The producer revealed the gear and techniques behind several tracks from 2024's In Waves in a recent episode of the Tape Notes podcast ...

We pit five of today's most powerful, flexible and versatile synth plugins against each other to find out who comes out on ...

“I used the Oberheim Eight Voice to make these really lovely synth chords. It’s like my favourite synth ever, because you can tune every oscillator,” Jamie says of the synth, which is ...

Throw a sample of a vocal or acoustic instrument into a granular synth of your choice and it will immediately turn into an interesting textural sound that’s great for pads and chords. Increase the ...

Getting to grips with GarageBand? Here's how to program a melody and chord sequence using the software's built-in synths When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Synths went from being a novelty effect used to spice up rock songs to the primary ingredient in a track, eventually replacing traditional instruments altogether.

Now, it’s monophonic, so you can’t play big synth chords the way you might with a MIDI controller, but it had no trouble keeping up with groove metal riffs and mid-tempo pentatonic solos.

Brooding synthesizer chords and dependable but ever-shifting drumbeats run through Aphex Twin’s first official release in five years, the inscrutably titled (as usual) “Blackbox Life Recorder ...

It contains a patent-pending chord voicing engine, three separate synthesizer emulators (a polyphonic virtual analog subtractive synth, an FM synth and a vintage reed piano emulation inspired by a ...

Soccer Mommy appeared at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Aug. 22 to talk 'Sometimes, Forever' and play a stripped back set of songs from the record.

As Mayberry’s voice pleads for understanding and romantic comfort, the synth chords are smashed, lonely guitar riffs wander around and the percussion recalls a classic Jam & Lewis beat; the song ...