Category Archives: Synths and Sampling

Relive those 8-bit game soundtracks with the NES Poly Chiptune Synthesizer

This article is from an external source and may contain external links not controlled by Empeda Music. gearnews.com With more than a passing resemblance to a games console cartridge the NES Poly looks like a classic box of chiptune noise. Hours left on Kickstarter – grab one before they’re gone! NES Poly Chiptune Synthesizer You … Continue reading Relive those 8-bit game soundtracks with the NES Poly Chiptune Synthesizer

Best Sample Packs This Week: Classic quartet, free piano, 90s metal drums, house loops

This article is from an external source and may contain external links not controlled by Empeda Music. gearnews.com This week’s best sample packs include a beautiful string quartet that you can conduct yourself, a free grand piano with a number of interesting controls, the heaviest of 90s metal drums, and a well-rounded pack of heavy … Continue reading Best Sample Packs This Week: Classic quartet, free piano, 90s metal drums, house loops

Best free plug-ins this week: Spectral Attractors, Defiant WT and A1TriggerGate

This article is from an external source and may contain external links not controlled by Empeda Music. gearnews.com This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins brings you an awesome new Max for Live device and two classics: a wavetable synth and a gate sequencer. Here’s Spectral Attractors, Defiant WT and A1TriggerGate. Head over to … Continue reading Best free plug-ins this week: Spectral Attractors, Defiant WT and A1TriggerGate

Your Ideal Polysnth: How (not) to choose the polyphonic synth of your dreams

This article is from an external source and may contain external links not controlled by Empeda Music. gearnews.com You’re standing in a showroom, hunting around for your very first polysynth. You’d imagined this would be a joyful experience. Now you’re frozen in the headlights of purchase anxiety surrounded by a horde of magical music machines. … Continue reading Your Ideal Polysnth: How (not) to choose the polyphonic synth of your dreams

Orange Tree Samples releases The Famous E Electric Piano

Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News There was one electric piano that was particularly in demand in the LA studio scene in the ’80s. It was known as the “E” among producers and players, a reference to the letter “E” that was stenciled on its case by Leeds Musical Instrument Rentals, to … Continue reading Orange Tree Samples releases The Famous E Electric Piano