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Forget channel closures: watch every decade of MTV music videos online
No, MTV is not shutting down, though Paramount Skydance did shutter some all-music video channels in various markets. But never mind: the internet can best even vintage MTV. Tune into MTV REWIND and hit shuffle by decade.
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KORG’s 1995 Trinity, 1977 PS-3300, SGX-2 piano now in software
In case you hadn’t been watching KORG software releases lately, here’s a secret: they’re suddenly awesome. New models are coming far closer to the originals, featuring more and more perfect recreations of the best of KORG’s digital and analog back catalog. Today we get some bombshells: the flagship KORG grand piano engine, but most importantly, 1995’s Trinity and 1977’s PS-3300.
Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Sit back and take in a half-hour Novation Bass Station documentary
It’s about time. British synthesis history can get short shrift compared to the legends of the USA and Japan. Alex Ball has made the documentary that the Novation Bass Station deserves, from its roots with EDP and OSC, to the massive bass synth’s 1992 debut, up to the present day.
Peter Kirn - July 30, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Yamaha’s VL1 launched physical modeling; it’s time to give it its due
Peter Kirn - June 2, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Arturia V Collection 11 hands-on: Pure LoFi, Jup-8000 join latest update
Peter Kirn - April 24, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
Novation Bass Station gets a GForce software model and it’s perfect
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
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