A rat’s nest of generation loss gives the iconic choir sound the artifacts of most of the audio recording formats of the 20th century. … Read More Blue Monday, And The Bizarre History Of That Awesomely Weird Choir Sound
Here’s a look at a rare Soviet drum machine, the Formanta UDM, aka the Rokton.… Read More The Rokton Drum Machine, AKA ‘The Soviet 808’
in this lecture, Stockhausen explains his Four Criteria of Electronic Music, and why new music matters:… Read More Karlheinz Stockhausen On The Four Criteria of Electronic Music
The video is a short documentary about how students from an agricultural high school in Courcelles-Chaussy (France) discovered a forgotten synthesizer from the 1960s – the Loumavox.… Read More The Unbelievable Story Of The Loumavox, The Synthesizer That Time Forgot
The Korg MiniKorg is a relatively simple synth, but it sounds great and is full design quirks.… Read More The History Of The Korg MiniKorg
The Bob Moog Foundation has announced their 2022 calendar, Synthesizer Pioneers, covering 18 months and honoring innovators in the field of synthesis from the past 60 years. All proceeds from the sale of the calendar support the non-profit organization and its projects, including the Moogseum, the Foundation archive and a ‘STEAM’ project to teach the… Read More New Calendar Features Synthesizer Pioneers, Supports Non-Profit Bob Moog Foundation
Berna 3, a virtual studio described as a ‘love letter’ to mid-century electronic music studios, is now available.… Read More Berna 3 Turns Your Computer Into A 1950’s Electronic Music Studio
Synth Gems 1 is a beautifully photographed 320-page hardcover art book that celebrates vintage synthesizers and the people who created them.… Read More New Book, Synth Gems 1, From Publisher Of Push Turn Move, Patch & Tweak
