Yamaha MX49 & MX61 Review
Yamaha is well known for its powerful workstation keyboards, but it has also recently started to develop instruments designed for the more mobile or space-conscious musician. Its MX series combines a range of functions More...
Elektron Analog Four Review
When a company’s products appear in the studios of artists such as Trent Reznor and Richie Hawtin, you get the impression that it must be doing something right. However, it wasn’t until recently that we got More...
Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013 Round-up Part 1
Here’s the first of two MusicTech Frankfurt 2013 round-ups. Next week we’ll look at all things recording but now Senior Editor Andy Jones gets synthy… Frankfurt’s Musikmesse is the biggest More...
MiniNova Review
Novation helped to power the sound of electronic music in the 1990s with its classic BassStation and Supernova synths, and went on to become one of the leading developers of compact but powerful synthesizers and More...
SM32 Progressive House 2 Review
The latest library from Sample Magic sees producers Sami Liuski and Stedd stacking up the saw waves for Progressive House 2. A fair bit has changed in club land since the first Progressive House pack three years More...
Voyager (Kontakt Edition) Review
Despite being ten years old, the Moog Voyager remains one of the most sought-after analogue mono synths. Although its features may seem paltry by comparison to the complex modulation matrices of modern soft synths, More...
Tronto Review
Virtual instrument producer Tronsonic is on a mission: the company wants modern studio users and performers to rediscover the warmth and character of analogue sound synthesis – not through emulation, but by More...
INTEGRA-7 Review
Until fairly recently, studio workhorse instruments were generally hardware rather than software-based. Roland’s JV-1080, for example, was an incredibly popular general-purpose sound module that was used extensively More...
Curve 2 Review
Cableguys are a German outfit making a small but growing range of software plug-ins, the latest of which is Curve 2, an update to its original Curve synth. The name comes from the fact that it’s based heavily More...
Blade Review
Software synthesizers aren’t exactly in short supply these days, and additive synthesis is looking to be a new trend, with companies such as Native Instruments and Image Line already having recently released More...
