Here is a really cool video / audio track of a Tenori-on controlling realtime a Kyma (Capybara 320?) an Alesis Andromeda A6 and a Prophet ’08. There is no real information on how everything is setup.. but it sounds really nice! I just wish the Tenori-on wasn’t so expensive! Tenori-on Meets Kyma...

Following last month’s Oberheim Matrix 1000 editor / librarian round up, i am doing a Xmas review featuring the Yamaha’s TX81Z, a 4 operator FM synth that has the honor of being the first FM synth to feature 7 waves with different harmonic overtones to be used as FM operators. One of the great...

I recently purchased an Oberheim Matrix 1000 analog synth in “excellent” condition from someone on Ebay who had good feedback. Upon receipt of the unit and to my dismay, the unit could play only three voices out of six. The seller denied shipping me a damaged unit, so after pouring through the...

Ever since the first LPs and CDs were pressed, some record companies have been engaging is what is called the Loudness wars, where LPs and now CDs are being mastered to be louder and louder in order to get more radio airplay, to the point the ever increasing loudness has escalated to ridiculous levels,...

I just purchased a used Oberheim Matrix 1000 synth module, filled with Digitally controlled analog goodness. The Matrix 1000 is a 1U analog Synth made by analog keyboard synth maker Oberheim in the 1980s. The unit’s name comes from the fact that the synth has 1000 patches stored in 10 banks. The unit...