Synthesizers

Let’s make some sounds on the Arturia Microfreak and see what comes of it. This thing is maybe one of my favorite synths I’ve ever played with- super easy to get HYPER usable sounds and fantastically portable.

I had a chance to sit down with the MODX and get to explore its capabilities. In this video I’ll tell you what I like and what I don’t like about it, as well as put it to use in a real-world studio scenario by synthesizing some sounds & using ...

Granular synthesis has for a long time been an integral technique used by sampler and synthesis fanatics everywhere. It’s a powerful technique where a “grain” or small snippet of a sample is used as the base sound or waveform of a larger sounding synthesizer preset, typically made with a digital ...

This sound is a more modern Flume style future bass or deep house sound that work great with chords. It’s also got some aftertouch controlling the filter amount so there’s some movement as you play. As you know with music production and synthesis, any bit of movement you can create ...

See how I’m able to pack so much gear in such a small space! I’m often posting photos of my studio setup to forums and Facebook groups and I thought… you know what’s better than a photo? VIDEO. So here’s a 2020 studio tour of my compact San Francisco studio ...

Many people are upset that Behringer has copied the Arturia Keystep with their new product Swing. It looks to most like an almost exact replica. What’s more strange to me is how everybody is criticizing Behringer when in fact they’re not unique by copying the product of another company. It ...

I’ve had the Poly Evolver since 2014 and honestly have always been unhappy with the lack of tutorials on it. It’s a fantastic synthesizer and super unique in many ways. It can be used as a 4 oscillator hybrid synth, having two analog and two digital oscillators. Or it can ...

Nothing crazy here. I just got bored of looking at the boring black and white layout of the Poly Evolver Wave Shape Chart (not sure who’s the original creator). It’s got a dark theme with muted neon colors, which seems to be a theme in my life lol Enjoy! PDF ...

  Hardware synthesizers: Elektron Digitone – the simple fact that it’s sitting on my desk, just to the right of my computer keyboard staring me in the face forces me to make sounds in it. While I use my VSTs to make sounds all the time, and technically they’re more ...