Category: Gear
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Roland Aira Upgrade
The Roland Aira series are fun little portable devices that work on battery power. See the Dawless review of the Roland T-8 and Roland J-6. But because they are so small the controls can be awkward to use. The ease of use is further hampered by the cryptic 4 digit LED display and Shift combos…
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Using Behringer Crave Filter for other Synths
View the Behringer Crave on Amazon Behringer Crave Filter The Crave features a classic Moog-style 24 dB ladder filter and thanks to the semi-modular nature of the synth, you can filter other synths through it. So why would you want to do that. Well firstly my main synth is a Minibrute 2s, this includes a…
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Dreadbox Typhon External FX Processing
The Dreadbox Typhon is a powerful and versatile analog synthesizer that has gained popularity not only for its rich sound but also for its impressive built-in effects. One of the standout features of the Typhon is its ability to function as an external FX processor, allowing you to run other audio sources through its high-quality…
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Arturia Microfreak Review
Well I finally found some time to learn the Microfreak’s sound design. Until now I had mostly ARP-ing the Presets and tweaking the low pass filter of course! And so now, diving into the Mod Matrix, I can see why this synth receives so many plaudits, Arturia have stuffed this synth full of features, but…
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Synth Stands
While dedicated synthesizer stands are ideal for full-sized keyboards, laptop stands have emerged as surprisingly effective and versatile solutions for smaller synths, drum machines, and grooveboxes in desktop studio setups. Their primary benefit lies in their ability to elevate these compact devices, bringing them closer to eye level and improving ergonomics. This simple elevation can…
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Arturia RackBrute Hack
I picked up a used Arturia RackBrute a while back to pair with my MiniBrute 2s and dip into the modular world. I got a good price… but it only came with 2 of the fixing screws. No problem I will grab some bolts from the garage and figure it out, except it turns out…
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Roland TR-8 Repair
I picked up a bargain priced TR-8 with X0X expansion on the used market. To be good to be true, right? Right! Whilst the unit sounded great, I found that half of the drum pad keys were getting stuck. I gave it a quick spray of switch cleaner, which was only a temporary fix before…
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Drumbrute Impact Review
Legacy The Arturia Drumbrute Impact is a popular and affordable analog drum machine. A while back I had the larger original Arturia Drumbrute, it was easy to use and tons of outputs, but it had a large footprint and most importantly I did not like the sounds all that much that it produced. Here is…
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PreSonus Eris 3.5 Review
Until recently I was using an old Denon Hifi as my main monitoring solution in my home studio alongside a variety of headphones. The system was proving unreliable, so I looked around for a compact and budget monitor speaker solution, and the name PreSonus Eris 3.5 kept coming up in the searches. I knew that…
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Roland J-6 Review
The Roland J-6 Chord Synth is part of the AIRA Compact series, a line of portable and powerful instruments designed to bring classic Roland sounds to the modern musician. You can check out our reviews of other synths in the series like the Roland Aira T-8 Review. view the Roland J-6 on Amazon Quality Sound…
