Three classic rock bands from the 1970s fully embraced synthesizers in the 1980s and recorded career-defining hits.

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 ...

When you hear a rock song that includes the synthesizer, you can almost always guess that the song in question is from a certain era. Probably from the 1980s, give or take, the track is defined by and ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: The invention of the synthesizer turned out to be the gateway drug for countless new music makers. Bored by guitars and rock conventions, annoyed by the necessity to learn and play, ...

Korg has a habit of reviving old synths via an app for iPad and iPhone, and this week the audio company revealed its latest creation. Korg claims the new, $20 iMono/Poly app for iOS reproduces every ...

The synthesizer might well have been invented before the 1970s; indeed, early, and frankly ridiculous claims to its origins go back hundreds of years, but more sensible suggestions cite the 1960s as ...

Chiptune is a genre that developed from reusing the onboard synth generation chips in classic gaming consoles such as ...

In the past few weeks, several big ticket music-related items have been scoring big in live and online auctions, among them vintage lyric sheets from Paul McCartney, one of Jimi Hendrix’s famed ...

As the former editor of Computer Music, I've reviewed and worked with more software synths than most. Across our pages we covered the whole spectrum, from meticulous models of hardware classics, to ...

[Davearneson] built a modern version of a classic synthesizer with his DIY Fairlight CMI. If there were a hall of fame for electronic instruments, the Fairlight CMI would be on it. An early sampling ...

Bollywood finally managed to do it in the short span of 2025, which is fast drawing to a close! If you had lent your ears and ...