A group of innovative synth plugins is providing alternative hip-hop producers with tools that move beyond standard subtractive synthesis. These instruments use additive, modular, sample-based, and ...

A selection of superb stock synths that you might not have even realised you ...

This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its ...

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As well as turning out a stellar series of free instruments under the Vaults banner, Crow Hill has been gradually building up ...

We’re pretty sure there’s no internationally recognized arbiter of records like “World’s smallest full-featured polyphonic stereo MIDI synthesizer that fits in a DIN shell”. If there isn’t, there sure ...

Just as the synth was losing its way in the late 2000s, the Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics compilation unveiled a new world of synth majesty.

When you think of simple synths, what components come to mind? All you really need to make one is an oscillator, an amplifier, and some kind of input such that you can play different notes. Our ...

If you’re starting to get into electronic music or need a bit of inspiration for your own music, these four synth-pop records are a few of the most memorable in the genre. And they’re still fun to ...

Multi-instrumentalist and producer James Cody Lollar, the leader of the darkwave synth band known as GoST, died on Wednesday. He was 46. The news of Lollar’s passing was announced in a post on the ...