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Roland SYSTEM-8 synth is free to try in April – here’s why it’s a sound designer’s friend
Want that new synth feeling, but for free? That’s the hybrid-vintage-modeled-new synth SYSTEM-8 this month from Roland – and we’ve got the sound designer of its new preset library to tell us why we should download it.
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Wowa Cwejman, synthesizer designer, has died at 72
The small community of people who design electronic musical instruments has lost a unique imagination. Word arrived yesterday that Wlodzimierz “Wowa” Cwejman of Cwejman Music had died.
Peter Kirn - February 1, 2021
Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Those new Sequential Prophets just got desktop versions
If you want a premium synth and don’t need the keyboard or want it to fit into a little less space, Sequential has made desktop renditions of both Prophet-5 and Prophet-10.
LIRA-8 reimagines the LYRA-8 organismic drone synth in Pd, VST, AU free – donationware
Peter Kirn - December 30, 2020
Music tech Software Tech
In the age of polysynths, Arturia’s mighty morphin’ PolyBrute takes a maximalist approach
Peter Kirn - September 16, 2020
Gear Music tech Tech
Hydrasynth is a no-compromise polysynth, and a key Akai, Arturia alum designer was involved
Peter Kirn - September 3, 2019
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Deckard’s Dream could be your reality, with Deckard’s Voice
Peter Kirn - August 6, 2019
Modular-Analog Tech
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