MATRIXSYNTH: Outer Limits of the Akai AX80 | Affordable Alternative to the Roland Jupiter 6?


Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Outer Limits of the Akai AX80 | Affordable Alternative to the Roland Jupiter 6?


video upload by Greg Wilder

"Is the Akai AX80 a handsome but BORING instrument? Not so fast. This gorgeous brute has mastered things other synths can't touch.

Simply put, the AX80 has a STRONG personality. But to find it, you'll have to push it to the outer limits of what the engine was built to do. To quote the great WC Olo Garb (https://www.youtube.com/@Jexus)...

'The bass feels not like fresh warm blood pumped into your veins - it feels like getting hit in the head with a large rubber baseball bat. The lead feels not like rubbing your belly with a feather - it feels like having your ribcage ripped open by an electric bread cutter.'"

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