Dr Sabran sums up the difference: “Other instruments are like rivers; they carry deep emotion, tradition, lineage. But the synthesizer is like the wind: invisible, ever-changing, untethered. It ...

300.000 subscribers! Thank you everyone for your continued support! The track is very 80s new wave / Japanese arcade inspired, using a lot of FM synthesis, pads and chunky reverberated drums. It ...

Synthesizers are so ubiquitous in popular music that it’s hard to imagine a time when they weren’t around. The first commercial synthesizer did not exist until 1964, when Robert Moog (pronounced MOHG) ...

Synth Library NYC aims to demystify these sometimes complicated, often expensive instruments into the hands of anyone who wants to try one. Synth Library now has 650 members. Once a month, several ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: Why do we cry foul when we find out that our favourite sound from our favourite track is – in fact – preset 32 from bank F on a keyboard that anyone could own? Using presets in your ...

[Simon the Magpie] found himself in possession of a Behringer mixer that turned up in someone’s garbage. They’re not always the most well-regarded mixers, but [Simon] saw an opportunity to do ...

After teasing both synthesizers at NAMM earlier this year, Kurzweil has finally announced that the KR2061 and K2088 – a modern update to the classic K2000 – are available to order. Released in 1991, ...