Arturia V Collection 6 – Review
I'm lazy. I distinctly remember Mr Bacon, my primary school headmaster, telling me as much one summer's day circa 1981. He was a proper, old-school (excuse the pun) headmaster. Tweed jacket, cane, loud and opinionated. And as he remonstrated with me, aged 11, about the shocking state of my school desk, I felt hurt ...
SonicState Interview Featuring The Fairlight
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Nick Batt over at SonicState.com about the Fairlight restoration project. Check out the video ...
Fairlight Restoration Update
The video pretty much speaks for itself, so I'll let me do all the talking in that...
Roland SE-02 In Action!
After my slightly scathing review of Roland's JP-08 Boutique module, I thought I might never hear from my acquaintance at Roland HQ ever again, but thankfully, he got in touch to tell me about a demonstration he gave recently of the latest Boutique module, the SE-02. In the following two videos. Oliver can be seen ...
Review – Roland Boutique JP-08
Roland release the closest thing they've ever made to a Jupiter-8 replica. I think if you were to ask most synth fans which analog polysynth they'd happily donate a kidney for, the most common answer would be a Roland Jupiter 8. It's one of those classic synths that not only sounds the part, but looks it too. Big ...
Arturia Surprise Everyone With DrumBrute Announcement
I was at the Arturia stand at SynthFest on Saturday in Sheffield, and those crafty Frenchmen kept this one quiet! Following hot on the heels of their immensely successful MatrixBrute, MiniBrute and MicroBrute range of hardware analog synths, this once software-only developer has just announced, much to everyone's ...
