This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its ...

Despite a reputation as an electronics manufacturing powerhouse and a history with synthesizers going back to the 1970s, it ...

Move over, keytar, there's a new synth/guitar hybrid in town courtesy of BLL Instruments When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Elyra is ...

Consider the saxophone player's pandemic dilemma: How to play at home in a Japanese apartment, notorious for paper-thin walls, without making your neighbors want to kill you. In a pre-COVID-19 world, ...

Is there really any need to fork out for a hardware synth these days? We place a trio of hardware classics up against some ...

We put five of today's most powerful, flexible and versatile synth plugins to the test to find out who comes out on top ...

Everyone loves playing music stoned, but the (high) times they are a-changing. No disrespect to Bob Dylan covers strummed on “the quad” or psychedelic arsenals of guitar pedals, but these are ...

I hate, hate, hate computers and phones/tablets on stage. To me, a Macbook sitting next to a keyboardist or percussionist is just asking for trouble. Computers freeze, apps crash and sometimes you ...

Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operators offer tiny battery-powered synths and a range of sounds across a collection of six devices that cost $59 each. Czech synthesizer company Bastl Instruments has a ...

While synthesizers in the music world are incredibly common, they’re not all keyboard-based instruments as you might be imagining. Especially if you’re trying to get a specific feel or sound from a ...