Inocybe Studio

Synths and stuff are damn expensive. So buying second hand is really a good idea to get some great gear or to get your hands on some old gear that’s currently out of production. Don’t get too exited though. Prices aren’t ‘low’ on the second hand market. Since the internet is available for everyone it’s very rare to see ‘cheap’ second hand prices. Most items on the second hand market are prices reasonably as people can look up the current value of something fast. But nevertheless, if you keep your eyes open you still can get a good deal, some people might need money fast, and some people still don’t know what they’re selling.

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hello World,

Some friends of ours have released a debut album. Which is really cool and, to make it even better, one of the tracks was recorded at our humble studio. So we’re kinda pround to present to you milk the fish – I hope you don’t … check out the video below and go buy yourself a copy..

more info on their website

This is a pretty recent addition to our studio and also a pretty specialized item. A Bass Drum synth which, obviously, is only designed to produce all kinds of sounds that go Boem!! It’s more or less derived from the 909 style kick drum, but has far more options which definitely expand its sonic capabilities way beyond typical 909 usage. If you’re into electronic music and in search of a decent kick drum, you should take a long and hard look at this thing. It’s not cheap, but, given the prices asked for decent drum machines, not that bad value for the money.  Okay, you could download more 909,808 and whatnot samples from the internet till you fill your hard drive up 5 times over, but it’s just not the same. On the Mbase, you can get a kick-ass bass drum with 2 fingers up your nose. Getting it ‘just right’ for your song only takes a few moments longer… and that’s a huge difference to any sample based approach. In short, it’s easy to get good results.

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Akai VX 90 - sorry for the louzy picture quality, I'll try to put a better one up if I'll can take one.

This was the first synth I bought of which I couldn’t find any decent documentation of on the web. It was pretty cheap, and after all, a 6 voice polyphonic analogue synth. So I took my chances and bought it. Analogue polysynths are hard to come by, they are either old and expensive or new and expensive. And to make things worse, they are also subject to all problems analogue synths have, times the number of voices present. The Akai VX90 is pretty much an exception on the typical analogue poly. It doesn’t look sexy with loads of sliders and it certainly doesn’t have that synth stardom flavor to it. Nobody will be drooling over this in your studio, like people (well, fellow home studio enthusiasts, normal people don’t seem to care that much) would do over something like a Roland Jupiter 6 for example .. but it’s cheap, sounds pretty good and has a few nice tricks up its sleeve.

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This green machine seems to be quite popular amongst home studio owners. It’s a filterbank, not too expensive, from a very little known, and out of buisiness last time I heard, company.  So it has everything on it’s side to become ‘the piece of kit to add some unique sounds to your setup’.. Does it live up to those expectations,..

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