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music production Hardware

ASM Hydrasynth (Desktop/Rack)

The ASM Hydrasynth is a Polytouch 24 pad polyphonic sound engine for both sound designers and performing musicians. It features the new ASM Polytouch pads which allow you to play the pads with standard velocity and aftertouch. However, there’s a little plus: the polyphonic aftertouch. This enables musicians to own better ways to express their…
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Music Production Hardware

SE-02 by Roland

The SE-02 is the all-in-one analog dream machine. The collaboration of Studio Electronics and Roland again has produced another great piece of studio hardware equipment like no other. This time they have really put together something marvelous; they call it the all-man’s synthesizer, and it really is. These manufacturers spent so much dedication on the…
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Music Production Knowledge

Theremin

A theremin is an electronic musical instrument that the performer can control without the need of touching it. Its name comes from its creator Leon Theremin, the man who patented it back in 1928. This is a very curious instrument that consists of two metal antennas that can sense your hand’s relative position. As a…
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UVS-3200

UVS-3200 is a software emulation of a legendary and extremely rare Japanese Korg PS-3200: a programable polyphonic synthesizer perfect for your music production journey. It captures the heart and soul of a perfectly restored Korg PS-3200. Experts thoroughly sampled the original hardware with an impressive library of over 220 presets. These, in turn, cover a…
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Oscillators

Oscillators are circuits that produce a continuous, repeated, and alternating waveform without using any input. They are a simple way of creating a specific frequency of a signal. In short, they work by converting unidirectional current flow from a DC source into an alternating waveform.  Oscillators: a Description Oscillators are amplifier circuits that have positive…
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Subtractive Synthesis

Subtractive synthesis, also known as analog synthesis, emerged around 1960—the same time the analog synthesizers did. Many of these synthesizers use the analog technique to produce sounds. The kind we’re talking about today here involves three main components: oscillator, filter, and amplifier. The Components of Subtractive Synthesis In the following paragraphs we’ll explain the three of…
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