Studioworkers

Why always think of the good, old days, if you’re looking for juicy analog sounds? Why put up with our rickedy old favourits from the houses Moog, Sequential Circuits, Oberheim, Roland or Korg? Why bother with all those plugs in Midi-CV/Gate-connections, if you can have it all easier, less complicated, state-of-the-art and at a reasonable price? The Red Square is a synhthesizer for those, that cherish the fat sounds of those days, but don’t want to sacrifize the comforts of today. The Midi interface is all integrated, and if this great deal one day strikes, economical spare parts can be had.

Although the Red Square has little resemblence to the classic generation, a great deal of the circuit arrangement is similar to the Moog Prodigy. The 5 HE big Brit looks like a real gentleman. Metallic red with 50 chrome jacks and 31 black knobs give it an air of importance and whet the sound designer’s appetite. Read the rest of this entry →

I first heard of the Alesis Andromeda in the German synth and studio magazine Keys. As an old analogue fan and lover of big polysynths I was immediately enthused by the machine. At last a new analogue and a machine that promised to take this synthesis much further. The surprise was that it was Alesis, a well known expert of digital technology, that had taken up the challenge to launch such an instrument.

The unusual design boasting black along with blue and silver and the very large number of controls, buttons and knobs, immediately struck the eye. Amongst others, there were controls for three very complete and loopable (!) envelopes. Unbelievable. Read the rest of this entry →