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Watch In Awe As This Euro Dude Tries To Explain Modular Synthesisers
Meet Austrian-bred (but German-born) producer, composer and musician Patrick Pulsinger. He is a huge but really awesome nerd when it comes to modular synthesisers, and here he is trying to explain how it all works to a room full of interested people.
Korg’s Tiny Synthesisers: The Most Adorable Way To Lay Down Your Jams
Well, these new itty-bitty analogue synthesisers from Korg are just so cute I want to gobble them up. From the demo video above, it sounds like the three Volca series keyboards are lovely little groove machines you might want to use too.
The Awesome Blinky Lights And Gnarly Sounds From NAMM 2013
NAMM is the musical instrument industry’s annual woohoo of a trade show where all the big names show off the fancy new wares they want the musicians of the world to embrace. But if you don’t actually go to the show, the best part is watching demo videos full of crazy sound and batshit blinking lights. Here’s our favourite stuff from this year’s show, complete with the desire inducing videos.
Korg MS-20 Mini: 1970s Patchable Synthesiser Resurrected
From 1978 to 1983, Korg produced the MS-20, a two-oscillator analogue synth that was patchable with 6mm cables a lot like a custom modular synth setup. People liked it because of its smooth sound and because the patch panel allowed you a limited degree of customisability without needing to invest in additional units. The MS-20 mini is this classic synth reborn in a tinier package.
Herbie Hancock Blows Kids’ Minds With The Power Of Synthesised Music
Legendary jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock stops by Sesame Street to explain the inner workings of the state-of-the-art (in 1983, at least) Fairlight CMI synthesiser and its monochrome touchscreen monitor to a bunch of seven year-olds.
The Pianocade Makes Sweet Music With The Konami Code
And to think your parents claimed you were wasting your life playing thousands of hours of video games as a kid. Little did they know you were actually building up important musical skills that could one day see you performing at Carnegie Hall — at least if they let you play this fantastic Pianocade keyboard/video game controller hybrid.
The Moog Synthesiser Google Doodle IRL
Today’s Google Doodle for Robert Moog’s birthday is amazingly cool. The only thing cooler than a browser-based analogue synthesiser hooked up to a digital reel-to-reel tape machine is, well, a real Moog synthesiser hooked up to an actual tape machine.
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