This pioneering Belgian synthesist has worked with Bowie, Dolby, Deep Forest, and Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider. When he bought an EMS VCS3 in 1970, Daniel Lacksman became...
Vocoding and vocal-synthesis effects are a snap with this innovative processing software. Waves OVox is a voice-controlled processor and resynthesis plug-in that also runs as a...
Tune in to Moogmentum in Place, an ongoing Facebook Live webcast of live music. Until the end of May, the nonprofit Bob Moog Foundation is hosting...
How closely does the Behringer K-2 sound and function the same as the classic Korg MS-20? The K-2 is yet another synthesizer in Behringer’s reproductions of...
Kraftwerk cofounder Florian Schneider died in April after a brief bout with cancer. You’ve likely heard that Florian Schneider, one of the founding members of Kraftwerk,...
Extend your keyboard’s capabilities with oscillator and effects plug-ins from Sinevibes. You’re likely aware of Korg’s prologue, minilogue XD, and NTS-1. You may even own one....
I was saddened to hear of the death on May 3rd of Dave Greenfield, founder member and keyboardist of The Stranglers. Greenfield was one of the...
How to use sequencers to create musical patterns My last few columns have discussed repetition in music and the patterns that result. Until now, those discussions...
About This Month’s Cover: Chris Meyer’s Modular Synth At Synth and Software, we feel most fortunate that Chris Meyer of Learning Modular writes our monthly “This Month’s Modular”...
Automate your modular system with step sequencers. Playing music with our hands, feet, and breath is a wonderful thing. Sometimes, though, you want to set up...
This misunderstood stompbox adds magic to synth pads. When Boss released its 100th compact effects pedal in 2013, it tried something truly different. Unfortunately, guitarists around...
Could a reverb plug-in really capture the sound of a world-class recording studio? You bet it could. Sunset Sound Studio Reverb (SSSR) is a reverb plug-in...
Now that the Hydrasynth is becoming widely available, let’s find out what makes ASM’s flagship synthesizer unique. In September 2019, a new company called Ashun Sound...
Want to integrate your old-school MIDI instruments with Ableton Live? Here’s how. We’re in the midst of an incredible resurgence of modular, semi-modular, and desktop synths....
Behringer revives another popular classic from the early 1980s, the Roland SH-101. The MS-1 is another recent reproduction of a vintage analog synthesizer design. That puts...