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...
How to shape your sounds with envelope generators. Every synthesizer, even the most primitive, has at least one envelope generator. Most have two or more. If...
A vintage English monosynth is reborn in Behringer’s Wasp Deluxe. The Wasp Deluxe is the latest in Behringer’s family of classic synthesizer tributes. This growing product...
Arturia’s recent firmware update for the MatrtixBrute opens the door to new sequencing capabilities. The Arturia MatrixBrute is a full-featured analog synth that sounds great. Arturia’s...
In a Eurorack modular system, Falistri is most useful as a pair of flexible modulation sources, though its capabilities go far beyond. Frap Tools calls Falistri...
File away your musical ideas for future use. Think about how you make music. It can be pretty nonstop: playing, listening, producing, and posting finished pieces...
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...
The Evaton Link is one of the best solutions for using a single cable to exchange multiple signals between Eurorack modular systems. Most modular musicians start...
Modulation changes everything when you route control signals from sources to destinations. Turning knobs by hand while a synthesizer is producing a tone is a great...
Does Behringer’s tribute edition measure up to one of the great monosynths of the 1980s, the Sequential Circuits Pro-One? Initial skepticism about Behringer’s plans to bring...
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...
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...
El nuevo polysynth buque insignia de Novation, ¿está a la altura de lo que se espera? El Summit es el nuevo sintetizador de Novation, el fabricante...
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...
