Category: Modular Synthesizers

The ‘Heart of Subtractive Synthesis’: The Moog Ladder Filter, Explained

Moog Ladder Filter

Moog Music has a new video out today on The Moog Ladder Filter, the patent for which Bob Moog is being inducted into the National Inventors’ Hall of Fame. Rick Shaich, Moog Hardware Engineer, narrates the video and explains the Ladder Filter’s important distinction of being “voltage controllable… It’s really the heart of subtractive synthesis,… Read More The ‘Heart of Subtractive Synthesis’: The Moog Ladder Filter, Explained

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The Electro-Music emSynth Promises To Make Modular Synthesizers Small & Cheap

emSynth, the electro-music synthesizer, is a compact miniature modular synthesizer system designed for ‘anyone with an interest in low cost modular synthesizers’. By low cost – they plan to sell the modules for about $15 each. Here’s the official description for the emSynth modules: Traditional modular synthesizers are large, wall-sized investments in sound. They are… Read More The Electro-Music emSynth Promises To Make Modular Synthesizers Small & Cheap

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The Korg MS-20 Mini Mega Video Overview

Synth educator and Moog Foundation Archivist Marc Doty has wrapped up a massive 12-part video overview of the new Korg MS-20 Mini, embedded above. Doty’s series covers the MS-20 Mini’s oscillators, filters, envelope generators, amplifiers, sample & hold, external signal processor, patch examples and more. Doty came away impressed with the new synth. “Playing this… Read More The Korg MS-20 Mini Mega Video Overview

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