A few years back, Dean Miller created the Tele Servo Bender, a modified guitar that used servos to sound like a lap steel. His latest project moves to the low end, with a self-contained, battery ...
Stacking analogue, VA or sampled oscillators to make a sound is a great way to thicken up and obtain multiple characters from just one sound. Don’t forget layering with more unusual samples – whether ...
It might not be the most famous single to be lifted from Michael Jackson’s Thriller album, but PYT is arguably funkiest, and a large chunk of its groove quota comes from the bassline. Now Anthony ...
In our new series of tips and tricks, we show you how to get more out of your synthesizers. Be they hardware or software, there are many ways that you can supercharge your synths, and we can help you ...
We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound ...
Anytime Moog releases a new synth it's worth getting at least a little excited about. And the Subsequent 25 (or Sub 25) is no exception. It's the successor to the Sub Phatty-- basically the standard ...
Iconic synth maker Moog is technically showing at this year’s NAMM show, but in true Moog style, there’s no actual booth. Instead, the North Carolina-based company opted to create an off-site pop-up ...
I saw an original Moog Taurus synthesizer in a magazine when I was a kid. I didn't know what it was. Given the bulk and odd shape – a black box sitting on the floor with horizontal slats sticking out ...
Boyd Jarvis, a producer and musician whose driving synthesizer bass lines became an important facet of New York dance music in the 1980s, and whose popular song “The Music Got Me” anticipated what ...