GForce Software Oddity2 – Review

By Rob Puricelli | November 26, 2015 | 0 Comment

It's been somewhat of a good year for old synths. The act of taking an old, much loved and now highly expensive old analog synth and recreating it, either in software or in hardware is nothing new. For over 20 years, people have been demanding faithful recreations of long lost pieces of vintage hardware, either ...

UVI Falcon – Review

By Rob Puricelli | November 25, 2015 | 13 Comments

When I see the enormity, proliferation and acceptance of 'mega', 'all-in-one' software instruments, I see it is a clear indication of how far software synthesizers have come. And I have personally come a long way too, when it comes to software synthesis. My opinion of it has completely changed since the day I won the ...

Arturia V Collection 4 – Review

By Rob Puricelli | November 15, 2015 | 0 Comment

Having experienced my first super-duper mega synth bundle at the back end of last year with UVI's Vintage Vault, I find myself with the pleasure of trying out another one, this time in the shape of Arturia's V Collection 4. As the name suggests, this is their fourth iteration of this all inclusive bundle, featuring ...

UVI Launch Beathawk, iPad Music Production App

By Rob Puricelli | January 22, 2015 | 2 Comments

Our friends at UVI have just announced their first foray into iOS music production with the launch of Beathawk, a fully featured portable music production studio for iPad. Check out the video here... Available now on the App Store for $4.99 for a limited time (usual price ...

Dave Smith Wins NAMM 2015 Day One

By Rob Puricelli | January 22, 2015 | 0 Comment

With lots of new stuff hurtling out of the press booths at NAMM 2015 today, one has made every electronic musician collectively climax in a sloppy, sticky mess. Dave Smith has announced the Sequential Prophet 6. As if to totally compensate for Korg's miserable launch last night, Dave (if I may call you by your ...

Korg Announce New Arp Odyssey, Badly

By Rob Puricelli | January 22, 2015 | 1 Comment

Last night (for those of us in Europe), many thousands of synth fans stayed up late to watch the highly anticipated launch of the new ARP Odyssey from Korg. Broadcast live on YouTube, we waited until kick off time (11pm GMT) and were promptly delayed by 30 minutes, but we didn't seem to mind too much, such was our ...