In an exclusive interview with Synth and Software, pioneering synth designer Dave Smith discusses the new Sequential Pro 3 monophonic synthesizer and other topics. Sequential’s Pro...
Armed with a Moog IIIc modular synthesizer and on the fast track to success, Matt Morton composed the soundtrack to the film Apollo 11. When he landed...
Pearlman put the ARP in ARP synthesizers, and his legacy lives on today. Alan R. Pearlman was the pioneering synthesizer builder and engineer whose initials inspired...
When it comes to good synths in small packages, synth pedals and apps give guitarists and bassists even more choices. In our first installment, we reviewed...
Los guitarristas y bajistas eléctricos pueden tocar el sintetizador con estos pedales de sintetizador, sin necesidad de MIDI. ¿Por qué el sintetizador de guitarra se ha sido...
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...
