When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For its latest Rack Extension, Reason Studios is stepping into the world of strings - ...

MUSIKMESSE 2014: Waldorf has announced a new hardware synth that looks to have a similar form factor to its Rocket instrument: the Streichfett string synthesizer. This features a dual sound engine ...

One of the things that may have held back your sound design aspirations is just how complex soft synths can look. Sometimes this is done deliberately – developers want their creations to look ...

If Darth Vader was in a band, then this would be his chosen instrument What is it? In our previous column, we looked at synthesisers that pretend to be guitars. Now we take a look at the keytar's evil ...

Guitar synthesis has evolved from a complex, pickup-dependent technology to an accessible tool that any guitarist can use to expand their sonic palette. Today’s synth pedals eliminate the barriers ...

Synthesisers may be synonymous with 80s pop, but - as you can hear in Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone synth special - the influence of these powerful musical machines extend much further than that. The ...