We have always loved the connection between the development of technology and the way it is harnessed by artists. The early electronic music pioneers had to develop all sorts of clever techniques to ...

We bolster our guide to 15 essential synth sounds with one of the most useful patches in any synthesist's arsenal: synth strings When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Guitar synthesis has evolved from a complex, pickup-dependent technology to an accessible tool that any guitarist can use to expand their sonic palette. Today’s synth pedals eliminate the barriers ...

The String9 sounds so good you might consider whether you need the keyboard player after all. It offers cool string sounds, presents them practically, and while it won't be an everyday pedal for many ...

For his final project in [Bruce Land]’s microcontroller design class, [Mark] set out to make a decently-sized synth that sounds good. We think you’ll agree that he succeeded in spades. Don’t let those ...

Robert Moog, a maverick engineer who made electronics sing in the psychedelic era of the 1960s through the pioneering synthesizer that bears his name and caused a revolution in electronic sound, has ...

In the late seventies, Roland took the sonic palette available to keyboard players and opened it up to guitarists, with the introduction on the GR-500. It was quite simply a marvel, but is positively ...