Synthesizers
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If you’re a guitar player with more than a passing interest in stompboxes, you’ve probably heard of Electro-Harmonix. You’ve probably seen Electro-Harmonix pedals too—and once you’ve noticed them, they’re hard to forget, with their signature, stylish “pedal in a tin can” look.
Nothing tinny about the sound though: Electro Harmonix have provided pedals that have pounded their way into players’ picking arsenals for decades, and the
Novation has been producing professional-quality electronic instruments for over two decades. They were one of the first companies to create and perfect virtual analog technology with their “Analog Sound Modeling (ASM),” which, even by today’s standards, sounds incredible. Novation has left an indelible mark on the synthesizer landscape and their latest creation, the Peak 8-Voice Analog Synthesizer, offers a hybrid, digital/analog
Waldorf has debuted a working prototype of its new flagship Quantum 8-Voice Analog/Digital Hybrid Synthesizer. The instrument features three oscillators per voice, with each oscillator offering four flavors of synthesis, including wavetable, analog-style waveforms, particle (sampling granular synthesis), and resonator, which is comprised of a resonating filter bank. Two “true-analog” OTA filters per voice are inserted within the digital signal path, followed by a “Digital Former” effects section, which includes distortion, drive, bit-crushing,
Building upon the success of the original microKORG, first released in 2002, Korg has upped the ante with the new microKORG S Synthesizer/Vocoder. With a familiar form factor,
If you are a musician or producer looking to get into the Eurorack modular synthesizer platform, but find the technology confusing or overly expensive, then the Lifeforms SV-1 Blackbox from Pittsburgh Modular might be your ticket. The SV-1 is a complete semi-modular synthesizer voice in a complete stand-alone desktop
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In the following video, B&H’s resident audio guru, Rob Rives, demonstrates the Arturia Virtual Collection 4, an amalgam of 13 of the company’s 64-bit virtual instruments. Rives runs through a handful of demos, giving you a taste of what some of the included virtual instruments’ capabilities, as well as how their sounds can complement each other while building a track. He also demonstrates some of the included presets,