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What to choose - the flagship DJ-808 model or the DJ-707M - a controller from the middle price segment, and for the money saved - a separate drum machine, for example TR-8?

Sequential will release a limited version of the Prophet 12 synthesizer in December of this year, and this will complete the release of this model. Prophet 12 will differ only in design, the sound engine, the interface and the price will remain unchanged.

2018 is the year of hybrid sound synthesis. Half of the synthesizers in the ranking is a delicious blend of analog + digital synthesis in different proportions. Sometimes even digital + digital, which is also interesting. Another half is an attempt to recreate the behavior of cult synthesizers of past years. This is our only chart for 3 years in which there are two MOOG synthesizers at once! This is an interesting and versatile chart, which you should familiarize yourself with and express your opinion, because otherwise you definitely risk missing something important!

Roland continues to delight us with new instruments! Not so long ago, a new version of the vocal effect processor from the AIRA line, the Roland VT-4, was released. It received several very significant improvements in comparison with its predecessor, the main of which is, of course, the ability to control vocoder using MIDI.

On October 10, Novation released a new SL MkIII controller, which gives a lot of possibilities both in controlling hardware devices and even entire setups, and in controlling digital workstations. In addition to the rich functionality, the device is quite ergonomic and has a good keyboard and a sufficient number of controls.