Recurring Thoughts About Modular Synthesizers
There was a recent discussion on one of my favorite Discord servers about the allure of modular synthesizers. You may remember that I have toyed with putting together a modular
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Unstable Structure: Histories of the Modular Synth
This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Synth History” Videos and Articles about the history of synthesizers and electronic music in general. For posts about specific synth pioneers,
Histories of the Modular Synthesizer
This is post 11 of 14 in the series “Synth Pioneers” This series highlights pioneers in electronic music. It is not intended to be a deep dive, but rather a
Modular … Thoughts Revisited
Several months ago, I wrote a piece outlining four reasons that I no longer wanted to build a modular rig. But, as I write this post today, on the sixth…
Suzanne Ciani — Electronic Musician, Composer, Sound Designer
I find it interesting that, while her instruments are newer and she has embraced a workflow that incorporates both Buchla modular synths and computer and iPad apps, her core approach…
Some [Over]simplified Science of Sound Synthesis – Ring Modulation
Following a recent Discord discussion of Ring Modulation in sound synthesis, I put together a little video demonstration of the something called “ring modulation.” In synthesizers, this is a method
Four Reasons Why I No Longer Want a Modular Synth
in a bag of mixed nuts, are four reasons that I've let go of a nearly fifty-year-old dream to own a modular synthesizer.