Armed with a huge number of buttons and knobs the two most powerful arrangers made by Japanese synth making giants Yamaha and Korg seem to contrast ironically the quality with… another quality: stunning sound of Yamaha with the excellent sound of Korg, all-embracing functionality with catchall possibilities. Anyway Ketron Audya reminds us of its firm presence on the market featuring great price/quality proportion and has everything in its favor featuring all the advantages an arranger or composer would need.
Should we buy a new one or a second hand unit will serve us well? Here we’ll talk about a never-ending dilemma, designs and pricing, the reasons of purchasing an old instrument or a new one straight after being assembled. We’ll analyze it while having a close up on the Japanese synthesizers (and an English one).
We can explore and inspect Ultranova’s architecture as long as much we have time for it and aspiration, of course. It’s not that infinite but surely draws attention of the most curious ones – those who understand Novation and consider Ultranova a special instrument. And those who’re not going to compare it. To anything.
Roland launched its second brand new masterpiece too soon after the first one. Having announced two state of the art synths in roughly a year Roland leaves us a bit puzzled. The thing is that System-8 and JD-XA now have to compete against each other on the market though they’ve got practically nothing in common.
The line of volca devices from KORG, a legendary japanese company, is probably the most balanced and functional in the segment of portable and inexpensive music creation tools. These are truly original products, combining the best ideas of synthesis and sampling of the last century with a convenient, intuitive design and nice sound, for their price.
