SYNTH WEEK 2024: The '70s is the decade when this new musical synth technology began to really find its feet. Granted, it was still an incredibly expensive preoccupation, but synthesizer development ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: After the incredible leaps in synthesizer technology that were made in the late '70s, 1980 could be regarded as the year that was the calm before the beautiful storm. There weren’t ...

Undoubtedly the most high profile hardware release of the year, the TR-1000 is Roland ’s new flagship drum machine, combining ...

In the late seventies, Roland took the sonic palette available to keyboard players and opened it up to guitarists, with the introduction on the GR-500. It was quite simply a marvel, but is positively ...

Opening on what would be his 85th birthday, the Moogseum commemorates the inventor who’s been a staple of pop music from the 1960s to today. Visiting Asheville, North Carolina, in December, I walked ...

Universal Audio makes plugins that deliver quality results rather than a huge list of extras. Witness the company's vast range of vintage recreations that focus on the character and nuances of the ...

The widow of analog synth chip pioneer Doug Curtis has spoken out against the practice of cloning vintage music technology, saying that she is “deeply saddened by the attempt of others to trade on ...

Watch this video on YouTube. “Offering a universe of rich, analog-inspired polyphonic tones in a small footprint, the SY-200 makes it simple to weave BOSS’s expressive guitar and bass synth technology ...