This video explores how the Yamaha DX7 became one of the most influential synthesizers ever created, shaping the sound of ...

At 91, John Chowning D.M.A. ’66 still goes home and composes music after a long day. “I’m not a composer,” he told The Daily. “I’m a musician who loves to compose using computers.” On Feb. 1, the ...

Somewhat confusing interface, like most synthesizers. The world of modular synthesis is a gearhead’s paradise. During the Covid-19 quarantine, I watched my ex-boyfriend and his friends become obsessed ...

The Yamaha DX7 is one of the most iconic synthesizers that emerged in the early 1980s, and is still very popular today. That said, with even the newest of these having left the factory back in 1989, ...

Sometime in the mid-two-thousands, when people would still hand you cassette tapes or CDs at shows or in record stores or during hangouts in someone’s parents’ basement or smoke-filled apartment, I ...

The Yamaha DX7 didn’t just join the sound of the '80s, it became it. Its metallic, glassy tones were everywhere, from chart-topping pop to moody ballads and genre-defining soundtracks. As one of the ...

Almost every well-known manufacturer has MIDI keyboards for controlling a digital audio workstation (DAW) and software synthesizers in its range. To stand out from the crowd, M-VAVE recently launched ...

How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within. Tina Weymouth and David Byrne of Talking Heads, performing in front of a Roland Jazz Chorus amplifier in 1980.Credit...Gie Knaeps/Getty ...

As the 1970s turned into the 1980s, a significant change was taking hold in the music world in the form of the adoption of electronic instruments, namely synthesizers. Progressive rock bands like ...

If you can't get enough of the unmistakable, shrill and often bubbling sound of the SID sound chip in the C64, you can use the open-source cartridge "TeensyROM" to connect any musical instrument to ...

Raspberry Pi is better known for its single-board computer with a ton of ports sticking out. The most recent of which is the Raspberry Pi 5, which was introduced in September 2023. These small ...