How to play the blues scale on your piano or MIDI keyboard
The blues scale - a scale you need to know
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Audiokit Pro’s Digitalism 2000 app brings back the synth sounds of the early noughties
Let’s take it back to the turn of the century
Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes receives Roland’s Lifetime Achievement Award: “The Jupiter-8 is like my Les Paul or Stratocaster”
Jordan Rudess, Jimmy Jam, Ben Folds and Giorgio Moroder among those paying tribute
UVI’s PX Memories goes beyond the Memorymoog synth by emulating the modded version that made it better
The LAMM was a more reliable and functional version of Moog’s synth
The Korg Wavestate SE adds aftertouch and a premium feel in a new 61-key version
Aluminium panel and knobs should make for a very solid synth
Moog releases its first official desktop soft synth, but not everyone will be able to use it
Model 15 makes the jump from iOS, but there are a few caveats
Gearslutz announces that it will be changing its name, following an online campaign
Founder Julian Standen says that the new name will be more inclusive
Alesis’s Q MKII MIDI keyboards promise no-nonsense performance at a low price
New 49- and 88-note models joined by the super-compact Qmini
Kurzweil goes beyond the K2 workstations with the mighty K2700
Is there anything it doesn’t do?
Korg’s ARP 2600 M is a downsized remake of the classic semi-modular synth
A smaller and more portable version of the ARP 2600 FS
The Korg DW-8000 returns in the form of the Modwave hybrid wavetable synthesizer
... and the Kaoss pad is back with new functionality
Korg goes back to its roots with the miniKorg 700FS, a new version of its first analogue synth
Unique ‘sub keyboard’ can be used for phat leads and basses
How to make practising piano or keyboard scales more fun
Here's how to make your practice a blast
Hammond’s SK Pro stage keyboard isn’t just an organ - it’s a synth as well
Piano and Ensemble sections also included
Yamaha goes big while you’re stuck at home with the YC73 and YC88 gig-ready stage keyboards
Larger versions of the YC61 offer drawbars, FM synthesis and more
Behringer’s VCS3 synth clone is now in prototype, and it looks like the real deal
Get ready to enter the matrix...
IK Multimedia promises “next-generation analogue for everyone” with the paraphonic Uno Synth Pro
Keyboard and desktop models take IK deeper into analogue waters
Sequential’s new desktop Prophet-5 synth sounds just as “ballsy” as the keyboard version, but is smaller and cheaper
Compact version of the Prophet-10 has also been announced
Is Sequential about to release a new version of the Oberheim OB-X synth?
A trademark application suggests that it could be on the cards
