Barus Harmonic Synthesizer. Designed by physicist Carl Barus (1856-1935) to study various wave forms. Barus wrote that this wave machine was, "sufficiently comprehensive in design to embody in a ...

I haven't been shy about declaring Arturia's Pigments as my favorite soft synth out there right now. It was great when it was originally announced in 2018. And the free, massive upgrade to Pigments 2 ...

Despite being somewhat niche and unpredictable, Steampipe is more versatile than it first looks – and its hands-on controls and expressive capabilities really bring the sound to life. A fascinating ...

Vince Clarke has an ear for melody. He's behind some of the biggest songs of the '80s and '90s, made during his time in the U.K. bands Yazoo, Erasure, and Depeche Mode. Since moving to Brooklyn in the ...

THE Journal of the Franklin Institute for January contains a detailed description by Prof. Dayton C. Miller of a “32-element harmonic synthesizer” (would not synthetiser be more euphonious?), which ...