Granular synthesis, a cornerstone of contemporary sonic manipulation, originates from the mid‑twentieth‑century quest to push the limits of what could be perceived as “audio.” Rather than treating a ...

I routinely state that the Arturia MicroFreak is one of my favorite budget synths. But honestly, I'm doing it a disservice. I think the MicroFreak is one of the best synths out there at any price.

Sonicware is back with another quirky standalone synthesizer in its fairly crowded Liven line. The Liven Texture Lab was unveiled at the SuperBooth expo in Berlin and features a near-identical layout ...

Synthesizing sounds from scratch is all well and good, you just use a bit of maths. However, the latest build from [Daisy] eschews such boring concepts as additive or subtractive synthesis, instead ...

Granular synthesis was first suggested as a computer music technique for producing complex sounds by Iannis Xenakis (1971) and Curtis Roads (1978) and is based on the production of a high density of ...

Synthesizing sounds from scratch is all well and good, you just use a bit of maths. However, the latest build from [Daisy] eschews such boring concepts as additive or subtractive synthesis, instead ...