If you're a heavy effects user, you might wonder, can I turn my guitar into a synthesizer? The simple answer is yes, but it also depends what kind of sound you're after - a vintage mono or polysynth?

There’s this growing trend of musical devices that try to do it all. The Organelle. The ZOIA. The Polyend Digit / Beebo. The Mod Duo. They’re basically computers that can be effects processors, ...

From heavy metal to pop, the guitar synthesizer is one of the most commonly used additions for any guitar player. It’s what gives rock songs that piercing distortion and the woeful tones to the blues.

The world of guitar effects is weird. It’s a place where old-school analog gear and crazy high-tech digital pedals are both fetishized with the same amount of zeal. Some companies, like Empress ...

Synths With the Carbon 8X, Modal Electronics has completed its three synth families so that it has an instrument for every kind of user, and there’s still more to come Guitars Behringer unveils the BM ...

Chase Bliss Audio has just made its first multi-effects pedal for guitar and it is a compact, dual-footswitch stompbox that serves up off-menu reverbs, delays, modulation, pitch effects, synth effects ...

Best known for its boxy effects pedals for guitar and bass, Boss also makes amplifiers, wireless systems, rhythm machines, and a bunch of accessories. And now the company has made its own guitar, ...

We are accustomed to seeing something weird, unusual, something brilliant coming out of Gamechanger Audio. This is the company that housed a Bigbsy-inspired polyphonic pitch-shifter in a stompbox. But ...

Asheville, NC, October 20, 2022 — Beginning with Bob Moog’s first instrument designs in the early 1950s, Moog Music’s storied legacy centers on the company’s ability to develop and manufacture some of ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I saw an original Moog Taurus ...

Roland has faithfully recreated a score of Boss pedals for the modern DAW age with the Boss Effects Plugin. Freshly added to the Roland Cloud, the subscription-only collection of virtual instruments ...