About this Month’s Cover Jean-Michel Jarre may be the best-known synthesist in the world, but he rarely tours the United States. The only time I’ve seen...
Experimental Synth explorer Chris Stack breaks new ground by connecting the Subharmonicon and the Hydrasynth. Wikipedia defines the word vignette as “a short impressionistic scene that focuses on...
You can take it with you…and jam along the way. I’m a big fan of little synths. They’re easy to play anywhere, from picnics to planes, and each...
In response to world events and rising from the ashes of isolation, some of the UK’s best touring personnel have created an easy-to-access technical helpline for musicians and music...
Behringer’s love affair with classic synths now focuses on the Moog modular system. How does its sequencer shape up? R.A. Moog Co. introduced the 960 Sequential...
Sequential announced a significant enhancement to their acclaimed Pro 3 multi-filter mono synth — support for user-created wavetables. A hybrid instrument, the Pro 3 features two...
Want to create more interesting modular patches? Add more modulation sources such as the DivKid/Instruō øchd and DivKid/SSF RND STEP. Ben “DivKid” Wilson is one of...
The 1240 Dual Slope Generator (DSG) is SSL’s long-awaited addition to the MU world – designed in close collaboration with the legendary Serge Tcherepnin. A Serge...
The new IK Multimedia plug-in recreates the iconic sound and character of a classic tape delay unit. IK Multimedia has released T-RackS® Space Delay for its industry standard T-RackS...
The new EHX 1440 Stereo Looper delivers 24 minutes of stereo recording time and a comprehensive list of features. 24 Minutes of Uncompressed 24-bit/44.1kHz audio with...
UVI delivers a huge library of samples to keep any keyboard player occupied for years to come. For the last two decades, the French company UVI...
Does Melodyne 5 really let you edit audio as easily as you edit MIDI? Although the word auto-tune has become a verb thanks to Antares’s namesake software, the...
Impact Soundworks releases inSIDious, a virtual synth re-creation of the legendary SID sound chip made popular in the Commodore 64 home computer. Endorsed by and featuring...
Brainworx Audio’s new soft synth Knifonium is now available from Plugin Alliance. Knif Audio’s Knifonium is a unique monophonic synthesizer that contains 26 vacuum tubes and...
A classic Canadian soft synth doubles your pleasure and ramps up the fun. One great advantage of virtual instruments is their tremendous potential for radical revision...