Modern pianos become smaller

I’ve seen these amusing synth / nudie mag images floating around Tumblr and Pinterest for sometime now, but never knew who was behind them. Now I know: Artist Rachel Laine created these fictious “naughty” magazine covers for the Bedroom Cassette Masters project. (Music in-the-style-of lo-fi, cassette-based, bedroom-recorded demos.) I was asked to imagine a series of seventies-era magazines aimed at young men seriously into synthesizers and electronic organs which would all betray their sexist origins by their covers! Damn, I really wish these were the real deal. I’d be on eBay buying ‘em up in 3…2…1… Titles and article text written by Simon Holland (the mastermind behind the project) and Dave Williams. Via Nerdcore

You may be a synth geek…… If you see this picture of Hannah Peel, tweaking the monster Moog modular in leather & glasses, and you notice that she’s blocking your view of a swe…

An introduction to the parameters and uses of envelopes on a synth.

At first glance, it looks like an ARP 2600. A very big ARP 2600. But this is actually a modern analog synthesizer; it is the MacBeth M5. While reminiscent of the 2600, this is not a clone. It's a semi-modular synthesizer that features a significant array of real-time analog controls with absolutely no digital circuitry at all. Totally faithful to the design and concept of early analog synthesizers, all sounds must be created by hand, tweaking knobs, patching cables and using a bit of creativity. There is no patch memory, no MIDI and no USB.