Gravity Halo favourite Legowelt has created a sample pack from recordings of his classic Korg Mono/Poly Synth. We're sure this is going to be popular with gearheads without the analog ca$hflow.

http://www.legowelt.com/

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A few years ago I joined a local band as keyboard player, and it was there I was introduced to the microKorg. Despite the rather amateurish looking premise of categorizing sounds with a 'genre selection knob' and the baby-sized keys, I found myself constantly inspired while jamming with it, and the sounds it could make when connected to a PA rig were massive in contrast to the microKorg's tiny size.

A couple of months ago I decided I must own one, and ended up with the newer microKorg XL because it was on offer for very little more. In comparison to the classic model, the XL has 8 voices - double the polyphony, a 16-band vocoder (the original was an 8 band - and surprisingly intelligible for it), and a seemingly identical but expanded synth engine. After ordering, however, I found out that despite the similarities in features, the XL's engine is based off of Korg's Radias 'Multi Modelling Technology' (whatever that is), while the original is not.

Gravity Halo's resident waveform scientist and beat destroyer extraordinaire - the incomparable Ms. Alexandra C. Sendy - not only entertains you with her spastic tunes and eccentric video game hacks, but she educates as well.  Sendy now brings her l337 production skillz and years of knob-twiddling experience to the world of synthesizer reviews and we'll be featuring them here on the blog for all those geeks out there.  Enjoy! 


Re-fx aka Tone2 made their first impression on me with their offbeat and retro-sounding synths, QuadraSid and PlasticZ, both of which are recreations of outmoded and unique synthesis models popular in the 80's (and who doesn't love them some 80's?). I've found myself using a lot of their instruments and happily parting with cash, so clearly I must think they're onto something special. I decided to write up my experiences of their instruments, starting quite a way back with the synth I never expected to see in my arsenal - Vanguard.