I was introduced to this by my pal Gio about 6 months ago now and it is a really great piece of software. My only gripe about it perhaps is that it takes FOREVER to load initially, oh yeah and the frakin’ USB dongle. It’s a really perfect combination of analog synths packed into one virtual instrument. I was going to create a video showing this in action, but I found they already had one on their site so I’ll post a link to it instead…The guy demoing it is rather annoying but he hits all the important points, and I don’t make any scratch off this site so shut up and watch (or send him hate mail i don’t care really). Here are a few key selling points from the Arturia marketing dept. (but you should buy it because I said so).

• 2000 analog synthesizers sounds that have defined the sound of modern music.
• All presets are carefully selected from the Arturia Classic Synths (minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V and Prophet VS). These TAE® powered sounds offer unparalleled audio quality.
• Smart Preset Manager. Fast filter the presets to your requirements: by Instrument, by Type (Bass, Pads, Leads…) and/or by Characteristics (hard, soft, complex, simple, short, long…), and find presets according to these filtered choices.
• Organize Presets view by Name, Instrument, Type, CPU usage, Favorites, or User Presets.
• Straight forward Editing, with the most essential parameters for personalizing presets: (Filter and LFO sections, 4 Key Parameters differing for each preset, Chorus & Delay mix, ADSR envelope)

Learn More from Arturia: Analog Factory

Analog Factory presentation by Shorn Rah:

It was you nigga…tell the truth. This tune is from 2004 (and still sadly relevant) by Immortal Technique and Dj Green Lantern, also featuring Mos Def who is perhaps everything that is right about hip hop. Lending big name support is Eminem who himself released a pretty scathing attack on BushCo before the election. Your president is responsible for 911, he is responsible because they supported and BUILT the infrastructure for terror, that is the message, dig?

Link to MP3 download: Bush knocked down the towers