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A synthesizer, or synth, is an electronic instrument or software instrument designed to create and control a variety of sounds. The concept of the modern synthesizer was defined by Robert Moog in the mid to late 1960\’s.
There are three main types of synthesizers: analog synthesizers, digital synthesizers and software synthesizers.
Here are the most recent posts at Synthtopia about synthesizers.
The Trump administration has raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, which threatens to double the cost of synthesizers imported from China.… Read More Trump Tariffs Threaten To Double Electronic Music Gear Prices
Developer Vadim Minkin has introduced Kaleidoscope, a compact 4-track digital multitimbral synthesizer for creating generative music.… Read More New Kaleidoscope Synthesizer A Compact Generative Sound Lab
Firmware Update 1.2 brings Clock, LFO clock sync, NRPN support for parameter control, Mod Lock, and also 65 new presets.… Read More Supercritical Synthesizers Announces Redshift 6 Firmware Update
The Casio DG-20 is fun…..but not a great instrument.… Read More Casio DG-20 Guitar Synth Vintage Gear Review
The new album From A Place To Bury Strangers, Synthesizer, features a record cover that you can turn into a DIY synthesizer.… Read More Here’s A Hands-On Demo Of The Record Cover That’s A Working Synthesizer
Behringer today announced that its 2-XM, a Euro format knockoff of the classic Oberheim Two Voice synthesizer, is now shipping.… Read More Behringer 2-XM, A Euro Format Oberheim 2-Voice Copy, Now Shipping
Signal Sounds shared this hands-on demo of the Maneco Labs Grone synthesizer, a Eurorack module that combines a digital VCO, an MS20-style filter and a clone of Mutable Instruments Clouds into a “granular droning synthesizer”.… Read More Maneco Labs Grone Drone Synthesizer Hands-On Demo
Frequency Central shared this preview of Florian, a new synthesizer that they describe as what you’d get “if a Roland SH-2 had a modular baby with an ARP Odyssey, but the midwife was a mad English scientist…”… Read More Frequency Central Florian Synthesizer Sneak Preview
Here’s an in-depth, hands-on demo of the upcoming Polyvera synthesizer, a hybrid synth design.… Read More Suonobuono Polyvera Synthesizer Hands-On Demo
The Doppler is a polyphonic, 2-operator FM synthesizer that offers a unique approach to sculpting, tweakability, and 8-note polyphony.… Read More Artium Instruments Intros The Doppler, A ‘Ultra-Tweakable’ FM Synth
