In May 1982 (just when old-school post-punk keyboard groups were starting to take off), the Musicians’ Union in London called for the synthesizer to be banned.

As technology continues to evolve, synthesizers have become the most versatile instruments in the studio, with all sorts of sounds and effects right at your fingertips. Not only are new synthesizers ...

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Our project is a velocity sensitive hardware based piano. We simulated two strings per note using a Karplus Strong algorithm written in Verilog, and coupled it with a Casio electric piano keyboard ...

The iPad should make for a terrible musical instrument. As marvelous as it can be for everyday tasks, the small-ish multitouch screen lacks the tactile feedback you normally get when you play music.

We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound ...