The reign of analogue synthesis had reached its end as the '80s came to a close. Heck, even the FM synthesis that dealt analogue’s death blow was on notice, supplanted by ROMplers, their meagre ...

Just Blaze took to Instagram this week to share a bit of hip-hop history. The Paterson-born producer/DJ posted a photo of an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler that was owned by Kanye West. Blaze confirmed it was ...

Ah, the '80s! A decade drenched in hairspray and carried aloft on the padded shoulders of the first wave of MTV video idols. New wave and synth-pop ruled the airwaves, and hip-hop was maturing into a ...

The instrument in question is an Ensoniq ASR-10 16-bit sampler that Just Blaze found while digging through storage. “This is the actual ASR-10 Kanye used during the Dynasty, Blueprint, BP2, and Black ...