The Roland MC-808 represented in 2007 a bold move in the legendary Roland Groovebox dynasty, delivering a powerful combination of sampling capabilities, synthesis, and sequencing in a transportable, performance-oriented package. Building upon the...
In 2003, MC-909 was released by Roland. Its sound core is based on a series of synthesizer modules "XV", and the internal memory is limited to 272 MB. The professional device includes 800 patches, 693 waveforms, and a "SRX" expansion. Among its...
AcidLab Miami was released in 2014, and is a budget reminiscence of the famous drum machine TR-808. Miami has a lightweight design, but it is made of durable metal. Small round buttons do not match the color range of Roland, most of them are either...
MiniBrute is an excellent example of a compact device released in 2012 by Arturia, the company which once started its journey with virtual software synthesizers. A mono synthesizer with a single VCO, no menu and no presets exceeded expectations and...
The Arturia MiniBrute 2 is a powerful analog synthesizer with a 25-key keyboard and a range of sound-shaping controls. It features two oscillators, a sub-oscillator, a Steiner-Parker filter, an envelope generator, an LFO, and a patch bay. It also...