Synths and workstations

Moog Slim Phatty – The Sounds!

Moog Slim Phatty – The Sounds!

Real Moog sound now fits your back pack and your budget. The Slim Phatty’s 100% analog signal path, intuitive user interface, rugged construction and rich MIDI, USB and Control Voltage functionality make it a must-have for producers, touring musicians and DJs. At just 17” wide, it goes where no other Moog has gone before. Earth-shaking basses, scorching leads and more are now housed in a high-quality instrument ideal for laptop artists and space conscious musical road warriors.

Slim is the New Phat – Say hello to the Moog SlimPhatty

Slim is the New Phat – Say hello to the Moog SlimPhatty

The Moog SlimPhatty is the long awaited follow-up to the hugely successful Little Phatty. All the sound of the Phatty, but in a petite tabletop or rack-mountable form. And with an RRP of £699 (inc VAT), it’s the most affordable Moog Synth on the market. The SlimPhatty can sit on a table top or mount in a rack.  Rack ears and a handsome wood casing are optionally available. The Slim is built on the architecture of the best-selling Little Phatty synth for great Moog sound and simple intuitive user interface.

Analog Gear on your iPhone? Moog Filtatron!

Analog Gear on your iPhone? Moog Filtatron!

Oh come on! Really? … Well it sure looks like it. Moog have entered the world of apps. The brand that represents one of the most ultimate analog gear, entered the other side! The Moog Filtatron is an app that changes your iPhone (iPad?) into a small recording and effects-processing unit alongside your other gear. Wit the Moog Filtatron you can combine several sound sources and apply effects to them in realtime. Sound sources include line or mic input, looping sample playback, and an internal oscillator.

Something for the Weekend: More Multi-Touch Goodness

Last weeks Something For The Weekend we showed you a video of Mark Mosher playing the AudioCubes from Percussa. AudioCubes are a platform for audio-visual creation and exploration. They are a collection of beautifully designed and hand-made objects, each containing its own self-powered wireless computer system. However, this week we want to show you a video from Btrax using a interface based on the reacTIVision software.

The American Dream – The new Brainworx NEVE VXS Studio

The American Dream – The new Brainworx NEVE VXS Studio

Brainworx plug-ins have been developed in the Brainworx Studio for years now, the same goes for the plugins they model for their partners. When it comes to judging nuances they feel it is essential to be able to HEAR exactly what you guys out there will hear during your daily work, and Brainworx also believe it is important to be able to TEST the software in a professional surrounding. So they went for it…

Chromeo: Oldskool Gear in Todays Electrofunk

It is still being done! Artists who stay true to their past. And with this I mean, they still make music like it’s 1987. No software emulations of the great analog vintage gear from that era, loaded in a state-of-the-art DAW. Nope, they still use that exact same gear from that era! A perfect example of a band who does just that is Chromeo. Doing their magic from their small vintage packed Midi studio.