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...
A trifecta of delay plug-ins, including two vintage emulations and a potent original design. Arturia has released several plug-in bundles over the last several years, with...
Should you upgrade to the latest revision of this popular virtual studio? Reason version 11 is here, and with it, Propellerhead Software has brought some big...
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...
Managing the horizontal and vertical dimensions of musical space. Chords. Who doesn’t love chords? Generally speaking and to most people, chords appear to be the basic...
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...