Tag Archives: synthesizers

Not Being Trendy

Posted on March 24, 2022 by midiguru

Pop music has always been about trends — either setting a trend or following one. Partly this is for reasons of finance: In order to stay in business, a record company has to purvey predictable platters. Most listeners, be they … Continue reading →

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Not Yer Grandma’s Minimoog

Posted on October 8, 2021 by midiguru

If you’ve been around electronic music for a couple of decades, as I have, you may perhaps be forgiven for thinking you know what synthesizers do, and how to use them. But the world keeps on turning. This week I … Continue reading →

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Sound in Motion

Posted on October 4, 2021 by midiguru

Music is a much nicer thing to write about than religion, so let’s get back to it without delay, shall we? I try to avoid buying new bits of music software, because I already have too many great devices, but … Continue reading →

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What’s Old Is New Again

Posted on September 17, 2021 by midiguru

Unless you’re a certified Old Guy, you probably don’t remember the Ensoniq SQ-80. I had one in my home studio for a while, on loan to Keyboard from Ensoniq. Long-term loans of hardware to the magazine were pretty common in … Continue reading →

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What Goes Around

Posted on April 23, 2010 by midiguru

I still have a fairly large collection of LPs. Also a turntable that works. God knows how old the stylus is, or where I’d find a replacement, but it still sounds good. After a few years in storage the gears … Continue reading →

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Hot-Swap Tuning

Posted on March 20, 2010 by midiguru

After grumbling a couple of days ago about the dearth of tunable software synthesizers, I belatedly remembered … hey, wait a minute. I have a synthesizer that will do most of that. I built it myself. I used Native Instruments … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem

Posted on February 20, 2010 by midiguru

Yesterday I downloaded the new presets and data for Camel Audio Alchemy. Then I spent some time checking out the sounds. What a shockingly great synthesizer! Also on my hard drive are u-he Zebra 2.5 and ACE, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, FXpansion … Continue reading →

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Good Advice

Posted on May 24, 2008 by midiguru

Searching for “synthesizer” in WordPress, I stumbled upon a post by someone who styles himself Click Me, Robert. Robert is either borderline illiterate or (more likely) not a native English speaker. There are several of what look like phishing links on … Continue reading →

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