As part of a rather surprising media event in September 2019, Roland have released two new devices from their MC series, of which the MC-707 is the bigger one. With that, it somehow follows on the MC-808 from 2006, and ends a period of MC drought of over ten years. Let’s have a look at […]
Read more "Review: Roland MC-707"It’s been about three years since Behringer had started their analogue synth adventure with the DeepMind. And although it didn’t click with me personally, it’s clear that this is not only a cheap, but also a good synth. Since then, Behringer have followed up with lots of other synths, most of them fully analogue, and […]
Read more "Synth Thoughts: Is Behringer finally raking in the profits?"The growth path of Spielsachen: what do you do if you don’t want your system to actually get larger?
In the second of two articles, it’s about growing smaller, or an offspring if you will. A compact, portable setup that retains some (but not all) of the original Spielsachen principles.
Read more "Tech Thoughts: “Spielsachen” – growing smaller"The growth path of Spielsachen: what do you do if you don’t want your system to actually get larger?
In this first of two articles, it’s about sideways growth. Making things different, more efficient.
Read more "Tech Thoughts: “Spielsachen” – growing sideways"September of 2017 saw me get my first two Eurorack modules. Since then, my system has grown – and I learned a few things along the way. Let’s go over the most important ones.
Read more "Synth Thoughts: Lessons from the Eurorack Universe"Being able to assemble everything to your liking is one of the key advantages of modular synths. If your newly assembled wavetable synth gets a ladder filter, a lowpass gate, a six-pole opto-FET design or something else is entirely up to you. With that comes the necessity to do just that. To assemble a simple […]
Read more "Review: MFB Nanozwerg Pro"This is a tricky one. Do I like it, or rather not? I’m not so sure. To find out why that is, you’ll have to read on.
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