I hear you, we’re late on this. Softube Model 84 came out last year, so why bother talking about it now? Three reasons: 1) I finally got to spend some quality time with it, 2) it’s never too late to talk about quality products… aaaand 3) we’re getting close to…
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Goldbaby KazioTron Keys – Cassette Vibes And 80s home keyboards
Goldbaby is back with another juicy sample pack, KazioTron Keys (killer name, BTW!). The warm, lo-fi goodness of cassette tape married to the nostalgia and character of 80s home keyboards. Think of KazioTron Keys as a cassette Mellotron with vintage 80s home keyboard tapes. Soft, mellow keys. Woozy emotive synths….
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Making a Record – How To Recreate Late ’70s/Early ’80s Sounds
A few months ago, I was asked to work as a producer/sound-designer on a low-budget indie record. The artist intended to recreate a certain late ’70s/early ’80s vibe (think new wave meets electropop). My job was to capture the ‘sonic essence’ of that era. I thought it would be interesting…
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Puremagnetik Nighthawk – Dystopian ’80s Soundtrack Inspiration
Our friends at Puremagnetik have just released a new instrument plugin, Nighthawk – in their words “a synthesizer inspired by film soundtracks such as Tron, Blade Runner and Escape from New York. Nighthawk is capable of generating complex, evolving sounds similar to those of the Yamaha CS-80 and Oberheim Xpander”….