Dream Theater’s pioneer of keyboards and music software uses AI Jordan Rudess is celebrated as one of the most technical – and certainly one of the...
The Synth and Software Interview by Mark Jenkins Rick Wakeman must be one of the busiest men in rock music, seemingly always on tour playing different...
Waving our hands at an affordable and universally available version of the 1968 Stylophone The Stylophone was born in 1968, and it threw a unique bridge...
The pioneering electronic music group’s latest high-tech incarnation Anniversaries continue to whiz past for Tangerine Dream, the world’s longest-lived electronic music group. This time around, caught...
Streaming makes the heart grow fonder for discs Perhaps it’s not surprising, but the word is that CD sales are now increasing worldwide. In the same...
Synth and Software’s guide to the latest options for creating music livestreams over the Internet Ever since the first COVID lockdowns, bands have increasingly turned toward...
Trip through some hi-tech classics with Mark Jenkins Electronic instruments appeared in pop music fairly early on – think Joe Meek’s “Telstar” and Gershon Kingsley’s “Popcorn,”...
Electronics meets viola – a remarkable duo makes waves with ambient music Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer met in Chicago, where they were both taking...
We won’t give away the prices, but… wait: these are all under $100?! Who doesn’t like a powerful but pocket-sized instrument? Korg and Roland both offer...
Recent gems from the London music scene – oh yes, they’re still performing While there are great new artists appearing all the time on the electronic...
A look at the latest world prices for classic instruments Prices for electronic instruments – particularly classic analog synths – seem to have gone crazy over...
RIP to the Swedish electronic musician (>80 albums!), film director, artist, and author Ralph Lundsten has passed away at the age of 86. The Swedish composer,...
The co-creator of Ableton Live is also an electronic music innovator It’s often said of an expert in any field that they “wrote the book on...
Nick Steed, keyboardist of the pioneering blues/rock band, talks to Mark Jenkins about their latest The history of British blues/rock band Colosseum goes back a long...
Mark Jenkins gets his freak on – and his hands on this compact instrument Arturia’s new MiniFreak is more than an expanded version of the French...