History of Synthesizers: 1950 to 1970
June 11, 2013 – 7:42 am | No Comment

Previously we discussed how the synthesizer started to come to be from its earliest days as the 200 ton teleharmonium up until the creation of the trautonium (and mixtur-trautonium) in the 1930s and 40s, but …

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A short guide to sound synthesis
September 14, 2012 – 10:08 am | No Comment
A short guide to sound synthesis

For any of you who have to explain to your partner just what it is you spend all your time doing, here’s a brief guide to sound synthesis. Using a Doepfer A-100 modular synthesiser, …

Minimoog Voyager XL
September 10, 2010 – 4:03 pm | One Comment
Minimoog Voyager XL

Only two days after we posted about the Minimoog Voyager XL, Moog has officially launched the new monster monosynth.

Moog says:
Designed in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Minimoog, the Minimoog Voyager XL is a …

Massive Synth Collection
August 26, 2010 – 1:09 pm | 2 Comments
Massive Synth Collection

Michel van Osenbruggen is a musician and synth collector from The Netherlands, and he produces music under the name Synth.nl. He had a friend over to take some pictures of his drool-inducing studio, and …

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 …

Papercraft Moog modular
December 2, 2009 – 9:19 pm | One Comment
Papercraft Moog modular

Moog made the Moog modulars between the years 1967 and 1981. Each modular system was ultimately a custom job, however there were many stock design models of the Moog modular synthesizer.
When most people …

The EMS Synthi Mk 1 AKS
July 6, 2009 – 7:51 pm | No Comment
The EMS Synthi Mk 1 AKS

My certifiable obsession for electronic music and electronic instruments in general, especially synthesizers, started in my elementary and middle school years, sometime in the 1980′s. Frequent trips to the library, an institution in which I …