The newest, and most hotly anticipated member of the Arturia Step family is to be revealed at NAMM 2020 in Anaheim, California. The sequencer the world...
Launchpad Pro is the most powerful 64-pad MIDI grid controller for producing: both in Ableton Live and with your hardware. It gives you everything you need...
How to shape your sounds with envelope generators. Every synthesizer, even the most primitive, has at least one envelope generator. Most have two or more. If...
Modal’s new Craft 2.0 proves that an inexpensive little synth can sound amazing. The Modal Craft 2.0 is an entry-level monophonic synthesizer whose size belies its...
Modulation changes everything when you route control signals from sources to destinations. Turning knobs by hand while a synthesizer is producing a tone is a great...
BOSS announces the next-generation GK synthesizer and instrument modeling processor for guitar and bass. BOSS introduces the SY-1000 Guitar Synthesizer, an advanced synthesizer and modeling processor for guitar...
Electric guitarists and bassists can play synthesizer with these synth pedals — no MIDI required. Why has the guitar synth been slow to catch on? You’ll...
Exploring harmonic relationships beyond chords and intervals. Chords. What are chords? Oh, that’s right, they are collections of notes sounded at the same time. They have...
Roland Cloud News… Roland Cloud, an evolving cloud-based suite of software synthesizers, drum machines, and sampled instruments for modern creators, presents SRX ELECTRIC PIANO, SRX STRINGS, and SRX BRASS. Created...
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...
Strings, brass, and woodwinds in a single package derived from their larger, individual library counterparts. I’ve owned a few Chris Hein libraries over the years, and...
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...
Simmons, the first name in electronic drum kits, has introduced its new SD1200 Mesh-Head Electronic Drum Kit, a top-tier performance kit for the advanced drummer. The...
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...
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...