Does Behringer’s tribute edition measure up to one of the great monosynths of the 1980s, the Sequential Circuits Pro-One? Initial...
Why should keyboardists have all the fun? In this issue, Marty Cutler (author of The New Electronic Guitarist) delves into the world of synthesizer stompboxes—effects pedals that...
Electric guitarists and bassists can play synthesizer with these synth pedals — no MIDI required. Why has the guitar synth been slow to catch on? You’ll...
Exploring harmonic relationships beyond chords and intervals. Chords. What are chords? Oh, that’s right, they are collections of notes sounded at the same time. They have...
The Rossum Electro-Music Panharmonium Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer is a Eurorack module that specializes in altering existing sounds and creating drones — but you can also use...
With vacuum-tube oscillators, motion sequencing, and more, the Volca Nubass is an analog minisynth with a fresh take on the classic TB-303 acid-bass machine. Photo Above:...
Modular Synthesis for Beginners… Modular Synthesis for Beginners with Jim Aikin When synthesizers first started to take off, back in the ’60s and ’70s, oscillators were...
Make your synth talk with subtractive synthesis and ring modulation. Recently I discovered it’s easy to make surprisingly realistic vocal sounds, called phonemes, using any subtractive...
Does Novation’s flagship polysynth live up to expectations? The Summit is the newest synthesizer from Novation, a company that’s by far the most prolific synth manufacturer...
A trifecta of delay plug-ins, including two vintage emulations and a potent original design. Arturia has released several plug-in bundles over the last several years, with...
