New Book, Steal This Sound, Looks At Synthesizing Classic Sounds

Hal Leonard Books has published a new book, Steal This Sound ($19.99) by Mitchell Sigman, that looks at synthesizing classic sounds. The book is a collection of Sigman’s columns of the same name from Keyboard magazine, detailing classic synth sounds and how they can be achieved with modern gear. Steal This Sound features 60+ articles, describing synth sounds… Read More New Book, Steal This Sound, Looks At Synthesizing Classic Sounds

Free Music Friday: A Synthesized Version Of The Planets, By Gustav Holst

Free Music Friday: Following in the footsteps of Patrick Gleeson and Tomita, Robot City, aka Albin Meskes, has arranged Gustav Holst’s The Planets for synthesizers. You can get a taste of Robot City’s take on The Planets with Venus, below. You can download the full album at the Robot City site. Note: An email address is… Read More Free Music Friday: A Synthesized Version Of The Planets, By Gustav Holst

Hamburg Audio Intros Nuklear Advanced Pulsar Synthesis Instrument, Brings Back Gratuitously Sexy 3D Graphics

Hamburg Audio has released Nuklear, described as the first plugin synthesizer based on “advanced pulsar synthesis”. Here’s what they have to say about advanced pulsar synthesis: Nuklear comes with unique pulsar oscillators and enriches classic sound synthesis with essential new parameters: by disassociating the note pitch from the waveform length it is possible to create new,… Read More Hamburg Audio Intros Nuklear Advanced Pulsar Synthesis Instrument, Brings Back Gratuitously Sexy 3D Graphics