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...
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...
Practically every electronic musician uses MIDI, but many have only a vague understanding of exactly what it is, what it isn’t, and how it works. You...
This underappreciated synthesis technique may be the key to greater musical expression. Ever since I first laid my hands on a Moog modular synth at around...
Memories of the founding father of computer-based music. Max Vernon Mathews (born November 13, 1926; died April 21, 2011) was the Bell Labs scientist who invented computer...
Guitars can be electronic instruments, too, you know. If you’re a guitarist, it all depends on how you use technology. One guitarist who’s had decades of...
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...
Has the Fourths String Layout become a new standard for finger positioning? Most electronic music today is played on a MIDI piano keyboard. This layout has...
Do you believe in magic? What should you do when you’ve fallen under its spell? The real beginning of any musical piece is not how it...
Synth and Software contactó al innovativo diseñador de instrumentos Roger Linn para examinar alternativas de Expresión Polifónica MIDI. La mayoría de la música electrónica es ejecutada en...
Synth and Software reached out to groundbreaking instrument designer Roger Linn to survey alternatives for MIDI Polyphonic Expression. Most electronic music is played on a MIDI...
By Guest Contributors Kim Bjørn and Chris Meyer – Geary Yelton: The excellent book Patch & Tweak is one of the most complete sources of information about...
