Manikin Electronic ‘The Most Authentic Melltotron Sound Library. The Choice of Tangerine Dream’ The dream of a digital Mellotron has existed since the birth of digital sampling, and the promise of Mellotron chips for the 360 Systems Digital Keyboard had me on tenterhooks for years in the mid‑1980s. Since then, there have been myriad PCM‑based emulations […]
Dave Smith Instruments Introduces the Prophet X Samples Plus Synthesis! Dave Smith Instruments today announced the Sequential Prophet X, a new, bi-timbral, 8-voice-stereo (16-voice mono) synthesizer that combines samples and synthesis. At the heart of its sound is a newly developed engine that powers two simultaneous 16-bit, 48kHz sample-based instruments plus two high-resolution digital oscillators […]
Dave Smith Instruments Announce REV2 Desktop Modules Dave Smith Instruments have just announced the REV2 in a desktop module. Following in the footsteps of pretty much every DSI release for a while, the REV2 is now available in both 8 and 16 voice versions. The REV 2 desktop features the same two DCOs per voice, each […]
Tech Tips: Voicing a Wurlitzer 200 Wurlitzer guru, Adam Kaniper, shows us how to voice a Wurlitzer model 200. JAM OF THE WEEK: Eli “Paper Boy” Reed at Showplace Studios on a Wurlitzer 145 covers Come Back Baby by Ray Charles. Also… AIR stops by Vintage Vibe!
The Vintage Vibe Story Vintage Vibe is an electric piano retailer, restoration and repair shop based in New Jersey, USA. They take great pride in crafting and restoring vintage electric pianos based on the sound of the 1970’s. Their amazing pianos are used by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Cindy Blackman, Gregg Allman and many […]