Kind Of Synth

Saturday Synth Porn: Ken MacBeth of MacBeth Studio Systems posted this awesomely moody studio shot on his Facebook page. As much as I hate the idea of smoke getting around synth gear, MacBeth’s combination of smoking, drinking and analog synthing looks pretty damn appealing.

Free Music Friday – Live Scottish Electronica From Kvetch

Free Music Friday: Reader Kvetch (Sean Gillespie) sent word of an EP of live electronica performances that he’s made available as a free download: I love your blog, especially free Music Fridays, your releases from that are always filling up my music players! I have just finished recording a totally free to download and share… Read More Free Music Friday – Live Scottish Electronica From Kvetch

Free Uranus, And The Rest Will Follow….

Free Music Friday: Mike Leghorn sent word that he’d completed the latest in his classitronica arrangerment of Holst’s The Planets, Uranus. You can preview or download Uranus using the player above. You can listen to the rest of Leghorn’s arrangements below.

Free Bass Synth, The Boog Minotaur, Looks A Little Familiar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhXrk_5Wua0 Reader aymat alerted us to the Boog Minotaur, a free analog modeling bass synth VST for Windows. It looks vaguely familiar – almost like somebody was trying to clone the Moog Minitaur in SynthEdit. Like the real thing, it can make notes that are low. And as aymat told us, “If you can’t afford a… Read More Free Bass Synth, The Boog Minotaur, Looks A Little Familiar

MeeBlip SE Synthesizer Offers An Open Source Alternative To Mainstream Synths

Create Digital Music and Reflex Audio have announced the availability of the MeeBlip SE, a new version of their open source + open hardware digital synthesizer. Here’s what’s new in the MeeBlip SE: A more intuitive, playable control layout. The changes are subtle, but after lots of conversations with users, we worked to make each… Read More MeeBlip SE Synthesizer Offers An Open Source Alternative To Mainstream Synths