-1 : the best mixer for the Roland boutique? Which mixer is the best for using with the Roland Boutique series. When using more than one boutique synth the question come fast. Some think the MX-1 is the ultimate Boutique Mixer. It’s made by Roland It...
Feb 21, 2018 | Hardware Synth, Synthesis
Why is the D-50 important historically? The Roland D-50 was the first big hit Rompler with a twist. Just after the huge success of the Yamaha’s DX-7 FM synthesis the rapid evolution of technology brought the option of using short digital recording of actual sounds as...
