Whether you're a music producer or sound designer learning subtractive synthesis can take you a long way using many hardware and software synthesizers.
If you have or are about to get a Korg Minilogue xd hardware synthesizer, then this librarian, MIDISynth by Sigabort, available standalone or as VST and AU plug-in is super useful.
With an FM-based software synthesizer based on the Game Boy Advance's 16 MHz CPU, a sequencer and plenty of I/O, this new synth looks like it will be a lot of fun.
Software instruments can make authentic-feeling and sounding bass parts, but you'll need to know a few programming tricks. Joe Albano shares his secrets...
Cycling 74's new Max 8 moves audio and video programming to the next level with innovative new features, improvements and workflow refinements. Here's what's new.
Join Endorphin.es and Todd Barton as they discuss the SHUTTLE synth, music-making and more in this free MasterClass recording, available on catchup now.
For less than €6 EUR you can dramatically improve the functionality of your Korg Volca Keys synthesizer. This software editor allows you to adjust, save and automate its controls in your DAW!
The principles for quickly creating a computer chiptune style lead sound can be applied to any synthesizer. This short video explains how to do it for yourself.
Learn the essentials of subtractive / analog synthesis in this excellent four-part series with Peter Schwartz. Part two delves into the sound creation components of the analog synthesizer.
Combining a Buchla 200e and various Eurorack modules, master synthesist and composer, Steve H, invites you to take a meditative journey into an electronic dream world in this video performance.
Learn the essentials of subtractive / analog synthesis in this excellent four-part series with Peter Schwartz. Part one explores the four properties of sound.
Including over 2,500 presets sampled from 77 hardware synths, and a new interface UVI's new Synth Anthology 2 wants everyone to have the authentic sound of hardware instruments in their studios.
Not every good synth plugin need cost an arm and a leg. Podolski from U-He is a very capable FREE synth with an awesome arpeggiator. Watch GW Childs design a cool bass pattern inside this beast.
If you're considering purchasing the Moog Minimoog Model D analog synthesizer it pays to hear the oscillators and understand more about the waveforms they generate and what they sound like.
If you have the Roland Boutique JU-06 synthesizer then you can get a standalone and VST MIDI editor and remote control for less than 6 Euros! Watch the video below to see this in action.
For some reason I do love the web-based sequencers. And now Erica Synths have created one who can use to design patterns for their Pico Trigger module. It's fun!
In this video tutorial by Matt Vanacoro, we learn how to combine programs to create impressive layered sounds on Korg's flagship synthesizer, The Kronos.
When analog and digital meet the sonic results can vary. In this case, combining the Mother-32 semi-modular analog synthesizer with Output's Movement rhythm plug-in creates something awesome!
A safari ticket to the wilderness of sound..? This is how Sugar Bytes describe their new modular synth plug-in, Factory. Darren Burgos is on the hunt for powerful sounds and Factory comes up trumps.