The late Dave Smith with Tom Oberheim, Marcus Ryle, Tony Karavidas talking OB-X8 design
We're fortunate for all the time we get to spend together talking about the stuff we love and meeting the...
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Traveler takes you on an hour-long Korg retrospective full of synth sounds
Alex Ball has a new documentary out covering 60 years of Korg instruments – complete with loads of synth demos...
Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious
Thomas Dolby on Jim Henson's little-known The Ghost of Faffner Hall manages an explanation of synthesis basics that is surprisingly...
NI has retired Absynth soft synth after 22 years; here’s a statement from its creator
Music software instruments are entering something of a mid-life crisis – and one landmark is the cancellation this week of...
Join Afrorack and tour the Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments – from home!
It's Afrorack gone Swiss! Afrorack aka Brian Bamanya has a fantastic video sweeping through the world's largest synth collection. And...
Shazam is 20 years old: history, trivia, and tips
It was 20 years ago today - Shazam, now an Apple subsidiary, first launched and changed how the world identifies...
The Daily Show takes on the Black and gay origins of house music
"You've never heard me say - surprise, it's Caucasians!" The always-on-point Roy Wood Jr. tackles the origins of house music...
Watch Troika Ranch’s history in dance technology, then dust off your Wiimote with Isadora
Return to the days of MIDI-controlled LaserDisc players - Mark Coniglio, creator of Isadora, walks through this history of the...
Trace the Black roots of disco, house, and techno in videos and reading – summer school is in
What a week - the Juneteenth commemoration in the US, Chicago house music interest trending as it's repurposed for new...
Darwin Grosse, musical visionary and voice for Max and DIY learning, has passed away
The most powerful impact anyone can have in music is not just to find their own voice but to help...
