A great time was had by all at the Burbank, CA synth show last week, and here are the receipts UPDATE: Synth and Software contributor Mark...
Mark Jenkins looks at ways to compact your keyboard setup Keyboard players. You arrive three hours before the rest of the band, drag your Hohner Clavinet...
Mark Jenkins investigates a groundbreaking but still mysterious style of music A lot of the pioneering work in using day’s music technology came from the area...
The riveting tale of how I turn on my studio just by telling it to power up You’d be surprised at how much more likely you...
Jim Aikin encounters possibly the most powerful synthesizer he’s ever looked at I already have way too many software synthesizers, but when I saw that a...
Mark Jenkins traces the history of pocket-size sound makers 180-pound six foot weighted keyboard controllers are still a going concern, but there’s also a trend toward...
Cloud backup company Backblaze publishes a definitive 5-year study We all use computers for making music, right? Well, the old wives’ tale about solid state drives...
Cheesy Moog albums take on a new life today, as Mark Jenkins enters a world of crazy, psychadelic, and sometimes funny electronic sounds In the course...
We know lots of electronic instruments built in China, but who knows much about Chinese artists? Mark Jenkins spoke to one with some highly unusual performance...
Artistic beauty is more than skin deep. But does it even require skin? [Editor’s note: This is a complicated and controversial subject, and we welcome your...
A different way of approaching your digital audio sequencing software and its plug-in processors There’s an interesting feature in the forthcoming CLAP open plug-in format: polyphonic...
Absolutely, but a lot of instruments that look backward are being released – and that’s a good thing, as Nick Batzdorf philosophizes. Don’t worry, innovation isn’t...
You hate it, you really hate it The results are in. We didn’t get a single yes to May’s cover question – “Subscription Software – Yes...
Ed Sheeran, Grimes, and an increasing number of others are using technology to replace the conventional band and present great performances entirely solo. Moonya is a...
A conversation with Emmy-awarded musician in advance of his latest album In addition to his greatest claim to fame – having contributed to Synth and Software...
