The Alesis Ion represents a significant departure from its predecessor, the Andromeda, being a DSP modelling synthesizer rather than a true analogue instrument. Despite initial surprise at this direction, the Ion has established itself as one of the most...
Prophet ’08 takes after legendary Dave Smith’s instruments and adds an expanded mod matrix with extra modulation sources (3 envelopes and 4 MIDI-syncable LFOs per voice). A 5-octave keyboard features a semi-weighted action, aftertouch and is velocity...
The Access Virus TI represents a groundbreaking evolution in synthesizer design, bridging the divide between hardware and software instruments through what Access calls "Total Integration" (hence the TI designation). Released in October 2005 after...
The Ensoniq ASR-10 is a digital sampling keyboard workstation released by Ensoniq in 1991. It was the first of its kind to offer a built-in hard drive and a 16-bit sampling engine. The ASR-10 also featured an onboard sequencer, effects, and a variety of...
The Clavia Nord Lead 2 is a virtual analog synthesizer released in 1997 by Clavia Digital Musical Instruments. It is a polyphonic synthesizer that features two oscillators per voice, two multi-mode filters, two LFOs, four envelope generators, and a...