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Nothing Special - MTET (Midi-to-Expression Translator)
I'm looking to do some MIDI-based automation and this seems to be the only device that can control expression ports from MIDI messages. The video itself is not particularly great, but it does show a working setup, even if the Demo is not particularly advanced.
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Our New Favourite Affordable Synth? - Waldorf Protein
I was surprised and delighted very recently to learn that Waldorf has released a new synth. I kind of wish they had kept the visual design of the Streichfett and Rocket but given the demo here and other demos online, perhaps this is the start of a new generation of devices.
This and other demos show off some incredible out-of-the-box functionality and perhaps even excessive capability in some ways (some of the layering comes across as busy).
Dollar for dollar / penny for penny, I think this beats the Nymphes and some other boxes for a small portable standalone synth with individual character.
Could a drum synth be coming next? I am interested in seeing what the future holds from Waldorf.
Summit Overview // Novation
I'm not particularly familiar with Novation synths and gear, and I had previously thought that the Novation Peak was their flagship synth. I now know that this is wrong and their actual flagship synth is the Summit, which is built from two Peak engines combined (I think?).
The demo in this video is pretty good, albeit a tad dry to watch in entirety. One thing that is nice versus some other synths is that there isn't any menu diving or mode diving; looks like every control has direct effects on edit.
How Roland accidentally built the ultimate trance machine
A topical bite into the history of sawtooth waves and their applications in music. I'm a bit embarrassed that so many of my life favorites from back in the day were all using super-saw and similar sawtooth wave constructions.
The fascinating world of Japanese train melodies
This is a fascinating treatment on the short-form genre of music made for train stations, an appetizer sampler of ditties.
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Nord Drum 1 synthesizer demo and tutorial
I managed to find one of these at a very good price and I need to learn how to use it. I don't have it in my hands yet but I hope to be able to setup it up faster once I've received it.
From this video, one interesting thing stands out about this synth- the click on this model of the nord drums actually sounds like it could be used to make a usable /clap/ sound. This would make it pretty useful in MIDI automation as a source of just claps alone.
Most audio interfaces are a rip off. Or bad quality IMHO.
More from this guy, lol. He's generally right about everything he mentions here, but I think that subjectively, some of the behringer stuff is also luck of the draw. I have an ADA 6000 and it works pretty well, but being restricted to 44.1khz x 16bit for the ADAT uplink is kind of a drag when the master device can do 192khz x 24bit+.
Every DAW ranked. One is obviously best (IMHO)
It's this guy again. He's kinda polarizing and has a clear favorite in the group, but a lot of his comments on lesser-known DAWs are critically good.
Oxi Instruments One MKII | Superbooth 2025
Another review of the OXI One MK II. Some of the features here make it attractive for live performances, but I think I personally prefer the strict ordering of trackers.
OXI One MKII : What's New ?
A short while ago I'd been looking around at sequencers and noticed that a new revision of the OXI One has been released. I like this sequencer line, but the price is a lot to pay for a DAW-less option.
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Bad Gear - OverPriced-1
We all know the OP-1 is pretty expensive, but one thing I noticed recently is that the vocoder is pretty decent on this device. Not worth the expense just for that feature, though.
ed: turns out what i thought was the vocoder was something else.
Shimmer Reverb is NOT GOOD
The Harp Lady returns with a rather sharp opinion on shimmer reverb, with which she has some valid points.
How to set up a shoegaze pedalboard. Shoegazers use effects pedals in unconventional ways to create beautiful noise rock. In the demo widget
I like the concept of the loopydemos site; being able to demo some pedals and combinations is pretty cool.
This demo in particular shows off shoegaze-like sounds pretty well, although many of the pedals in use are pretty expensive.
Motor Synth: Beautiful Sound of Drone Motors?
This is pretty neat, and it makes some interesting sounds that I imagine are really difficult to synthesize without physical components.
I wonder if maybe this sort of synth has a limited lifetime, given that the motors/servos should eventually wear out due to fiction. Given the price on the website, hopefully that MTF time is measured in decades and not years.
(The Germ) Help HazelEffects make The Germ fuzz pedal a reality!
I had a recent adventure trying to buy a new pedal through FB marketplace, and the seller had made a mistake and relisted a pedal they had already sold instead of the pedal they intended to sell.
Well, after clearing up the misunderstanding, they invited me to have a look at some other pedals they were selling, and this pedal was in the bin.
I ended up buying it along with two others as I was getting a good deal, and brought it home to try out.
And ... ... It's a fantastic pedal. I was pleasantly surprised. It has the volatile burning-gasoline drive one might expect of an indie hybrid Fuzz, a nice bit of growl at the low end. When the knobs are dimed, some portions of the melodic scale start to resonate with emergent octave tones; it can be unruly but it never sounds bad.
If you can find one, I highly recommend inquiring and giving it a try. It seems that only 21 are known and accounted for in public sales through the now-expired kickstarter, but there may be a few prototypes and such out there as well.
Someday when I'm okay enough at the guitar to do some proper scales I'll do a demo for posterity. I promise!
ed: I found the original soundcloud demo of the pedal too.
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Nord Piano 5 Review
I saw a recent listing for one of these at an incredible price, so I looked up a few reviews to see what it was all about. I did consider buying one of these in the past before getting my Nord Lead A1, but ultimately the A1 was closer to what I wanted and I figured I could get a comparable Yamaha later.
But, it's a nord, so I still kind of want one. The sound and feature set are pretty nice.
Vox Mini 3 G2 - demo/review
I was hanging out with a friend recently, and she had brought this along so we could try out a theremin I had recently purchased.
I was pleasantly surprised by how capable this little fellow is; and also pleased to discover it has a flanger fx on-board (this is sort of my fx du jour). For its size and all things considered, it sounds pretty good for what it is.
I live in an apt so I can't really have an amp or cabinet in my place, but maybe I can get one of these and turn it down really really low, hah.
Oh, and battery life is pretty decent on this guy.