Where soft synths really start to come into their own is not so much by what each part of the synth does, but how they can interact with one another. LFOs, or low-frequency oscillators, can ‘modulate’ ...

One of the things that may have held back your sound design aspirations is just how complex soft synths can look. Sometimes this is done deliberately – developers want their creations to look ...

Synths don’t need to be complex things. Classic instruments such as Roland’s Juno-6 or SH-101, or even the Minimoog Model D, are all fairly straightforward instruments, comprised of a simple ...

What’s a sound without movement? LFOs are likely the most common tools at our disposal for creating movement when creating sounds or applying effects. LFO stands for low frequency oscillator – ...

We are getting the same polyphonic dual-oscillator setup with 5 different waveforms (each with unique tone/waveshaping controls), auto panning and an octave selectable sub oscillator as the desktop ...

The world of sound fascinates Patrick LeMieux, an associate professor of cinema and digital media who researches, teaches and makes games at UC Davis. Lately he’s been thinking about how people play ...

You might think that the talents of the legendary synth pioneers – Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Wolfgang Palm, and many others – lay in their deep knowledge of electronics and sound synthesis.

The original Uno Synth was IK Multimedia’s surprise entry into the world of budget-minded hardware instruments. It wasn’t just a surprise that the company, best known for its iPhone-friendly MIDI ...

Before we get to the sacrifices, let's run through the features. The Craft 2 is a monophonic wavetable synthesizer. That means, theoretically, you can only play one note at a time. However, a "spread" ...