Vintage Yamaha EM-90A Amplifier Mixer with Built in Rhythm Machine

via this auction"Yamaha 70 watt amplifier/mixer, model number EM-90A. It is in very good condition with no major damage, though there are light signs of wear, like light scratches, scuffing and sticker residue. The manual is also included, but is meant for the EM-80, EM-100 and EM-150." Relative News

Dave Smith Tetra with the Agile AmpKit+ iPad app and Peavey AmpKit LINK

YouTube via bambamstudio | January 08, 2011 | "Just fooling around for the first time. Is it a great movie? NO. Is it fun to play with an iPad and analog synths? YES!!"iPads on eBayiPod Touch on eBayAmpkit on eBay Relative News

Dave Smith Tetra + Agile AmpKit+ + Peavey AmpKit LINK equals FUN!

After a tough week at the Gearjunkies Office, some time for just playing around with some cool toys is just ... well very welcome! The video below is from team member Marc van den Hurk playing around with some new toys and his Dave Smith Tetra synth.... Relative News

Master Pitch and Tempo in FL Studio

// In this tutorial we are going to cover how to use FL Studio’s master pitch and tempo tools to create a massive slow down you’ll hear at the end of some songs. This effect first came from records that would slow down as they came to an end and caused a drop in pitch and speed. Soon DJs would emulate this at a club as an effect. In the digital realm these is no record we can put our hands on, but we can automate a slider or two to get the same effect. If your using another DAW, check to see if you have a master pitch or tempo you can automate in your DAW. With all that in mind, let us begin! Step 1: Pick Your Beat Before we can start the slow down we will need something we can slow down first. To really show this effect off I am going to use an instance of Drumaxx and create beat by using a prebuilt pattern in the Drum n Bass genre. Drum n Bass usually floats around 170-190 BPM and is perfect for our purposes. After that I will drag my pattern out for 8 bars in a piano... Relative News

[WinterNAMM 2011] A-Designs introduces JM-3001 Preamp/EQ

Equally ideal for both studio recording and live sound use, the JM-3001 from A-Designs Audio is a versatile preamplifier, equalizer and instrument input housed in a single-rack-space frame. Hand-built in the US, the new A-Designs device features... Relative News

Does The World Need A T-Pain Microphone?

Features Built-In AutoTune Relative News

NAMM & NOT NAMM - New Products on the Synth Front

Well, it's that time of year again. Keep an eye out on the NAMM label (added to top right menu) for everything NAMM and more. More in that anything new will get the label whether it's shown at NAMM or not. It's about new gear. Updates in this post will be preceded in red. Some already in below. See "The NAMM List!" link under the Twitter, Facebook, and RSS labels on top of the right to get Relative News

Talk Talk and the Realton Variophon

via Rick: "Two Talk Talk songs with multiple variphons:"Talk Talk - APRIL 5TH - 1986 YouTube via ColourOfSpring | November 16, 2007 | lyrics on YouTube"Album : The colour of springPiste : 4Année : 03.1986"Talk Talk - CHAMELEON DAY - 1986 ColourOfSpring | November 16, 2007lyrics"Album : The colour of springPiste : 7Année : 03.1986"You can find more info on the Variophone in this post, this post, Relative News

The microDrum

"MicroDRUM is the most economical and simple to build MIDI drum trigger. It’s based on Arduino and can be used with a huge variety of e-pads / e-cymbals, up to 48 inputs! The output can be sent to a PC and converted to drum sounds through VST like BFD, Addictive Drums and Superior Drummer, etc. … The accompanying software allows features not found in any similar solution: a direct interface with Relative News

Klaus Schulze with his setup in the late 70s

via Wolfgang Palm of PPG"The top cabinet is filled with PPG modules, and he also used a PPG-custom keyboard."You can read about it site here (Googlish here). Relative News