The Theremin is the spookiest synthesizer you'll ever see. This classic electronic musical instrument was invented in 1919 and the best part is that you can play it without using your hands. The ...

Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

Synth wizards Critter & Guitari have launched a successor to the company's first product – the Pocket Piano – in the shape of a portable music box called the 201, which sports six sound engines, a ...

SUPERBOOTH 2026: US brand Buchla is closely associated with West Coast synthesis; an approach to modular instrument design with an emphasis on complex oscillators, which lends itself to adventurous, ...

The futuristic Artiphon is like something straight out of Star Trek. There’s no shortage of digital guitars, keyboards, and drum machines you can connect to your iPhone or iPad. If you’re a guitarist, ...

The newest addition to Moog Music’s family of semi-modular analog synthesizers is the uniquely named Subharmonicon, and it's a powerful creation tool because it combines some interesting music theory ...

Dave Smith, the San Francisco native and engineering wizard who pioneered music synthesizer design and became known as “the father of MIDI,” died Tuesday, May 31. He was 72. The Prophet-5, the ...

Don Buchla believed in the humanity of wires. The modular synth pioneer created an instrument like none other, one that relied on intuition, learning and, most importantly, human touch. He died ...

Tasty Chips Electronics based in Utrecht, Netherlands Has created a new granular synthesiser in the form of the GR-1 which takes the form of a hardware musical instrument that offers users hands-on ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- For years, an urban legend circulated online and in documentaries purporting how part of a groundbreaking musical instrument -- versions which are stored at a Bay Area ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When Native Instruments first released the virtual synth Massive in 2007, it quickly took the music production world by storm. Producers loved ...