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Tag: synths
Behringer releases a TB-303 clone called the TD-3
The analog bass line synthesizer isn’t an official clone of the 303 but there are plenty of similarities and it costs just $150.
J Dilla's MPC And Moog Heading To The Smithsonian
The upcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. has a new exhibit courtesy of J Dilla’s custom Moog synth and MPC3000.
SATURDAY MATINÉE: The New Sound Of Music (1979)
Charting the development of electronic music up until the 70s, BBC documentary The New Sound Of Music is our Saturday Matinée feature. It’s strange to think that synthesizers, some of them now the size of your hand, were monstrous machines that you needed a house to fit them in and the price of a mortgage to …
Leftover Links: Synths, Samples and Drum Machines
It’s Leftover Links time and we’re looking into the wonderful world of synths, samples and drum machines thanks to articles from HipHopDX, RBMA and The Guardian.
TECHNOLOGY: Mixtape Alpha - The Stylophone Synth In A Cassette Tape
A collaboration between Chicago’s Open Music Labs and MIT’s Jie Qi has garnered a re-release of the Mixtape Alpha, a synth that fits in a cassette case. Anyone remember the Stylophone? It was a mini analog synth controlled with a wired stylus and championed by Australian artist and former Animal Hospital dude Rolf Harris in …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Moog: A Film by Hans Fjellestad
The synthesizer legend that is Bob Moog is the subject of a documentary by Hans Fjellestad. It’s the feature presentation for this week’s Saturday Matinée.
VIDEO: Dorian Concept On The microKORG
Austrian producer Dorian Concept revisits the microKORG and shows what he has learnt in the seven years since showcasing its potential on YouTube. 2006. The year Kanye West released Graduation, Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar for Best Song and Dorian Concept, a producer from Austria, showed off his improvisational skills on the microKORG, a …
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Herbie Hancock Jams With His Fairlight CMI Feat. Quincy Jones
Herbie Hancock jams with Quincy Jones and his Fairlight CMI for this week’s Throwback Thursday. After showing you the video of Flying Lotus, Thundercat and Herbie Hancock in the studio together, it was only fair that we dedicate this week’s Throwback Thursday to the great man. Equipped with the then-state-of-the-art Fairlight CMI, Herbie talked Quincy …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Bassline Baseline (2005)
A great documentary on the shortlived TB-303 that spawned some influential basslines after its “death”. If you’re a musician, producer or just a music tech head, you’ll almost certainly possess a piece of Roland equipment. The most well-known machine, of course, is the TR-808, taking up about 95% of trap and mainstream hip hop music’s …
