pajen has released an unofficial firmware that adds new features to the Korg Volca FM, including velocity sensitivity, and fixes some outstanding bugs.… Read More Volca FM Unofficial Firmware Update Adds Velocity Sensitivity & More
Here’s a hands-on demo of the Electrosmith 3340 VCO & 2144 LPF, available in both Euro and MU formats. … Read More Electrosmith 3340 VCO & 2144 LPF
With 33 1/3’s Switched-On Bach, anthropologist and author Dr Roshanak Kheshti offers a cultural and musical perspective on the best-selling album.… Read More New 33 1/3 Book Looks At Wendy Carlos’s Switched-On Bach
PM founder Richard Nicol describes the VRL as “a completely different analog synthesizer, where every function of the instrument has been influenced by the behaviors and systems of the natural world…”… Read More Pittsburgh Modular Voltage Research Lab In-Depth Review
“I was obsessed with building modules,” he notes. “It just grew and grew and grew, a little like that Stephen King book Rose Red, the house that kept on growing.”… Read More MIT’s Wizard of Synthesizers Joseph Paradiso
This short video, created by Erik Righetti & Device, animates a portion of synthesist and sound designer Richard Devine’s speech at Sónar 2019.… Read More Synthesis & Sound Design, By Richard Devine
This means that you can control your analog gear remotely, automate control changes and more. … Read More Geckotool Promises To Bring Robotic Control To Your Knob-Twiddling
The Chromatic uses a Teensy micro controller and a color/distance sensor to convert color into notes.… Read More Chromatic Optical Color Sequencer
While it’s a minimal synth, it offers 16-voice polyphony, MIDI-CC control, microtonal tuning and more.… Read More “World’s Smallest MIDI Synth” Puts A Powerful FM Synth In Your Pocket
This video captures synthesist Steve Roach at work in his Timeroom Studio.… Read More Steve Roach – ‘Synesthete’
