The greatest annual synth show on earth has been cancelled due to the Coronvirus... wait. No it hasn't! Booth stops, artist performances, new product demos are being broadcast direct into our homes!
Novation's flagship synthesizer, Summit, deserves a rich library editor that'll integrate it with the DAW of your choice. Sigabort's MIDISynth-Peak/Summit app does just that and so much more.
Loopop is first up with an in-depth video review of the new Polyend Tracker. It's not only comprehensive and informative, but also sonically excellent. Sit back and enjoy.
Tracker from Polyend is a machine combining the retro feel of software trackers with sampler, wavetable, granular FM synthesis, sequencer and arranger in a portable standalone hardware form.
There's five sound designers at UVI responsible for the vast array of sampled instruments that are part of their highly acclaimed Vintage Vault 3. Find out their sampling workflow secrets here.
Imagine an affordable clone of the iconic Roland CR-78 analog drum machine... and what if you were involved in the creation process, including the design, of the machine itself. Hello Behringer...
UVI releases Vintage Vault 3, a massive update to their premier vintage synth collection, and JP Legacy, a 4-instrument suite inspired by an iconic Japanese synth line.
Paying homage to the legendary early-Eighties-era Elka Synthex, the latest version of Syn'X 2 brings a wealth of new features and upgrades. Here's what's new.
The Wavestate isn't a simple reissue of the 90s Wavestation synth. This is a completely re-imagined, next step into the world of digital wave sequencing synthesis.
Here's the top 15 articles from the past 10 years published only on Ask.Audio. These are the most read pieces on music tech, including news, tutorials and opinion editorials.
Boss says the SY-1000 is a new chapter in guitar synthesis and delivers the finest performance and most organic playing experience to date. Here's all the details on this new guitar synthesizer.
We thought the upcoming "warp drive" feature for the Behringer Model D was going to be a firmware based improvement. We were wrong. It's a brand new synth: Poly D!
See how to quickly set up a cool retro synth patch from scratch in Arturia's Pigments by using the instrument's Analog mode and a few tuning, filtering and oscillator tricks.
UVI's Falcon is a powerful environment for building synth or sample-based instruments, and it's easier than you may think. Joe Albano shows you how it's done.
Synth expert, composer and all round musical guru Steve H can be seen and heard performing two events this weekend. Stream it live wherever you are in the world.
We think this MIDI controller is different to any others you've used. it visualises up to 36 MIDI parameters across multiple hardware and software synths simultaneously and offers more than that.
Modal's new CRAFTsynth 2.0 brings a totally new design and an infinite world of sonic possibility in an almost unbelievably compact package. Hollin Jones took it on the road.