Alan R. Pearlman Birthday celebration.
On Wednesday, June 7th, the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation invites you to celebrate the birthday of its namesake and founder of ARP synthesizers, Alan R. Pearlman. Make sure to visit the …
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 …
Music Synthesizers – Design and construction
Music Synthesizers – A Manual of Design & Construction, by Delton T. Horn was a book on a DIY synthesizer project, published in 1980. Although the book seems to be …
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.
Museo del Synth Marchigiano Festival – June 3rd
The Museo del Synth Marchigiano and MayDay Festival – Gamlab begins its summer on June 3rd with an unmissable event inside Macchine Nostre in Sant’Elpidio a Mare!.
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 …
Software Novachord and Solovox by Cherry Audio
The Novachord + Solovox collection emulates two early electronic instruments that were precursors of modern synthesizers. Novachord is based on the revolutionary polyphonic instrument from 1939, while Solovox replicates a related monophonic …
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 …