Remix Contest: Sounds from the Large Hadron Collider
December 30, 2010 – 10:05 pm | 416 Comments

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest particle accelerator that resides in a tunnel 27km in circumference beneath the earth near Geneva, Switzerland.
The purpose of the LHC is to help us understand some …

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The MicroMoorg
July 2, 2010 – 5:11 pm | 2 Comments
The MicroMoorg

khoral is a 32 year old musician based in Nantes, France who uses his synths to write music in the pop/electro/folk/funk/whatever styles. He’s done a great DIY mod to the Korg Microkorg, installing it …

Modular ghost synth
June 25, 2010 – 1:37 pm | One Comment
Modular ghost synth

Charlie Visnic has a blog where he’s committed to do “one creative thing per day”. Well, on day 101 he decided to create…. a ghost synth!

… well, maybe note quite, but what he’s done …

We love the Korg Monotron!
June 21, 2010 – 5:20 pm | 5 Comments
We love the Korg Monotron!

If you’re a regular reader of SynthGear, you know that we love the Korg Monotron. Heck, we’re even giving them away for free!
Korg themselves have put together a bunch of cool mods (some commercial, …

Paper Korg MS-20
May 28, 2010 – 11:24 am | One Comment
Paper Korg MS-20

Gardenque is a medical professional from Chester, UK and spends his spare time doing art projects. In this one, he’s created a perfect replica of a Korg MS-20 synthesizer in beautiful white papercraft.

The MS-20 …

My trusty companion: The Korg MS-20
May 26, 2010 – 2:10 pm | 2 Comments
My trusty companion: The Korg MS-20

When I was a teenager (in the late seventies), I got hold of an unexpected sum of money and promptly converted it into keyboard instruments: A used Fender Rhodes piano (which I got rid of …

Steam-powered synthesizer
May 19, 2010 – 3:23 pm | One Comment
Steam-powered synthesizer

One of the last things that I would think of to be steam powered would be any sort of electronic device, let alone a synthesizer. Well Lorin Parker and Sarah Seelig, whom we …

Synthesizer cakes, take 2
May 17, 2010 – 2:46 pm | 4 Comments
Synthesizer cakes, take 2

Since it’s SynthGear’s birthday, I thought it would be appropriate to celebrate with some cake, and revisit one of my favorite subjects, synth cake!
Around a year ago, one of our first articles was on some …

Do you want a free Korg Monotron synth?
May 14, 2010 – 6:23 pm | 65 Comments
Do you want a free Korg Monotron synth?

It’s our birthday! SynthGear is one year old, and to celebrate, I’d like to give away one of the coolest, funky little pieces of gear I’ve seen in a while – a Korg Monotron.

We’ve …

Roland TB-303 documentary
May 13, 2010 – 3:11 pm | One Comment
Roland TB-303 documentary

If you’re interested in the early history of Roland, the TB-303 Bassline synthesizer, or techno music in any way whatsoever, this is for you.
Nate Harrison is an artist and writer who has produced projects and …

Korg Monotron Demo
April 29, 2010 – 5:19 pm | 3 Comments
Korg Monotron Demo

A few weeks ago, we reported on the new Korg Monotron synthesizer, a $67 synth from Korg with a touch-sensitive keyboard. The battery-powered synth is a full-featured analogue synth, with VCO, LFO and VCF …