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1977’s Bell Labs Alles synth demo came pre-Crumar, features Laurie Spiegel cameo
In 1977, the marriage of motion pictures and telephones somehow birthed Hal Alles’ Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer – an experimental additive synth that imagined new directions for both music and vocal communication. This 1977 demo has the creator show off that vision, and Laurie Spiegel is on-hand to explore the device compositionally.
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Arturia now lets you choose hardware, software, or both for its synth: MiniFreak V tested
First, there was the hardware keyboard. Then, MiniFreak owners got the MiniFreak V plug-in as an exclusive software companion. Now, anyone can buy the plug-in a la carte – so let’s take a look under the hood and see how the virtual version performs and what it can do.
Peter Kirn - January 17, 2023
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Expressive E’s Osmose gestural keyboard instrument arrives, with artist backing
It’s a keyboard, with elements of a hammer-style action. But it’s also gestural, with per-note articulations. And now, it’s more than just a preorder concept. Expressive E’s Osmose is here, complete with artist backing from Paris to LA to Chennai India, Jean-Michel Jarre to Flying Lotus to AR Rahman.
Sequential Trigon-6: hands-on sounds and impressions of the new polysynth
Francis Preve - November 17, 2022
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Arturia Rendez-vous: all the announcements, all the new stuff
Peter Kirn - October 18, 2022
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Traveler takes you on an hour-long Korg retrospective full of synth sounds
Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022
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Nina, 12-voice analog polysynth with motorized controls, now in preorders
Peter Kirn - August 11, 2022
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