Mark Jenkins looks at ways to compact your keyboard setup Keyboard players. You arrive three hours before the rest of the band, drag your Hohner Clavinet...
Mark Jenkins investigates a groundbreaking but still mysterious style of music A lot of the pioneering work in using day’s music technology came from the area...
Every synth is unique, but here are Mark Jenkins’ (and our) favorite general tips to make creating sounds easy and fun Early synthesists were often asked...
Mark Jenkins with a blast-from-the-past keyboard that looks very much to the future A few months back, just before the new Oberheim synth appeared, we featured a retrospective...
Absolutely, but a lot of instruments that look backward are being released – and that’s a good thing, as Nick Batzdorf philosophizes. Don’t worry, innovation isn’t...
Mark Jenkins updates us on the goings-on at Arturia, the French hardware and software company. Arturia maintains a healthy balance between hardware and software products. Synths...
Spitfire introduces POLARIS – a modern string orchestra imitating classic synth sounds from the mind of GRAMMY-nominated American electronic music composer Brian Transeau (a.k.a. BT). Producing...
Seriously? Are we really still having this debate in 2022?! You’ve viewing this page to see what kind of human would make such a ridiculous assertion....
Your search for the sound of dystopian South London ends here Spitfire Audio’s latest sample library release is Gaika – War Island. It’s a toolit of...
Jim Aikin ponders why anyone would want an old, obsolete instrument The art and technology of synthesizer design has changed enormously over the past 50 years....
An Oberheim SEM software recreation comes in at a fraction of the weight with eight times the fat. Marty Cutler lifts it for exercise. Tom Oberheim...
The Bob Moog Foundation is proud to announce the release of its 2022 Synthesizer Pioneers calendar, honoring innovators in the field of synthesis from the past 60...
Bob Moog Foundation Announces 2022 18-Month Calendar Featuring 60 Years of Synthesizer Pioneers. The Bob Moog Foundation announces its 2022 Synthesizer Pioneers calendar, honoring innovators in the field of...
Content Director Nick Batzdorf looks back at some of the more notable music tech trends and product introductions of the year. (What has he missed?) No...
If you ever want to stir up controversy, just propose ranking the world’s top synthesists. Synth and Software founding editor Geary Yelton and I tried to...