Describing it as the Quantum’s smaller sibling, Waldorf expects to ship the Iridium before summer’s end. German synth builder Waldorf Music GmbH has announced the Iridium,...
Synthetic Sound Labs has just released its new 3650 Digital Sequencer module – SSL’s first venture into the Buchla 200e format. Simple operation and straightforward functions...
Pick and strum your way through a history of guitar synthesizers, all in one box. Roland’s and Boss’s entries into the world of guitar synthesis have...
If you’re a synthesist, the Kyra could be a DSP farm for your DAW. One remarkably exciting new synthesizer that isn’t getting enough attention (yet) is...
What does Arturia’s flagship controller/sequencer offer electronic musicians? Keystep Pro is a great unifier, controlling CV/gate modular systems as well as DIN MIDI and USB MIDI...
ILIO launches 7 Days of Sound Design, a new series on sound design techniques with Spectrasonics’ flagship synthesizer Omnisphere 2.6 Starting today, ILIO will release one video...
Can a virtual warehouse full of instruments maintain quality along with quantity? Even the free version? SampleTank 4 is a 16-part multitimbral sound/groove workstation for the...
The price of classic synthesizers continues to rise. Which ones are worth their asking price? With few exceptions, almost everyone agrees on which vintage synths they...
If you want the predictability of an LFO with the pattern variations of random modulation, just add chaos. One challenge in music composition is finding the...
The heart of many synths is a wavetable oscillator, but what the heck are wavetables? Filling your mix with fresh, exciting sounds is what electronic music...
Where did “the world’s most dangerous synth” begin, and where is it now? Fifty years ago, Herb Deutsch, Chris Swansen, and a handful of other dedicated...
Arturia OB-Xa V emulates the classic Oberheim OB-Xa polysynth and gives it a few modern twists. French specialists in music gear Arturia just launched OB-Xa V....
Participate in a live webinar and learn how Web MIDI is changing online collaboration. Join representatives from Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and the W3C today (Saturday, May 16) to discuss Web...
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...
The Moog Subharmonicon blends synthesis, sequencing, and polyrhythmic pattern generation. The Subharmonicon is a new semi-modular polyrhythmic analog synthesizer from Moog Music. It employs a six-tone sound...