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Atonal University at SAW #60

Atonal University (Mark Vail and David Battino) shared this video, based on a  live board recording from a performance at the 60th Sacramento Audio Waffle, held on November 2019.… Read More Atonal University at SAW #60

January 19, 2020January 20, 20203 Comments

Bob Moog Foundation Founder, ‘Synthesizer’ Author Among 2020 NAMM Believe In Music Awards Honorees

NAMM Believe In Music Awards recipients were announced today, several of whom are deeply involved in the world of synthesizers and electronic music. … Read More Bob Moog Foundation Founder, ‘Synthesizer’ Author Among 2020 NAMM Believe In Music Awards Honorees

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019Leave a comment

Amin Bhatia On The Making of ‘The Interstellar Suite’

Learn how creating a synth soundtrack in his basement led to a film scoring career. … Read More Amin Bhatia On The Making of ‘The Interstellar Suite’

April 28, 2017April 28, 20172 Comments

Don Buchla Has Died At 79

Instrument design pioneer Don Buchla has died at the age of 79. … Read More Don Buchla Has Died At 79

September 16, 2016September 23, 201616 Comments

Alternative Controllers For Electronic Music

The MIDI Association has published a series of articles by author Mark Vail on alternative MIDI controllers. The series offers an overview of a wide variety of electronic music controllers, including MIDI controllers and analog controllers for modular synthesis, and offers a look at many unusual and rare instruments. 

March 24, 2016March 24, 20165 Comments

Malcolm Cecil, With Mark Vail, On TONTO, Modular Synthesizers & More

This video captures a discussion by Malcolm Cecil, with author Mark Vail at Knobcon 4.

February 14, 2016Leave a comment

Mark Vail On The Art + Music + Technology Podcast

The latest episode of the Art + Music + Technology podcast features author Mark Vail, right, who’s just published a new book, The Synthesizer. Vail has written for Keyboard, Sound On Sound and Electronic Musician magazines and has written several previous books about keyboards, including Vintage Synthesizers & The Hammond Organ: Beauty In The B.… Read More Mark Vail On The Art + Music + Technology Podcast

March 10, 20145 Comments

The State Of 21st-Century Synthesis


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January 28, 2014January 28, 20149 Comments

Mark Vail – The Synthesizer

At the 2014 NAMM Show, we had the chance to talk with writer Mark Vail, who has written extensively for Keyboard magazine and is the author of two books found in a lot of keyboardists’ libraries, Vintage Synthesizers & The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B. Vail was carrying a proof copy of his latest book, The… Read More Mark Vail – The Synthesizer

January 24, 2014January 24, 20143 Comments

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