Based in a new studio, Berlin’s favourite sonic troublemakers crash the DJ-Kicks series with a shape-shifting ...

Timeless artefacts and sonic anomalies: 15 singular albums that abandoned the cultural conveyor belt to exist in their own ...

Native Instruments revives the cult-classic Absynth with MPE and new presets from Brian Eno and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.

Composer Simon Franglen says work on the third instalment, Avatar: Fire and Ash, took an epic seven years to complete. Along ...

There are a million and one MIDI controllers and synths on the market, but sometimes it’s just more satisfying to make your ...

Ableton knocks Elektron off its perch as Push 2 tops the best-sellers list, and the Akai MPC makes a storming comeback ...

Abstract: A new method of analyzing the effect of charge pump mismatches upon the phase noise of ΣΔ fractional-N synthesizers is proposed. This approach produces a simple, universal relationship ...

From immersive ambient pads and evolving soundscapes to experimental textures and cinematic atmospheres, Absynth 6 expands its legacy with AI-powered browsing, full MPE support, modern compatibility, ...

The cult classic soft synth is back, 16 years on from its previous iteration. We sit down with Absynth’s creator to hear about the history of this legendary instrument and why its rebirth is the 'best ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a quadrature fractional-N cascaded frequency synthesizer and its phase noise analysis, optimization, and design for future 5G wireless transceivers. The performance ...

As a young fan of rock music in the 1970s, I would pore over my father's extensive album collection in the years before I would start buying my own. Some of the packaging was art in its own right, ...