This was a great Christmas surprise, Memorymoon has released ME-80, a soft synth modelled after the legendary Yamaha CS-80. I'm definitely gonna check it out, and see if it beats the great Arturia CS-80v, one of my favourite soft synths. This is what Memorymoon says about the new ME80:

"The sound of ME80 will remind you of an acoustic instument. It sounds synthetic, but has the expression of a real instrument.  You can shape the tone with aftertouch like you would do on a brass instrument. The velocity feels very alive with a seperate velocity-envelope that took 1 year to develop. Different velocities will have totally different envelope shape. If you want arpeggiators on this synth you do not deserve to play it. The instrument takes practice to master, like a real instrument. Polyphonic aftertouch is supported, but you can select "last played" mode for the aftertouch, and you will have fake polyphonic response from your mono aftertouch keyboard."

Check out ME80 here!

In this clip, Roger O'Donnell (who has worked with The Cure) shows his Moog collection. The Mini Moog, Micro Moog, Moog Source, MemoryMoog, and Moog Voyager all make an appearance. And if you had no cravings for a Moog before, you will after watching this. He also tells some interesting things about each model.

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This guy actually nails the classic Virus sound. I'd like to sample him and make some crazy techno.

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Well, it should LOOK like this, but I’m not sure it should SOUND like this. This is the Belgian band TELEX, when they participated in Eurovision 1980 with the song ”Eurovision”. For those who don’t know the language, the lyrics are about the Eurovision Song Contest.

It’s actually a bit strange to sing about the Eurovision Song Contest when you participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s like singing a song called ”I’m standing on a stage” when you’re standing on a stage.

Anyway, it’s fun to check out the gear.

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