It’s like additive synthesis but unique: two sample-based oscillators play up to eight pitches each, based on the harmonic series...
It does virtual analog, granular synthesis, wavetable synthesis, sample playback, and FM. We’re truly living in a Golden Age of synthesis. Every year more developers step...
Yes, a $3000 monitoring system will bring true happiness to your life “Which speakers should I buy” is powerful clickbait on Internet forums. It invariably attracts...
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...
It happened April 13 – 15 at the Anaheim Convention Center For decades the entire music industry has convened at the NAMM Show to see what...
The chronicles of a new Eurorack setup The very first challenge when building a Eurorack modular set up is choosing a case. After all a Eurorack...
Synth and Software contributors sound off on their choices We asked several of our top contributors to write a couple of paragraphs about why they use...
Mark Jenkins scopes out these mad scientist favorites, now synth studio must-haves You’ve seen them in countless sci-fi movies, you’ve puzzled over them in your local...
Because it’s not fair that only guitar and bass players can have onstage get-togethers. Mark Jenkins traces these popular strap-ons through the ages. Keytars – keyboards...
Jim Aikin ponders why anyone would want an old, obsolete instrument The art and technology of synthesizer design has changed enormously over the past 50 years....
Casiotone? Seriously? Yes. We were fortunate to get an excellent preview demo of this little keyboard over Zoom from Casio’s Mike Martin. He played through some...
NEW from Korg, the miniKorg 700FS – the famous analog monophonic synth from 1973 is reissued. It’s only natural to assume that the latest thing is...
About this Month’s Cover Who doesn’t love a spaceship music studio with a dozen keyboards, head-high racks full of effects units, several computers, at least three computer...
About this Month’s Cover Electric piano is an iconic sound, to use the cliché. On the surface, there’s not much to it: a hammer hits a...
About this Month’s Cover There’s nothing like a piano, except for a painting of one or a sampled one. This month’s cover is in the former...
