Music ALIBII explore overthinking and tantalising obsession on new single Figure 8 by Happy Prepare to be swept away by ALIBII’s Figure 8—a mesmerizing fusion of indie rock and synth pop that takes you on a journey of haunting verses, dance-worthy choruses, and a…
News Pro Audio Arturia MicroFreak Update: A Powerful Small Analog Synth Just Got a Huge Overhaul by Tim McArtney Arturia’s MircoFreak has a killer update featuring user sample importing, a new sample playback engine, 3 new granular engines, enhanced envelopes, plus more. One of the most overlooked synths is…
News Pro Audio Moog Mavis: A Powerful, Affordable Semi-Modular Analog Synthesizer For Leads, Pads, Perc and Bass by Tim McArtney Moog released a semi-modular analog synthesizer mid-last year called Mavis. This powerful, build-it-yourself kit brings the sound of Moog to your studio — without the expense — in a tiny…
News Pro Audio FabFilter Twin 3: An Intuitive Soft Synth Where Creativity Rules by Tim McArtney If you want technicality to take a back seat and creativity to drive, you might want to try FabFilter’s Twin 3 Software Synthesizer. We reviewed this intuitive synth in the…
News Pro Audio Polyverse Music Supermodal: A Powerful and Creative Filter to Drag You Out of a Rut by Tim McArtney Legends of creative plugins Polyverse Music has an incredible sound sculptor for you, Supermodal. It’s a powerful new modal filter, that will beat stagnation out of any sound. If you…
Music Loxki’s ‘Shape In A Bag’ is an emotionally charged debut about the power of grief by Laura Hughes Shape In A Bag is a melancholic and immersive synth-pop debut release from Loxki that speaks to the power of grief. Emerging from Fremantle is artist Loxki, who has burst…
News Pro Audio Arturia MiniFreak V: A Perfect Emulation of the Hardware by Tim McArtney Legendary music company Arturia has dropped the MiniFreak V: A perfect emulation of their MiniFreak hybrid polysynth. Worlds of software and hardware collide with Arturia’s MiniFreak now that they’ve released…
News M83 announce new album and release first single ‘Oceans Niagara’ a sweeping electro-pop dream by Tammy Moir M83 best known for the synth-laden killer track ‘Midnight City’ announces new forthcoming full-length album, ‘Fantasy’ set to drop March 17th, 2023. To coincide with today’s album announcement, French multi-instrumentalist Anthony…
Music News Find yourself entranced with Brendon John Warner’s latest single ‘The Sombre Warm’ by Happy The Sombre Warm is Brendon John Warner’s latest soundscape creation that will leave sitting on the edge of your seat with anticipation, completely captivated until the final note. Brendon John…
News Pro Audio Build your own ARP 2600 clone with the TTSH V4 by Happy The ARP 2600 is surely one of the immortal modular synths. The Human Comparator has unveiled version V4 of their clone, which you can build yourself. Swedish DIY synthesists, The…
Features Pro Audio Creating with Limitations and the Power of Toy Keyboards: the Casio VL-1 by Lewis Clarke We go diving into the Casio VL-1 calculator / keyboard hybrid and how creating with limitations can yield prodigious results. It’s a Saturday night and you’re in the crowd at…
News Pro Audio Watch this track being built step by step with the Casio SK-1 by Dan Shaw Youtuber Espen Kraft has dusted off his ancient Casio SK-1 and created a little gem. This cheap consumer-grade sampling keyboard is well and truly stretched to its limit in this…
News Pro Audio Tom Oberheim and GForce drop the Oberheim SEM by Tim McArtney Happy release day to the Oberheim SEM: an emulation by Tom Oberheim and GForce Software. The perfectly timed release on Tom Oberheim’s birthday is a beautiful plugin emulation of the…
