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Kemper Profiler paid upgrade
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Paid upgrades, will the Roland Fantom EX and Kemper Profiler Player examples become the norm for hardware?

October 1, 2024 Synth Anatomy 10

Roland Fantom EX, Kemper profiler are two recent examples of paid feature upgrades; is this becoming the next thing in hardware music tech? Let’s talk about updates/upgrades. If you buy a purely analog instrument, you […]

Best MIDI Keyboards Audio Interface
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Best MIDI keyboard controllers with built-in audio interfaces and why need more

August 28, 2024 Synth Anatomy 26

We need more MIDI keyboard controllers with built-in audio interfaces, and there are reasons why having them built-in makes sense and is valuable. The market for MIDI keyboards is large and varied. It is mainly […]

Native Instruments slowly sinking
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Real Talk Native Instruments

March 2, 2024 Synth Anatomy 29

Real Talk Native Instruments: why it is a slowly sinking ship for me and how it could be steered back in the right direction. Update: this is the opinion piece, aka “real talk,” that is […]

Plugins full price
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Do not buy plugins from these brands at full price, you will regret it

February 18, 2024 Synth Anatomy 10

Buying plugins at full price is not advisable because there are always deals, but if you do, you shouldn’t do it from these brands. New plugins come onto the market every day. Whether it’s a […]

Korg NAMM 2024
NAMM 2024

Korg NAMM 2024: digital is the new analog, a revived legend, and some missed opportunities

January 29, 2024 Synth Anatomy 13

Korg celebrated NAMM 2024 with a true product news storm (PS-3300 FS, KingKorg Neo…), but what remains? Day 1 after NAMM 2024. Many manufacturers have dismantled their booths or have already left the building. NAMM […]

music tech brands content creators
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Should music tech brands pay content creators for their work? #realtalk

January 24, 2023 Synth Anatomy 15

YouTuber Red Means Recording talks about music tech brands, free gear, and the value of a creator and its content in a new video.  A world without YouTube is hard to imagine these days. Where […]

Brainworx PPG Plugins
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Hey Brainworx, we are waiting for a comeback of the innovative PPG plugins and apps

October 26, 2022 Synth Anatomy 14

In 2020 Brainworx bought Wolfgang Palm’s  PPG Apps with all plugins/iOS, two years later, customers are still waiting for a sign of life. There are tons of Synthesizer plugins available for free and for purchase. […]

Ableton Push 3 leak fake
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The Push 3 Leak Is Fake, Says Ableton, And Why I Report About It

September 21, 2020 Synth Anatomy 3

Push 3 would certainly have been an exciting product, but Ableton pops the buzz balloon and reports that the leak is a fake.  The anticipation was short-lived. The supposed leak of the new Push 3 […]

Real Talk

KORG Vs. AUv3 Support, A Never Ending Story?

July 18, 2019 Synth Anatomy 3

KORG vs. AUv3 support: will KORG lose its iOS lead in 2019 or will they change anything? Apple announced during this year’s WWDC 19 that Inter-App Audio (IAA) on iOS devices will no longer be […]

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