[ad_1] Musicians in the 1980s had a love-hate relationship with Yamaha’s DX7 synthesizer. Its digital sound engine was unlike the analog synths that came before it, and created a unique timbre, but the thing was a beast to program. (Modern FM synths are substantially more manageable.) This led most users to simply stick with the […]
Category: synths
A bunch of Arturia’s music software is on sale for half off
[ad_1] Arturia has built a solid reputation on its reasonably-priced synths, keyboards and virtual studio tech (VST), and we regularly include Arturia products in our roundups of the best home music gear. So a deal on Arturia’s software would be good news any day, but these discounts could be especially useful given the current global […]
Native Instruments’ $50 retro synth plug-in is currently free
[ad_1] While “free” is a great price, it can be difficult to navigate Native Instrument’s software ecosystem — users can’t simply download the Analog Dreams software and start playing. First, they need to download and install the company’s Native Access management tool, followed by its free Kontakt Player plug-in. Then, they can finally download expansions […]
You can build the tiny XFM2 synth for under $100
[ad_1] The XFM2 is an FM — or frequency modulation — synth. This digital architecture, which was popular in the ’80s, sounds dramatically different from the typical analog setup of two oscillators and two filters. It fell out of fashion quickly, so there aren’t that many hardware-based FM options on the market, making the XFM2 […]