Modulation changes everything when you route control signals from sources to destinations. Original lesson from December 2019 Turning knobs by hand while a synthesizer is producing...
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...
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...
If you don’t have a thorough understanding of what FM synthesis is or how it works, start here. FM synthesis has always had a reputation as...
This month, we investigate how synth modules can make your music sound more human by harnessing random acts of chance. The use of random elements in...
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...
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...
Modular Synthesis for Beginners… Modular Synthesis for Beginners with Jim Aikin When synthesizers first started to take off, back in the ’60s and ’70s, oscillators were...
If you’re going to be programming synthesizers, you’ll need to understand what oscillators do. The sounds produced by synthesizers come from modules called oscillators. A lot...
Want to learn how to program synthesizers, but you don’t know where to begin? In his new series of columns, a former Keyboard magazine editor teaches you what...