Synths changed the music game in the 1980s, and the electronic instrument's legacy is still felt in pop music today.

If you’re at all interested in synthesizers, but haven’t gotten as deep into programming them as you’d like, you absolutely need to check out the old “Synth Secrets” column from Sound on ...

This is a build for the old-school purists. There’s no microcontrollers or digital hardware here. The synth relies on two 555 timer ICs as the oscillators and an LM741 op-amp. These parts harken ...

It's all about the process. "The process of using an old synth just makes you feel a certain way, and that leads you to different things, for better or for worse. Digital synths have their place too." ...