Phase-locked-loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers are signal sources often employed in many types of electronic equipment. They show up as clock sources in high-frequency instruments and as local ...

Like most advancements in music technology, the journey of virtual analogue synthesis is not a linear one – it's a story told through the various designs of many different manufacturers and brands. So ...

Drumboy and Synthgirl from Randomwaves are a a pair of compact electronic instruments, a drum machine and a synthesiser. They are commercial products which were launched on Kickstarter, and if you’re ...

The “modern” music synthesizer began with the invention of RCA engineers Harry Olson and Herbert Belar in 1952, but it was Robert “Bob” Arthur Moog whose first commercially viable electronic music ...

3rd Wave 8M is a tantalising and cost-effective entry point to the guts of one of the great synthesizers of our time. The bigger module is still a better buy, but this half-price beast delivers the ...