MIDI music scientists will doubtless be very familiar with sequencers, hardware or software used for recording, editing and playback of a series – or sequence – of notes, chords or rhythms. Many will ...

One of the standout elements of the first season Industry, the HBO drama that documents the high-pressure working environment and pressure-releasing hedonism experienced by a batch of graduates ...

A week or so ago we featured an FPGA MIDI interface. Since then the builder has gone crazy with his FPGA and revised his code to include polyphony and PWM output, and posted a polyphony demo. In our ...

Norwegians know their way around Italo-disco at this point, as Hans-Peter Lindstrøm and Todd Terje lead the way (in most listeners’ ears, at least) around the strobe-lit roller rinks populated by ...

Oozing in disco production, “Take My Breath” glitters with warms keys, synth arpeggios and a driving beat, and is accompanied with a visual directed by Cliqua. By Lars Brandle The Weeknd’s next album ...

Photo via Lotus' Facebook page Lotus closed 2025 with a headlining show at Buffalo, NY's Town Ballroom. Partway through their ...

“I usually first come up with either a chord progression, or get inspired by messing around with my analog synths,” Italian producer Lawrence Fancelli says about the creative process for Mouth Water, ...

If you fancy expanding your six-string sound beyond the reach of analog stomps, digital effects and power amps and into the world on sonic synthesis, there are a number of ways to go. You could create ...

IK Multimedia has set its sonic circuits to 1985 in order to bring you Hitmaker: Synthwave, a SampleTank-powered “retro-futuristic” soft synth, for free. Powered by a range of classic synths of the ...