Part of the problem with getting involved in a new hobby is the cost. Whether you’re learning to surf, weld, garden, or program, often the entry cost is several hundred dollars. We’re huge fans of ...

The analog synthesizer can be used solo or the 24-point patch bay can add two oscillators, full ADSR (attack decay sustain release) envelope, ladder filter, sample and hold functionality, wavefolding, ...

Technologies come and go. The evolution of listening to recorded music from vinyl records, eight-track tapes, cassettes, CDs and the iPod are an indication. The same goes for instruments that have ...

There's no denying that some synthesizers can be very pricey monsters, but there are quite a few that you can carry around in your pocket – such as Pocket Operators, the Tiny-TS and the minijam studio ...

While my main coverage in Forbes is computing and AI, I occasionally write about audio and music. This time I had the opportunity to test a new analog synthesizer from Moog Music designed as a great ...

The Syntakt has been one of the worst kept secrets in the music world. But it wasn't until today that the world finally got to see what Elektron's latest groovebox is capable of. It combines the ...

Handy diagnostic LEDs on the side of the tone generator boards. (Credit: Mend it Mark, YouTube) Somehow, an Elka Synthex analog synthesizer made it onto [Mend it Mark]’s repair bench recently. It had ...

The $650 XD looks very similar to the original Minilogue. It has the same metal front plate, wooden back, minimal black knobs and lightly textured switches as the rest of the line. It's a design ...

Google just turned its Doodle in Japan into a fully functioning analog synth attached to an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape machine. Right now, it’s tomorrow in Japan, and tomorrow is Robert Moog’s ...