![]() Developed in the 1920s, it's none other than the controller section of an Ondes Martenot. #French connection software#But far from being the newest, latest, whizz‑bang digital marvel, and a million miles from the Pentium‑ and G4‑ powered software products that often fill these pages, it harks back to an earlier, golden age of musical experimentation. Today, however, I'm playing something that's giving me quite a buzz. I suspect that the last time but I felt an S+S tingle running up my spine was also in 1995, when Korg introduced the multitimbral effects in the Trinity. Many of these offer an astounding range of facilities, and processing power quite undreamed of just 10 or 15 years ago, but the frisson of discovering something truly new is lacking. Likewise, my feelings towards today's breed of S+S workstations and synths. ![]() We now enjoy greater polyphony, and better effects sections, and instruments such as the Korg Z1 offer a wider range of physical models, but the philosophy and the way people use virtual analogue synths hasn't really changed in the intervening six years, whether we use them as hardware keyboards or (as has increasingly been the case over the last couple of years) in the form of virtual instruments. Sure, I remember being very excited by the Clavia Nord Lead when it was released (see my review in SOS May 1995) but let's be honest - nothing much has changed since then. Show me the latest virtual analogue synth and it's likely that I will remain quite unmoved. In fact, when it comes to synths and recording equipment, it now takes quite a lot to excite me. Now, thanks to Cornish company Analogue Systems, it's getting a new lease of life.Īre you bored of the same old same old? I am. The Ondes Martenot was one of the earliest 20th‑century electronic musical instruments, and found favour with composers of avant‑garde orchestral works for many years. ![]()
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