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NAMM 2018: KORG’s KONNECT portable PA may make you rethink the traditional live sound setup

20 Jan 2018 in Live

KORG doesn't just do synths, this announcement says, they're also making inroads in the affordable Live sound category with KONNECT - a self-contained PA unit designed for small-scale venues and uses.

NAMM 2018: Korg Volca Mix for mixing your Volcas

17 Jan 2018 in Synths

New for NAMM is a tidy little mixer called the Volca Mix for up to three (you've guessed it) Volcas. Includes a power splitter, filter, effects send, and sync out with tempo display.

Ibanez NuTube Screamer to be released at NAMM Show

01 Jan 2018 in Guitar

A new updated version of that classic green overdrive pedal used by the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others, but now it comes with Korg's NuTube technology.

Korg releases a free sound library for the Monologue

30 Dec 2017 in Synths

Beef up your Monologue with this range of Electronic Score + Retrocade sounds from German composer Christian Halten. They are free, very visual and may take you in directions you never considered.

Best free plug-ins this week: FB-3200 synth and Jamstix 4 free

03 Dec 2017 in Studio

This week has a humble selection of two great free tools for music producers - a simulation of a Korg synthesizer and a drum plug-in. You probably don't want to miss these, so be sure to give them a go!

Synth Art Vol1: Last chance for this synthesizer coffee table art book

01 Nov 2017 in Synths

Synth Art Vol 1 is a wonderful piece of work that every lover of synthesizers should have on their coffee table. Time is running out on Ste Holme's Kickstarter so get in quick to grab yourself a copy.

Best free plug-ins from last week: HY-LoFi 2, Nabla synth, Chronopolis sequencer

30 Oct 2017 in Studio

Last week's free stuff features some high-quality plug-ins by HY, Full Bucket Music, and programmer Micah Frank. We're talking about a digitizer for creative sound mangling, an ancient Korg synth emulation...

Korg Gadget coming to Nintendo Switch for thumb based music making

30 Oct 2017 in Synths

Game engine developers Detune who brought Korg synthesizers to the Nintendo 3DS have revealed that they are porting Korg Gadget to the Nintendo Switch hybrid console.

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Korg to roll out new synth at NAMM 2018 with name that “starts with P”

23 Oct 2017 in Synths

The name of the brand new synth, Korg reveals, starts with a P, has eight letters and contains numbers. Is it Poly8000, Proph88, PEEOWWW5, P8976367? What? What the heck is it?

FB-3300: Free Korg PS-3300 Polyphonic Synthesizer plug-in

15 Oct 2017 in Synths

Full Bucket Music resurrects an old polyphonic monster of a 1977 Korg synthesizer. The FB-3300 emulates the sound and behaviour to generate acres of vintage synthesizer polyphony for free.

SynthFest UK 2017: show report

09 Oct 2017 in Synths

Sheffield hosted the second UK SynthFest on the 7th October presented by Sound On Sound magazine. I walked the floor, played with all manner of synths and noise machines and met the people who made them.

Vixen: a mixer for Korg Volcas gets Kickstarted and open for preorders

05 Oct 2017 in Synths

Vixen is an 8 channel mixer designed for mixing and powering up to 8 Korg Volcas. A great idea, great features at a keen $219 preorder price point in a weird coloured case.

Apple MacOS 10.13 High Sierra - should I update?

MacOS High Sierra 10.13: Should you update?

26 Sep 2017 in Other

Apple has just published a new update to OSX - but should you update right away? We checked out a few apps and called the most important software developers. Find out here if your software is supported.

KVgear Vixen: a mixer for all your Volcas

09 Sep 2017 in Synths

The Vixen mixer from KVgear will mix and power up to 8 Korg Volcas and is also the size of one. A neat idea coming to Kickstarter and synth jams everywhere.

UAD version 9.3 introduces the Korg SDD-3000 delay plus 4 new plug-ins

11 Aug 2017 in Studio

Universal Audio's UAD DSP platform brings in some meaty plug-ins with a Korg delay, a classic auto-panner, dynamic EQ, authentic ENGL amp with matched impedance and an expanded vintage reverb.

Korg MicroKorg XL and XL+ gets a VST plugin editor

18 Jul 2017 in Synths

You can now rummage around inside the synthesizer guts of the MicroKorg XL and XL+ with this new standalone and VST plug-in editor and controller. If you own an XL, you should have this.