Ever wonder why some moments in your favorite pieces of music seem so deeply satisfying? Most often, it’s because the composer has carefully designed such moments...
It’s been 37 years since Moog Music introduced a truly polyphonic synthesizer. Was it worth the wait? The One represents Moog’s return to polyphonic synth design...
Everything just adds up when you understand how harmonics work. As musicians, we work with sound. Sure, wearing the right pair of pants in the photo...
Omnisphere is one of the most popular soft synths ever, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s ever used it. One of its greatest strengths is its versatility—the...
Helpful Tips from Marty Cutler’s THE NEW ELECTRONIC GUITARIST: Adapting synthesizers to guitar, guitar technique, and programming, all working together to improve tracking. Guitars and technology...
Now more than five years old, the little DAW that could presents The Grid, the big modular synthesizer that does…everything. Major DAW updates don’t often take...
If you’re going to be programming synthesizers, you’ll need to understand what oscillators do. The sounds produced by synthesizers come from modules called oscillators. A lot...
How to make synths sound as infinitely interesting as acoustic instruments. Why do acoustic instruments sound so expressive and interesting, even without accompaniment? When you play...
¿Quieres aprender a programar sintetizadores, pero no sabes por dónde empezar? En su nueva serie de columnas, quien fuera editor de la revista Keyboard te enseña...
Want to learn how to program synthesizers, but you don’t know where to begin? In his new series of columns, a former Keyboard magazine editor teaches you what...
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...
Synth and Software investigates the Moogseum, a new museum dedicated to the life, work, and legacy of one of electronic music’s founding fathers. Bob Moog needs...