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FM synthesis has a reputation for being an unwieldy technique with a learning curve as steep as a square wave, demanding technical expertise well beyond the abilities of your average bedroom ...

Sam Ash announces renewed availability of the Sequential Take 5 Compact Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer, a five-voice analog ...

The MINIAK from Akai Pro is a music production powerhouse featuring virtual analog and FM synthesis, sequencing, a built-in arpeggiator and vocoder. Akai teamed up with Alesis so unfortunately it’s ...

[Kevin] over at Simple DIY ElectroMusic Projects has released a complete DIY modular design for simulating the classic 80s Yamaha TX816 DX/FM modular digital synthesizer. This beast of a synth was ...

Yamaha’s modern, affordable alternative to the DX7 is the Reface DX, but we prefer Korg’s Volca FM variant. Despite its compact size, six-operator engine and three-note poly-phony, it’s easier to ...

NAMM 2016: Yamaha has taken the wraps off the Montage, its new flagship synth. In contrast to its recent Reface keyboards, which were relatively affordable and offered one type of tone generation each ...

FM synthesis can be notoriously tricky. For all the success of Yamaha's DX7 in the 1980s, its bafflingly mathematical system of operators and algorithms, and the seemingly endless parameter menus, ...