synthesizers
The Collidoscope Synthesizer Is Built to be Played by Four People at the Same Time
This crazy granular synth will let you transform audio recordings into beautiful melodies collaboratively.
This Mellotron Made of Hacked Cassette Players Sounds Totally Wild
Frankly, it's the fucking coolest.
The Future Past: 'I Dream Of Wires' and the (Re)Emergence of Modular Synths
A conversation with Jason Amm, producer of synthesizer documentary 'I Dream Of Wires.'
How A Retired Air Traffic Controller Became One of Canada's Most Unorthodox Electronica Artists
Robert T is the New Brunswick-based father of two with more synth gear than your local hardware store.
Watch Bell Labs Engineer Hal Alles Demo an Early Digital Synthesizer in 1977
Unfortunately, the synthesizer was too expensive to be commercially viable, and was dismantled after just four years.
Enter a Fluorescent Glyph World Where URL Meets IRL
Artist duo MSHR bring their future-hieroglyphic aesthetic to the tenth room of online gallery, Panther Modern.
Here's How to Turn Your Food into an Instrument
Ototo, which was recently acquired by the MoMA's permanent collection, is a tool that lets you create your own instruments from random objects (including food).
How One of the Most Important Synthesizers Ever Was Unearthed and Digitized
Synth enthusiast Patrick Fridh has led an effort in recent years to bring the Fairlight's sound into the software realm.
Zeds Dead Mix Beer, Bass, Coffee, And Synthesizers at Moogfest
The dudes hit Asheville to experience some of the finer things in life.
This Nine-Foot TR-909 Drum Machine Is the Anti-Ableton Live
Techno's weapon of choice gets blown up for its 30th birthday.
Skream and Route 94 on Partying With P Diddy (Well, Nearly)
"Playing dubstep in Ibiza was like being a fucking alien."
The Sound of Science Fiction: Can Music Be Future-Proofed?
From 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' to 'Star Wars' to 'Contact', our future music mostly tends to serve as a comment on the present. And aliens probably wouldn't be able to understand it, anyway.