Articles Tagged “Synthesis”
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Jackin House Essentials
Loopmasters drop the funky sound of Jackin House with an extra special dose of bumpy beats and filtered riffs together with some seriously funky bass lines that can be used across multiple genres such as…
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Moog Sub Phatty: The phattest family member
Moog’s highly successful Phatty line now has a new member in the super low-end Sub Phatty synth. According to Moog’s president, Mike Adams, “We set out to design the grittiest Moog synth ever, one that still…
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Native Instruments FM8: Skrillex Squeals to Eno Atmospherics
Like its predecessor the FM7, Native Instruments FM8 is loosely based on the famed DX7 Frequency Modulation synth from Yamaha. Although the original hardware synth was a complex beast to program, the sounds it was…
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Loopmasters drop the Trafik Toolkit Elektronika pack
English progressive house duo TRAFIK are one of Global Underground’s seminal artists, and have a unique sound developed from diverse influences in the worlds of dance, EDM, and rock music. Their style is underpinned by lush orchestral…
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Native Instruments Action Strings provides all the drama you need.
Our high opinion of Native Instruments is plain viewing on eMusicAdvisor, and the release of Action Strings is another hole-in-one from my perspective. The phrases in ACTION STRINGS were performed by the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague…
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Free Natives: 4 NI Instrument Players
As I wrote on my website Elliott Clarke Drums, I’ve recently been using some of Native Instruments free products. Having previewed Komplete 8 I just wasn’t happy with the stock sounds I had available, and…
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Beat this: Arturia Spark hardware and software drum machine.
Arturia, creators of countless synth emulations and the incredible MiniBrute synth, have now entered the world of hardware drum machines. Arturia Spark is their first offering, currently on version 1.4.1. The hardware/software hybrid, touted as…
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Virus TI Snow: A Pocket-sized Storm
Access Music’s Virus synth has an unmistakable sound. Versatile though it is, from cutting leads to staccato arps and smooth evolving pads, there is an indescribable quality that undeniably says “Virus”. The TI (Total Integration)…
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Skanner XT: Native Instruments Bring The Wobble
I live on the test flight path of RAF Boulmer, which means we occasionally get low-flying fighter jets rumbling over the house. However, that thundering low-end pales in comparison to Native Instruments Skanner XT. Part sampler,…
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Virtual meets vintage: Korg’s Legacy Collection
Back in 2007, Korg’s snappily-named KLCAE07 (Korg Legacy Collection Analog Edition ’07) brought us the classic sounds of the MS-20, PolySix and Mono/Poly hardware synths, in one user-friendly softsynth package. The programmers aimed to recreate not just…
