There was a time when music technology would only allow the sequencing of a few notes. A far cry from the DAWs of today, the limit of four, eight or even 16 notes (if you were lucky) was very much the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Where soft synths really start to come into their own is not so much by what each part of the ...

Learn how to design unique synth pads using Deducktion VST in Mixcraft 8! This tutorial covers sound design techniques for ...

The chiptune music scene grew out of the original hardware, and to recreate those sounds and deliver authentic chiptune in your DAW you need some understanding of the original hardware and its ...

While this won’t fool your school principal a la Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, it’s still a cool project. This synth has a set of strings attached to DSP chips which “play” a certain sound when struck, or ...

Joe Paradiso, at MIT's Media Lab, started building this analog music synthesizer in 1973. Now, it streams music live from the MIT Museum, and users can manipulate it remotely. This video was produced ...