Yamaha’s SEQTRAK looks like a return to fun mobile music designs

It’s an FM/sample-based synth, sampler, drum machine, and connected music maker. And most noticeably, it sees Yamaha return to the kinds of fun design we associate with 80s Yamaha and Casio.

Arturia V Collection X: Yamaha CP-70, rebuilt Mini V and Wurli, more

Also out from Arturia this week: V Collection X brings the maker’s plug-in collection up to speed. That includes an all-new Yamaha CP-70 piano model and Augmented WOODWINDS, plus a rebuilt Mini V and Wurli V. And the rebuilt Minimoog, in particular, has a bunch of delicious extras.

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2023

Here’s a big, sortable list of popular recent synths and their features

Making shopping notes for your next synth purchase? Just like to stay on top of everything that’s come out and what it can do? Sébastien Noël writes to let us know they made a massive, sortable list of major releases of the twenty-teens and twenty-twenties.

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2023

Baby Audio’s retro BA-1 synth is now on iOS, too

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2023

Baby Audio’s new Yamaha CS01 plus FX extras is killer — shoegaze or acid

Peter Kirn - April 27, 2023

Cherry Audio added an ultra-rare Yamaha organ to their CS-80 – let’s still Doctor Who this s***

Peter Kirn - November 23, 2022

MIDI Polyphonic Expression has been updated with one powerful feature: better documentation

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2022

Plogue has made a chip-perfect emulation of the Yamaha FM synth line

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

Inside a note: explore minimalism with Björk home studio visits

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2021

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