Apr 22, 2018 | Hardware Synth, Synthesis
Novation is always coming up with cool and interesting approach to traditionnal synth. They have now the PEAK, an 8 voices polyphonic desktop module that uses NCOs. What are Numerically Controlled Oscillators? Announcing the PEAK as having ” Digital where it...
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...
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 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...
Feb 17, 2018 | Groovebox & Drum machine, Hardware Synth, Synthesis
The Novation Circuit Synthesis engine The Novation Circuit has 2 Nova Synths. Those synth are surprisingly powerful. The original Nova synth where part of the first generation of virtual analogue synths. Like I explained in another post Novation Circuit firmware 1.6...
