May 23rd is celebrated as International Synthesizer Day. It commemorates the birth anniversary of Bob Moog (rhymes with vogue), who is credited as being one of the early pioneers of synthesizer design ...

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 ...

Google's Arts & Culture platform and YouTube have launched a new online exhibition to celebrate the history of electronic music, part of which is an augmented reality experience where classic synths ...

Synthesizers have been an essential tool for musicians and producers for decades, shaping the sound of countless genres of music. Here are 10 of the most influential synths of all time that have had a ...

Mack Bartsch doesn't just make electronic music: the 16-year-old DJ also makes electronic instruments. Bartsch, who goes by the stage name spaceprodigi, recently constructed a synthesizer as part of ...

REVIEW – There’s been a running prank war in my extended family for years where we like to give other nieces and nephews loud and obnoxious kids toys (like drum sets, karaoke machines, etc.). At first ...

Opening on what would be his 85th birthday, the Moogseum commemorates the inventor who’s been a staple of pop music from the 1960s to today. Visiting Asheville, North Carolina, in December, I walked ...

Aaron Funk's latest album was created and performed live on a modular synth with no overdubbing and editing; it's one of the more beautiful records from the project in recent memory. Still, in this ...

When it comes to synthesizers, gear fetishism tends towards hardware that is incredibly well-designed and built. In other words, stuff that feels as great as it sounds. Toy synths like Casiotones, ...