Rebirth reborn as a hardware synthesizer

The original version might have been released almost 25 years ago, but Propellerhead’s Roland-aping ReBirth software still holds a special place in many computer musicians’ hearts. Take Sam Battle (AKA Look …

The history and current state of DIY Synth kits

Reverb did this background story of DIY synth projects and kits and the current state of DIY projects. Please note that this article does not cover all synth projects, and …

Doug McKechnie and the Moog synthesizer

A story about Doug McKechnie and his Moog synthesizer, which he owned from 1968. Read about his pioneering work and how his Moog was (not) featured on the Altamont Speedway show at which the Rolling Stones also appeared. The Moog was sold to Christopher Franke in 1972.

Synthesized event – by Centre for computing History

The Cambridge Centre for Computing History is repeating the succesfull ‘Synthesized’ event. This is a 2 day festival celebrating the computer and synthesizer technology and how these two technologies grew up together. Saturday July 1 and Sunday July 2

Bob Moog’s Electric Birthday – May 23rd

If you live near Asheville (or are happy to travel) …. come to the Moogseum on Tuesday, May 23 as the downtown Asheville museum celebrates what would have been the late Bob Moog’s 89th birthday. “Bob’s …

Patchcord – A German synthesizer interest group

In our pile of vintage documentation we found this interesting magazine called ‘Patchcord‘. This seems to be a magazine supporting the works of the interest group for synthesizers in German …