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Here’s Ben Burtt breaking down every single iconic sound design from Star Wars, film by film
If you love sound, it’s impossible not to be enchanted by the work of Ben Burtt. His approach to sound design for Star Wars was inventive, surprising, organic — let’s let him talk about it. A lot. It’ll make you want to grab your mic. Jamming air hammers!
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May the 4th: KORG reissues ARP 2600 FS in limited run, for your R2D2 sounds (Gallery)
One of the most sought-after instruments of all time is back in the form of its complete, authentic recreation (“FS”). It’s a Reverb Shop-only sale for the USA, in a rare chance to grab this instrument – and another excuse to recall how it created iconic sounds from Herbie Hancock to, yes, R2D2. May the 4th be with you.
Peter Kirn - May 4, 2023
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
T-Rex recreates the Binson Echorec Magnetic Disk Delay – look, it spins!
After working eight years on its development, the retro-obsessed boffins have recreated the Binson Echorec. That’s the rare mid-60s echo box beloved by Pink Floyd and The Shadows, in all its magnetic disk delay glory.
Peter Kirn - April 18, 2023
Gear Music tech Tech
Arturia LX-24 recreates 1978 Lexicon 224 reverb – but don’t miss the 2023 flipside
Peter Kirn - April 4, 2023
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
BOSS DS-1W is the DS-1’s first solid-state distortion pedal update in decades
Peter Kirn - October 6, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Dave Smith himself tours the Prophet-5 in a six-part series, one year later
Peter Kirn - November 16, 2021
Gear Music tech Tech
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