Frequency Modulation (or FM) synthesis is a simple and powerful method for creating and controlling complex spectra, introduced by John Chowning of Stanford University around 1973. In its simplest ...

"Where did all the knobs and sliders go?" It's no wonder that Yamaha's DX7 (and little brother DX9) caused such an upset when they were released in 1983. Gone were all the familiar controls, being ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. First released in 2017, the original Digitone was a multitimbral synthesizer that made use of a ...

In the first of a new series exploring Computer Music's Plugin Suite, we prove that phase distortion synthesis doesn’t have to be perplexing, using the mighty BazilleCM When you purchase through links ...