Arturia Announce Keystep Pro

By Rob Puricelli | January 14, 2020 | 0 Comment

Arturia Will Reveal New, Widely Demanded Controller at NAMM 2020 Arturia KeyStep Pro The newest, and most hotly anticipated member of the Arturia Step family is to be revealed at NAMM 2020 in Anaheim, California. The sequencer the world has been waiting for. KeyStep Pro gives keyboard players ...

Modal Announce New ARGON8 Models

By Rob Puricelli | January 13, 2020 | 0 Comment

Modal Introduce the ARGON8X and ARGON8M, 61-Key and Module Versions of the Recently Launched ARGON8 Wavetable Synth Modal Electronics are proud to announce the latest products in its line of innovative Machines For Musicians - the Modal ARGON8M and ARGON8X synthesisers. ARGON8M and ARGON8X join ...

DX5 End Cheek Replacement

By Rob Puricelli | December 31, 2019 | 0 Comment

Since acquiring my Yamaha DX5 in early November, I've been planning the few little jobs to bring it back into tip top condition. There honestly isn't much to do. It is mostly cosmetic and the small matter of the aftertouch being barely functional.So this morning, I decided to take care of the easiest part of the ...

QasarBeach – A Desktop Fairlight Experience!

By Rob Puricelli | December 24, 2019 | 0 Comment

For some time now, I have been helping/consulting with the developer of an application that seeks to replicate the functionality of the Fairlight Series IIx within a modern computer environment. And as of yesterday, he has made it publicly available for people to download and try. QasarBeach ...

2019 Retrospective

By Rob Puricelli | December 24, 2019 | 0 Comment

And here we are again. Another year and another decade draws to a close and we, as a species, seem predisposed to reminisce and review our antics, as if conforming to the human construct that is the Gregorian calendar and believing that the end of a year, decade or century has any actual meaning. I've never ...

My DX Rediscovery

By Rob Puricelli | November 11, 2019 | 2 Comments

Since first seeing and hearing the DX7 in '83, I have always hankered after one. By the time I could think about buying one, technology had advanced somewhat and FM was then "old tech" and so I spent what funds I had on more modern equipment of the day. However, that didn't stop me from exploring FM, be it ...