With three operators, no algorithms and a morphing filter, Pivot aims to make FM user-friendly – and you can try a Lite ...

Kevin Boone writes about the Yamaha DX7, which changed everything when it turned up in the mid-1980s: "the 'Electric Piano 1' preset alone appeared in over 60% of album releases of 1986." It was ...

It's not a coincidence that the first synth ever to enjoy truly blockbuster sales was packed with excellent presets. Indeed, Yamaha's fabled DX7 was also notoriously difficult to program, and ...

Tyler Bradley Walker, one half of experimental rock-electronic group Gone to Color, told us about his love for his Prophet 5 synthesizer. Tyler Bradley Walker: My favorite piece of gear I can’t do ...

Ever have one of those ideas that’s just so silly, you just need to run with it? [Chris] from Sound Workshop ran into that when he had the idea that became the Pneumatone: a woodwind instrume… ...

FM synthesis can be notoriously tricky. For all the success of Yamaha 's DX7 in the 1980s, its bafflingly mathematical system of operators and algorithms, and the seemingly endless parameter menus, ...

The synth engine underlying MOK Waverazor is, perhaps, the most conventional in this roundup: the output of three oscillators (and optional external input) is routed to up to three filters, can be ...

We describe a flexible system for gene expression profiling using arrays of tens of thousands of oligonucleotides synthesized in situ by an ink-jet printing method employing standard ...

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Mxxa serves up indie-synth goodness. Via a range of jams, the local artist has established an alternative poppy formula that prominently features strong synth lines while diving into somber piano ...

In Recommendation ITU-R P.1853-1, a stochastic approach is proposed to generate long-term rain attenuation time series , including rain and no rain periods anywhere in the world. Nevertheless, its ...