The appearance, functions, and thrills of a Eurorack system are free – as long as you think inside the box, and Jim Aikin does very hard...
ContinuuCon 2024, the sixth international Haken Continuum conference, is scheduled for April 26–28 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie – Early-bird pricing info below. PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT...
A couple of weeks of study and you’ll be able to do just about anything you could dream of in the way of sound synthesis –...
Every synth is unique, but here are Mark Jenkins’ (and our) favorite general tips to make creating sounds easy and fun Early synthesists were often asked...
It’s spearheaded by Bitwig and U-He, but so far 22 other developers are “evaluating” it – thinly-coded language from software coders? Any new plug-in format that’s...
Modulation changes everything when you route control signals from sources to destinations. Original lesson from December 2019 Turning knobs by hand while a synthesizer is producing...
Kim Bjørn, the author of PUSH TURN MOVE, takes a look at this important guidance of synth-users when exploring an instrument, and getting familiar with how...
Updated 2021 Edition Of ‘PUSH TURN MOVE’… BJOOKS RELEASES UPDATED 2021 EDITION OF ‘PUSH TURN MOVE’, AN INSPIRING EXPLORATION INTO ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DESIGN… Bjooks, publisher...
A conversation with BSEM founder and ARP 2600 manual author Jim Michmerhuizen If you were to set the Wayback Machine to 1968 while searching for transformational...
The heart of many synths is a wavetable oscillator, but what the heck are wavetables? Filling your mix with fresh, exciting sounds is what electronic music...
Automate your modular system with step sequencers. Playing music with our hands, feet, and breath is a wonderful thing. Sometimes, though, you want to set up...
If you don’t have a thorough understanding of what FM synthesis is or how it works, start here. FM synthesis has always had a reputation as...
This month, we investigate how synth modules can make your music sound more human by harnessing random acts of chance. The use of random elements in...
Synth and Software Translators GUS LOZADA GUS LOZADA is currently Latin America’s sales manager for PreSonus Audio Electronics. He occasionally wrote for the magazine Keyboard and...
This month we go beyond the basics and dive into logic operations, variable step sequencing, and modular polyphony. Learning the basics of any technology is important,...