Instead of synths being commodity gear made by large ... We’ll start off with one oscillator (yawn!) and then turn it into something much more interesting really quickly. Making this circuit ...

Live from the show floor we got up close and personal with Korg’s ‘new’ 700Sm. We say ‘new’ because not only is this a remake ...

To a large extent, the success of a single oscillator sound depends on the power and richness of the oscillators in the synth you are using and how you process them. Every synth has its own ...

It’s just about the same functionality as the resistor-tuned oscillator from before, though. The fun in putting synth parts under voltage control is making up wacky sources of control voltage.

There will also be options to change the waveform that the oscillator is producing. All synths will have a sawtooth (quite a buzzy sound), often used on the initial patch when you first load the ...

Finally the SX1000 magic has been further expanded via four on board effects. There’s a tape echo (based on their own Space Echo emulation Outer Space), a spring reverb, a wave folder and a flanger.

"Putney" (VCS-3) voltage control synthesizer, circa 1970, designed by Peter Zinovieff. Uses small pins to connect various modules via an ingenious x/y matrix. Modules left to right from the top: ...

Microchip has combined a chip-scale caesium atomic clock for good accuracy with a ovened crystal oscillator for good phase ...