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History of Synthesizers: 1970 to 1980 End of the Pre-Digital Synth Era

SynthGear — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:20:55 +0000

Previously we discussed how the first modern, tube operated synthesizers first came to be with the RCA Mark I and Mark II and how R. A. Moog used transistor technology to create the first line ...

History of Synthesizers: 1950 to 1970

SynthGear — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:42:49 +0000

Previously we discussed how the synthesizer started to come to be from its earliest days as the 200 ton teleharmonium up until the creation of the trautonium (and mixtur-trautonium) in the 1930s and 40s, but ...

History of Synthesizers: 19th Century to 1950

SynthGear — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:27:54 +0000

It may surprise some to know that the synthesizers we have today actually started off nearly 120 years ago. At the end of the 19th century, around 1896 a businessman and inventor going by the ...

Jordan Rudess Changes The Mobile Synth Landscape With Morphwiz

SynthGear — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:10:27 +0000

Best known for his contributions to progressive metal band Dream Theater, Jordan Rudess is highly recognized as one of the best keyboard players to ever live. The Juilliard School of Music alum now expanded his ...

New Performance Synth App for the iPad

Public — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:49:51 +0000

Here is an interesting Performance Synth, an app that turns your iPad into a real time performance instrument. This $5 app allows you to carry a complete, full featured, real time synthesizer around with you and have ...

Sick octave synth

Public — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:36:29 +0000

Uk indie rock band The Young Knives are selling a hand made synth, based on the classic Atari punk console design, to support their new album ‘SICK OCTAVE’. The band are letting fans pre order their ...

Roland VR-09 Stage

SynthGear — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:00:44 +0000

The Roland VR-09 is a great piece of equipment designed to be great for live shows. Its lightweight, only 5kg and its got the perfect and easy to use design to make It a perfect ...

Solus Headphones by Wicked Audio

SynthGear — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:11:38 +0000

Have you heard about the newest headphones from Wicked Audio called the Solus which is Latin for “be yourself”. Thanks to Wicked Audio for a review pair. These DJ style headphones were create by Wicked Audio ...

World’s Largest Record Collection

SynthGear — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:56:08 +0000

Paul Mawhinney has set the record for building the largest vinyl record collection. The collection of vintage music is made up of approximately 1.5 million singles and a million full albums. Believe it or not, ...

Arduino drum machine + synth module with MIDI input

Public — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:45:38 +0000

Arduino MEGA was used for the drum machine and Arduino UNO for the synth module with a MIDI input. Both are enclosed in a “groovebox”. Two outputs (one for the drum machine and one for the ...