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With the Carbon 8X, Modal Electronics has completed its three synth families so that it has an instrument for every kind of user, and there’s still more to come
British company Modal is one of the great synth success stories of the past decade. Launched in Bristol in 2013, it quickly established itself as a maker of high-quality, innovative instruments that stood out from the increasingly large crowd.
“People sometimes expect me to be an audio snob because I exude ‘music snob’ sometimes, even though I’m not a snob. I’m not a snob at all”: Laufey says she’s happy to make do with voice memo recordings and doesn’t pay much attention to the mics she uses
She might have the purest of voices, but Icelandic jazz-adjacent pop star Laufey reckons that she doesn’t need an amazing vocal chain to get good results when it’s being recorded.
Gorgeous Seiko Presage Zen Garden trio captures Kyoto’s ever-shifting natural beauty
Taking a leaf out of its top-end stablemate Grand Seiko’s nature-inspired playbook, Seiko has unveiled the latest additions to its Presage Zen Garden series: a trio of 41.8mm timepieces inspired by the ancient capital of Kyoto. More specifically, the Seiko Presage Zen Garden trio reflects the serene beauty of Kyoto’s traditional ‘Karesansui’ dry gardens: a representation of Japan’s appreciation of nature
“An excellent build and pretty formidable soundset make it a desirable studio-based keyboard”: Arturia AstroLab 88 review
Arturia really does have all quarters covered; it was one of the first companies to reincarnate the classics in virtual form, shored up by MIDI controller keyboards and sequencers.
The MiniBrute hardware synthesizer was also one of the first of the new breed of analogue synths
“Each effect in the PX-1 delivers the genuine sound and response of the pedal it’s based on”: A compact series stompbox you can turn into any one of 16 classic Boss effects? Meet the Plugout FX
Boss has just unveiled a guitar effects pedal that assumes the familiar form of its compact series units, and yet can do the job of any one of 16 of the pedal giant’s most popular effects.
“It’s one of the most powerful software sound design tools on earth – and it’s free”: Try out this modular audio processing playground used by Aphex Twin
When we think of Aphex Twin tinkering away in his studio, the image that comes to mind is a man surrounded by a towering array of synths, sequencers, samplers and drum machines.
“Many of the Pro’s advantages are less towards sound, and more on the side of enhanced playability”: Alesis Nitro Pro review
Alesis has been on something of a tear of late, having surprised the world with not one, but three electronic kits featuring multi-sampled libraries delivered direct from the module with the BFD-equipped
Casio to Deliver Metaverse-Based Experiences in Collaboration Between G-SHOCK and The Sandbox
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. announced today a collaboration with the Web3*1 metaverse gaming platform The Sandbox as part of the VIRTUAL G-SHOCK project involving the G-SHOCK brand of shock-resistant watches. In an ongoing rollout beginning September 3