Saturday, March 22, 2014

World's Smallest Synth Studio?


What kind of a synth studio fits into this rucksack...?





Let's take a closer look what have we here…

First, there's a newest member of my family: Arturia Microbrute, a real analog synth with 25 mini keys. Then there's of course iPad, all those cables and powers supplies and also a small portable speaker.






To connect Microbrute to iPad you'll need a camera adapter (from Apple Camera Connection kit) and of course a USB cable.

Basically I needed a small MIDI controller for all my iPad synths and Microbrute was the best candidate because with this reasonable low price (little below 300 euros) you'll have a MIDI controller plus a real analog synth too!






Few of my favorite iOS synths at the moment:


Arturia iMini

(Minimoog Model D emulation)


Very intuitive, good quality sound and
beautiful graphics.









Arturia iSem

(Oberheim Sem emulation)

Similarly intuitive, good sound and nice GUI


This is best iOS synth for playing Van Halen's "Jump" for sure!





Sunrizer

A modern (or digital) and very flexible synth. This one is "a little brother" of my Access Virus TI2. This is maybe the only synth which I could really use in my own productions which normally use my professional hardware (check My Gear if you like). It has personal sound…