FM synthesis can be notoriously tricky. For all the success of Yamaha's DX7 in the 1980s, its bafflingly mathematical system of operators and algorithms, and the seemingly endless parameter menus, ...

It feels like FM synthesis is having something of a renaissance recently. It makes sense with the sounds of the ‘80s and ‘90s being increasingly in vogue. Elektron has the Digitone and launched the ...

How it started: a simple repair job on a Roland drum machine. How it ended: a scratch-built FM drum synth module that’s completely analog, and completely cool. [Moritz Klein]’s journey down the analog ...

Subtractive synthesis won the War of the Synthesis Technologies that raged during the 80s. It didn't look that way at the time, mind you, with so many established analogue synth manufacturers going to ...

FM synths have had something of a revival over the past decade. Electronic musicians are now spoiled for choice when it comes to hardware FM, with the likes of Elektron’s Digitone, Korg’s Volca FM and ...

It seems obligatory now that any new FM synth should come with the promise to make its sound generation method “fun” - instruments such as Yamaha’s DX7 helped to burden FM with a reputation of being ...

Synths are great. You push a key, turn a few knobs and suddenly you're making "music." So when keyboard maker Korg realized it had a hit with its low-cost, entry-level Monotron series, it was only ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. To our collective mind Waves’ best synth yet, Flow Motion totally succeeds in its goal of taking ...

For those who grew up with video games, the legendary sounds of consoles past are an instant nostalgia hit. [Thea Flowers] first got her hands on a gamepad playing Sonic the Hedgehog, so the sounds of ...

Thank you everyone for your continued support! The track is very 80s new wave / Japanese arcade inspired, using a lot of FM ...