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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Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.5 – Hardware Synth Integration
At Superbooth, Spectrasonics announced a major update of its flagship software synthesizer Omnisphere. With the new version 2.5, Omnisphere becomes the first software synth in the world to offer a Hardware Synth Integration feature, which transforms well-known hardware synthesizers into extensive hands-on controllers for unlocking Omnisphere’s newly expanded synthesis capabilities….
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Sequential Prophet X – Dave Smith Meets 8Dio For A Sample Synth Beast
Dave Smith Instruments & 8Dio today announced the Sequential Prophet X, a powerful fusion of samples-plus-synthesis and Dave Smith’s most ground-breaking evolution of the Prophet yet. At its heart, it’s a bi-timbral, 8-voice-stereo (16-voice mono) synth with a newly developed sound engine that powers two simultaneous 16-bit, 48kHz sample-based instruments…
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DSI REV2 – Polyphonic, Analog And Yet Accessible
Dave Smith’s Prophet ’08 poly synth is a modern classic that has appeared on countless recordings and stages since its debut in 2007. Time for an upgrade? That’s exactly what the US company announced at NAMM. The new REV2 retains all of the key features of the Prophet ’08 (like…
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Pioneer TORAIZ AS-1 – Analog Mono Synth With Dave Smith’s Sound & Performance-Ready Features
It looks like the collaboration between Pioneer and Dave Smith Instruments wasn’t just a fling. The Japanese company has just announced the TORAIZ AS-1, a new monophonic synthesizer, the second musical instrument in its TORAIZ series, following the launch of the TORAIZ SP-16 live sampler in August 2016. What is…
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Stranger Things: The Nostalgic Synth-Driven Sound Of The Upside Down (And How To Emulate It)
Unless you’ve been on Mars this summer, you’ve probably already binge-watched ‘Stranger Things’, the new original series from Netflix created and directed by the Duffer Brothers. Set in small town Indiana around the mysterious disappearance of a young boy and the appearance of a telekinetic girl, the 1980s homage blends…