South African [Afrorack] claims to have built the first home-built modular synthesiser in Africa. Whilst we can’t be sure of this (and to be frank, it doesn’t actually matter) what we can be sure of ...

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out, as well as noteworthy vintage equipment: Modular analog synthesizers are big, expensive, unreliable ...

These first few decades of the 21st century have seen some of the most groundbreaking pieces of music technology, including a range of new analog modular synths. The legendary Moog Music itself has ...

Synths have gone through many changes since the 1960s, evolving from early modular analog systems into computer software synths. Read on to find out more about the pioneers of their development.

Kim Bjorn does many things, including as a designer and former design professor at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Copenhagen. But he’s also a musician and music lover who’s tapped his ...

Moog regularly releases new and exciting instruments like the Matriarch and Sirin. But it also has a rich history of iconic instruments that it's not afraid to tap into. For example, the Minimoog ...

The word “vintage” has carried drastically different meanings within the world of musical instruments. In the realm of electric and acoustic guitars and amplifiers, “vintage” in recent years has ...

If you like building things, electronic music and want to learn about synthesizers, a modular synthesizer is a perfect option for you. Audio synthesis is the creation of electronic sounds by ...

Which modular synthesizer is best? Modular synthesizers are one of the more elusive instruments in the modern music world, largely basing their sound on combinations of electrical signals and ...