Wow: when you first hear the Moog Muse, you'll wonder if your ears are deceiving you... An 8 voice analog polysynth with WYSIWYG interface, 3 oscillators with drive and dirt and a 12-bit digital delay on the outputs? It's like half of a Moog One, but more! Delicious in every regard. Try it for yourself or watch my dumb demo wandering around.
The Matrixbrute is sneaky: with two classic analog filters and a panty dropping mod matrix, it may just be the most complete analog monosynth ever made. With its WYSIWYG panel, everything is right there ready to play or tweak. Super inspiring sequencer will make you come up with riffs accidentally (on purpose) and you can truly modulate any knob you want with it. All of this runs through analog effects via a Bucket Brigade which yes, you can also modulate. If you can't make music with this, it's not your parents fault like everything else is!
If you remember the 80's and music spawned from that era, you remember the PPG and its direct descendant: the 3rd Wave. More than just "inspired by" this synth perfectly does what the PPG did: 8-bit digital waveforms through Rossum analog filter and circuitry. On top of that, each wavetable can scan through smoothly or stepped for a morphing wavetable which is freely programmable. With knob per function panel layout, it's an absolute joy to play and program.
...AND THATS NOT ALL!
It also holds the Prophet VS wavetables, allows you to import custom wavetables-- even from Serum-- and let you sample via its analog input. This is the most inspiring synth to come out in years. Rent it and find out why!
The new muSonics Vanilla synth is a remake of a modular Oberheim SEM voice in 5U form. Instead of engineering out the saturation, overdrive, and distortion, it was left in the filter, VCA's, and mixer section. It is loud and proud of its heritage, and absolutely jumps out of the speakers. Best of all, its self-contained, so if you always wanted to try 5U/Moog Unit system, here is your chance.
Technically not a synth, but.... This all-analog beast of a DJ mixer- co-designed by Richie Hawtin- has per channel hipass and lowpass filters, SCULPT EQ, 2 auxiliary sends, and DRIVE on each channel, all of which sound great and let you carve out each mix. It is very hands on and "playable", with luxurious build quality. Typically used as a DJ mixer, it can be used with line level signals like synths and drum machines. This is the best portable all-analog mixer available at any price, and the only one in Denver for rent!
It is the ultimate "live hardware set" mixer. Check it out in my sets around Denver.
They finally did it: they shrunk one of the greatest synthesizers ever!
The Korg ARP 2600M is the latest incarnation of the all analog semi-modular synth, but at 60% the size of the original. The sound is stunning, and just like the vintage one I had. Only this time, it's conveniently desktop sized, and retains all of the analog features. You can patch the output to the preamp, and overdrive it at 10x, 100x or 1000x. It has both 4012 and 4072 filters, an analog ring modulator, built in speakers, and a real stereo spring reverb! Updated for modern use, it has MIDI, USB, and acts as a USB host, so you can plug in a USB keyboard or sequencer right to it for use without a computer. It works really well with Eurorack for hours of cross patching and limitless wonder. Yes, it does the R2-D2 sound.
Give the gift of a synth rental, so that you don't have to buy it for them for their Birthday, Christmas, or "I'm sorry I cheated" gift!