First consider looking at the very excellent and essential A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers by Peter Forest. If you are serious about buying he gives details of many faults you are almost guaranteed to find with...
The first thing you should make your mind up on, is what you want to buy and how much you are prepared to pay for it. To do this successfully, you should have some idea as to what sells for what in the current...
As far as electronic organs go, in my opinion Hammond Tonewheel Organs are the best The story starts in 1967, when I first saw "The Nice", who became "Emerson, Lake Palmer" later on.A necessary step I suppose...
Introduction This is our rough guide to guitar effects, everything from distortion types to modulation and time based effects. Effects are devices that electronically alter the sounds that come out of your...
Yamaha DJX Mk1 I cannot say anything bad about this machine - it almost lacks nothing unless you are a home organist looking for auto-RHUMBA arrangements. The DJX is full of rave and electro type rhythms...
Casio DH-100 The Casio DH-100 is a monophonic MIDI instrument with 6 tones : Saxaphone,Trumpet,Synth Reed,Oboe,Clarinet,Flute. All of the tone's timbre changes depending on the breath control from the...
Propellerheads Reason really is the defining 'all-in-one' music production package. It offers a powerful but intuative interface based on modelling hardware devices rather than complicated software operations....
Yamaha DX 100 The DX100 is a small keyed 4 octave keyboard with basically the same FM synthesis method as the classic DX7 - there are only 8 algorithms and 4 operators - but this is really enough to create...
Yamaha PSS480/580 The Yamaha PSS580 is pretty much exactly the same as the 480 as far as I can tell apart from colouration.I had hold of a 480 first,and got the 580 because the rubber pads which control...
Where do I begin! I have been a professional sound engineer for several years and also have qualifications in sound engineering, I also run a sound lighting hire sales company! The first rule is always; do...