Samples and presets definitely have their place, but if you want to create an original bass sound that's particular and tailored to your latest masterpiece, you're going to have to build one from the ...

You’d think that a synthesizer that makes as much noise and sports as many knobs as this one would have more than a dozen transistors on board. Surely the circuit behind the panel is complex, and ...

Programmer and musician David Whiting has developed a simple synthesizer, The Endless Acid Banger, that keeps the sound and rhythm generated by the algorithm flowing endlessly. The start page of The ...

This week’s How-To comes from our newest contributor: Logan Williams. This simple guide will show you how to build a digital synthesizer that generates and manipulates square waves. Your synthesizer ...

For music geeks, building a synthesizer has always been a way to experiment with sound, far beyond what commercial synths will allow. But for those who have never picked up a soldering iron, it can be ...

You've probably got a friend who's happy to tell you how their life has changed for the better since they got into modular synths, but if you've never used one before, even the concept can sound ...