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Artist guitars and pedals are all the rage so why not synthesizers? Here are seven signature synths featuring artists like we’d like to see.
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Ritchie Hawtin rose to prominence from the Detroit Techno scene of the late 1980s, we check out some of the gear he used over the years.
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Are you stuck in the mud creatively? We check out some of the best budget grooveboxes for standalone beat creation and live performance.
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The usually serious ADDAC System are dropping some spice into a module in the form of the ADDAC107 Acid Source compact synth voice.
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These five great synth clones sit at the centre of the synthesizer Venn diagram between authenticity, reliability and affordability.
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To celebrate 303 Day, we're looking at the best TB-303 clones. Hopefully, we can get you to Acid paradise without blowing your savings on eBay!
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To get into the spirit of 303 Day, we're looking at how to recreate the classic sound of the Roland TB-303 and which plugins to use.
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This week Fizzle Guts looks for old Casio filter chips, XODES takes acid, Frequency Central gives us a Horror Show and Ziqal enters the 3rd Dimension.
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We check out some of the core studio and stage instruments that helped create the industrial, euphoric sound of rave pioneers Orbital.
ACID Pro 11 is the latest version of the loop-based DAW with more ACID-ized loops, a sample chopper , and new effects from Brainworx.
The DONNER B1 features deep bass and acid sounds in an intuitive fun and affordable desktop bass synth.
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It's 303 day and so it's time to get squeaking on that filter, cranking up those basslines and embracing those long lost days of hope and happiness.
This week's collection of free plug-ins features a Pultec EQ, an FM synth with four operators and a screaming acid multimode filter.
After a bit of an argument with the makers of the Devil Fish TB-303 mod Behringer is suggesting they could make a TD-3 that incorporates all the 303 mods that ever existed.
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Behringer's TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer, the inevitable Roland TB-303 clone, is here in red, blue and silver! They are €149 and you could have one before Christmas.
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We knew this was coming. The TD-3 is, of course, a clone of the Roland TB-303 which Behringer were hoping to reveal tomorrow. But the Acid is firmly out of the bag now.
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Behringer is having an acid rave party this Friday and we're all invited. I think Behringer are about to launch or announce a TB-303 style acid synth.
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Korg brings the Acid to the party with their vacuum tube infused Volca Nubass Vacuum Tube Synthesizer. It's warmer than a raver's hot pants and twice as saturated.
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From software plug-in to hardware gear: Spektro Audio from Brazil has announced that its ACDGEN pattern generator plug-in for Ableton Live is now available as a stand-alone box.
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The Hydronium is a complete semi-modular synthesizer available in tabletop or Eurorack versions assembled or as a kit. It's not trying to be a TB-303 but it sounds like one in the best possible way.
The HapiNES and Acid8 mini synthesizers get an update with a smart new case and MIDI connectivity. The rest is kind of underwhelming from the usually very progressive Twisted Electrons.
Twisted Electrons try to beat Teenage Engineering at their own game with these cool minisynths. HapiNES is all about chiptune and uAcid8 has your acid bass covered.
To celebrate an awesome classical and electronic collaboration in Latvia's first techno opera Erica Synths have released a startling limited edition of their Polivoks VCF - meet Acid Simona VCF.
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The legend that was 'the man with the guitar' Jimi Hendrix made the Arbiter Fuzz Face the sound of psychedelic acid rock and now you could own his very own '67 Fuzz Face for real.