FRMS (pronounced frames) gives granular synthesis a musical edge by mixing it with subtractive and FM synthesis to produce a wide variety of possible timbres.
For just £50 GBP you can get the StartHere DIY monophonic synthesizer kit from The Secret Southside Synthesiser Society. Ideal for those musicians looking to learn new skills.
The standalone, hardware drum machine with sequencer from Erica Synths, Bassline DB-01 synthesiser, does more than just bass... Take a listen and decide whether to get yours in just a couple of weeks.
The more synths the better, right? Only if they all fit nicely in the mix... Matt Vanacoro shows how you can have your cake and eat it with these five essential synth mixing tips.
Grano takes samples like synth lines, field recordings or drums loops and takes you on a journey into unexpected sonic landscapes. It's probably most well suited for ambient and experimental genres.
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.
Whether you're stuck at home for serious, virus-related reasons, or for precautionary measures, Moog Music want you to continue being sonically creative without spending a dime.
The most anticipated synthesizer and music instrument show of the year is back in Berlin in April 2020. Here's what's going on with the program and education events at the show.
The exciting new groovebox model:samples has barely been announced and is already sold out from the Elektron webstore! Here's what you need to watch and read about this new music machine.
There will be more to see and hear of this machine in the future. In the meantime here's the second teaser video of the upcoming instrument from Polyend.
These 15 new overlays will add a different sense of colour and design from beautiful landscapes through to simpler layouts to your Teenage Engineering OP-Z.
If you needed an excuse to buy an extra audio plugin then the idea of getting a Contact synth 100% free is as good as any. But the offer ends today, so act fast!
Collaboration between Erica Synths and engineers from Riga Technical University results in a new kind of user interface that inspires users to explore the sonic universe with SYNTRX.
Isotonik Studios may be better known for their Ableton Live, Push and Novation Circuit packs, but now they're branching out into Elektron land with their second release, Nemeis for Digitone.
Francesco Mulassano of Soundmit, tells us the restoration of the MCS 70 is a once in a lifetime occurrence. This incredibly rare Italian analog synthesizer has come back to life.
XILS 505 is a '˜numeric namesake' virtual instrument inspired by the analog architecture of one of the finest paraphonic string machines of the 70s era.
This interface is capable of controlling multiple synthesizers simultaneously via voltage control outputs and MIDI/USB with extra-low latency while keeping analogue instruments in tune with each other
The analog bass line synthesizer with VCO, VCF, 16-step sequencer, distortion effects and 16-voice poly chain is now available in two additional colours and designs. They all sound great!