Here’s Ben Burtt breaking down every single iconic sound design from Star Wars, film by film
If you love sound, it's impossible not to be enchanted by the work of Ben Burtt. His approach to sound...
1970s
May the 4th: KORG reissues ARP 2600 FS in limited run, for your R2D2 sounds (Gallery)
One of the most sought-after instruments of all time is back in the form of its complete, authentic recreation ("FS")....
May the 4th: KORG reissues ARP 2600 FS in limited run, for your R2D2 sounds (Gallery)
One of the most sought-after instruments of all time is back in the form of its complete, authentic recreation ("FS")....
T-Rex recreates the Binson Echorec Magnetic Disk Delay – look, it spins!
After working eight years on its development, the retro-obsessed boffins have recreated the Binson Echorec. That's the rare mid-60s echo...
Arturia LX-24 recreates 1978 Lexicon 224 reverb – but don’t miss the 2023 flipside
The Lexicon 224 digital reverb has one of the best-known, best-loved reverb tails of all time. That also means it's...
BOSS DS-1W is the first solid-state distortion pedal update in decades
BOSS' signature DS-1 from 1978 is still in production today. But for the first time in decades, it's got a...
Celebrate your Blue Monday with the choir sound from New Order – and Kraftwerk’s Orchestron
Expect there are quite a few blue Blue Mondays in the house, so this is topical - our friend Alex...
Dave Smith himself tours the Prophet-5 in a six-part series, one year later
Who better to revisit Prophet history - and its latest iteration - than the synth legend and Sequential founder himself,...
An evocative album draws from Ukrainian sci-fi, in Cluster Lizard’s “Star Corsair”
Truly imaginative electronic music can let you screen science fiction in your mind's eye. Dive into Cluster Lizard's LP, close...
KORG have recreated 1974’s MiniKorg-700 in software – here’s your deep-diving guide
Amidst all the interest in vintage synths, it's not often you get your hands on a 1974 MiniKorg-700. Francis Preve,...
