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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
FM synthesizers are known for being difficult to program, but they don't have to be. The Elektron Mode:Cycles makes sculpting your tone easy and fun. It's essentially a stripped down version of the ...
Korg arguably kickstarted something of a synth revolution when it launched the Volca line. And the Volca FM has been a consistent favorite in the series. (It was also the first "real" synth I ever got ...