Admiral Quality Releases Poly-Ana Virtual Analog Synth

Admiral Quality has announced the official release of Poly-Ana, the company’s analog model polyphonic synthesizer. Poly-Ana uses a different approach than most other virtual analog soft-synths which the concern feels delivers a sound more authentic to the early analog synths. Admiral Quality’s methodology requires more processing power than other soft synths, but they feel its a more accurate model of the functioning of...

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Allen & Heath Announces XD-53 DJ Headphones

Allen & Heath has premiered their XD-53 professional monitoring headphones. A&H claims that these new cans were designed for use with their Xone DJ mixers, but from the specs it looks like they’re more for advertising the Xone brand name. Like every other DJ headphones worth their salt, the XD-53’s incorporate a circumaural isolation design, providing high level isolation from ambient noise. Nothing new...

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