A common trick among artists is to take tracks of digital origin and to process them in the analog domain to give them an “analog” flavor. The idea is to utilize cheap used analog gear and cheap digital synths you can find on Ebay to produce awesome analog sounding tracks, without having to break...

The iPad music revolution is brewing. It seems every month we get new MIDI & OSC controllers apps. It is a matter of time before we see hundreds of MIDI / OSC / Ableton touchscreen controlling programs! Here is the latest round-up of iPad & Android MIDI controller apps: Midipad Midipad is the one of...

I have read a few articles about how the iPad is going to be the next MIDI controller killer.. It goes like this.. one iPad is going to eventually replace many if not all of the following dedicated MIDI / OSC Controllers: Novation Launch Pad, Korg Kaossilator Pro, Yamaha Tenori on, Akai MPC-1000, Monome...

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...

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,...