Thanks to the purchasing power of a group buy, IK Multimedia is running an unbelievable deal on their plug-ins. First, pay full price for just one...
This year’s event featured eight performers and seven nationalities. This past weekend, September 6–8, provided electronic musicians with several opportunities to rub elbows with their peers,...
Omnisphere is one of the most popular soft synths ever, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s ever used it. One of its greatest strengths is its versatility—the...
Roland has been tearing it up lately with product introductions, today announcing cool new synths and grooveboxes that should be of special interest to Synth and Software...
I like magazines. I’ve always liked magazines. I first read about synthesizers in Time magazine, and I first read about MIDI in Polyphony. When I was in the...
About This Month’s Cover In 2017 I was fortunate enough to interview French synthesist Jean-Michel Jarre, who was about to embark on his first American tour...
A celebration of Moog synthesizers, the men who created them, and the musicians who play them. For three days in mid-August, dozens of synthusiasts gathered in...
Today the Bob Moog Foundation announces its fall raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, formerly owned, played, and signed by Dr. Fink...
Arturia has just announced their latest effects bundle, 3 Delays You Will Actually Use, and it’s now available for download. As the name suggests, it comprises...
Synthesist Marc Doty is passionate about a lot of things. One of them is getting his hands on a synthesizer, taking a deep dive into its...
If you were wealthy, what classic keyboards would you buy? A Fairlight CMI? Mellotron? Hammond B-3? What else? Now you can own the virtual keyboard studio...
In the mid-1970s, all the major synth manufacturers devoted substantial resources to developing some of the first polyphonic synthesizers. One of the most ambitious companies was...
Four years ago, I interviewed one of my longtime favorite musicians, Bay Area synthesist Robert Rich. He played for two nights in Asheville at a friend’s...
When I was a boy, I loved Jerry Lewis movies because he was goofier than any kid I’d ever met. One scene I’ve always remembered since...
I feel fortunate to have long been part of something that was, at one time, way ahead of its time. I’ve devoted a sizable chunk of...