Tech Articles & Reviews

• Roland SH-3a restoration: from sorrow to treasure!
• Akai S-950 Upgrades Part 5: entire S900 factory library at a press of a button
• 4500 free patches for Ensoniq ESQ-1, SQ-80, ESQ-m
• Akai S3000 vs S3000XL the ultimate test – which is better?
• Cult of 990 – special JD-990 soundset for Roland Zenology
• Restoring my SCI Prophet 5 rev3.3
• Keyboard and other music magazines content index search tool
• Akai S1000 Upgrades
• Finding the tightest hardware MIDI sequencer among a dozen (measurement tests)
• My Oberheim OB-X story and restoration
• Roland JD-800 keys not working? Let’s fix it!
• Ethical Dilemma Unveiled: A Conversation with a Student at The Royal Danish Academy Of Music Raises Concerns
• Matrix 1000 Factory Presets
• Korg DSS-1 Factory Library for Gotek Flash Floppy & HxC owners
• Demos of a few dozen hardware Reverbs
• Finally retrieved back my Yamaha VL1-m
• And so I joined the Korg DSS-1 club!
• Scammer alert: Julián Calvo Orquín (aka Inspektor Gadjet)
• SY-77 Restoration
• Akai S-950 Upgrades Part4: DD & HD floppy to image conversion
• Akai S-950 Upgrades Part3: Floppy drive to HxC Gotek conversion / upgrade
• Akai S-950 Upgrades Part2: LCD display upgrade and modification
• Akai S-950 Upgrades Part1: Power connector upgrade & cosmetics
• Don Solaris soundset for Waldorf Blofeld just became worldwide bestseller
• Working for Waldorf – project Quantum 2.0 – part II
• Working for Waldorf – project Quantum 2.0 – part I
• Another Oberheim OB-X saved from harm
• Rack electric cable management
• Korg MonoPoly modification – analog white noise
• Waldorf Microwave, Pulse etc. infamous Nextel faceplate repair, redo!
• New LED display is too bright? Here’s the fix!
• Alpha Juno keyboard fix (intermit contacts)
• Boss DE-200 gain mod for keyboards
• Boss CE-300 gain mod for keyboards
• Waiting for hard disk ready….SKIP (solved!)
• Roland JD-990 revolutionary concept two decades later
• SCSI to CF “Blackbox” interface for samplers
• Ensoniq TS-10 wavetable and wavesequencing monster
• Moog Voyager O.S. Mods (PWM, filter poles)
• Roland LCD-1 sample CD finally available on S-550!
• Yamaha A4000/A5000 Review
• Why using old hardware samplers?
• How to upload SYX files to synthesizer via MIDI or USB
• Korg Trident MkI Demo
• Waldorf Streichfett Demo (making of)
• The ultimate Roland JV, JD, XV F.A.Q.
• Dynacord DRP-20 review
• ASR-10 synthesizing industrial sounds
• ASR-10 synthesizing an organ
• Eventide H3000 as a formant synth
• Andromeda A6 sound improvement
• Deep FM bass on Roland JD/JV/XV series
• How to achieve PWM on Roland’s SuperJV / XP and XV series
• Roland JD emulation on Super JV and XV synthesizers
• Roland JD-990 Resource Centre
• Roland JD-800 Resource Centre
• Synthesis types
• Synthesizer basics