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...
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Free sample mashing with samplebrain, by Aphex Twin and Dave Griffiths
Designed by Aphex Twin, Samplebrain takes a new approach to samples - chopping up audio into a "brain" of little...
Cycling ’74 asked artists to make a collaborative Max drum kit – and shared the patches
Kick, snare, hat, tom, and sequencer - the makers of Max remind us that patching your own drum machine gives...
Nina, 12-voice analog polysynth with motorized controls, now in preorders
What's new in analog synths? Melbourne Instruments has one answer - a luscious vintage-inspired poly that adds path recall and...
Learn Subtractive Synthesis With The Moog Mavis
The concepts covered apply to essentially any vintage analog synthesizer.… Read More Learn Subtractive Synthesis With The Moog Mavis
Make Noise’s new analog oscillator comes in stereo: XPO, Stereo Prismatic Oscillator
Make Noise, the analog synth makers out of North Carolina, have always had a certain hankering for wild and wooly...
Free Piloslib for Pd makes patching easier – and sounds totally hardcore
The modular sound environment Pd (Pure data) is wonderful. Pd is free. Pd runs everywhere. Pd is ... frequently lacking...
Dave Smith brought us all closer together; Sequential and MIDI legend has died
Dave Smith was someone who brought all of us in electronic music instruments closer – and I don’t only mean...
Ableton’s free Learning Synths site now exports, records, and adds more exploration
Learning Synths, Ableton's free site intended to teach synthesis basics, has added some compelling new features. You can now save...
Happy 90th birthday to Herb Deutsch, educator, composer, and Moog synth co-inventor
It's Herb Deutsch's birthday today - and what better way to celebrate than listen to him talk about music, sound,...
