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Atau Tanaka: "I didn’t want to hide behind racks or synths - I wanted electronic music to become a live medium"
By Martin Delaney published
Creating electronic music using the movement of his own body with custom-built software, Atau Tanaka takes the ideas of software control and performance to a completely new level

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Magical 8bit
By "OSC" Steve last updated
Discover the magic of 8-bit sounds, chiptune and video game soundtracks with this free synth plugin

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Dexed
By "OSC" Steve last updated
We take on Digital Surburban's stellar recreation of the iconic Yamaha DX7

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: DiscoDSP OB-Xd
By "OSC" Steve last updated
We open the hood on a powerful (and free!) Oberheim emulation and dive into the world of analogue modelling

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: TAL-NoiseMaker
By "OSC" Steve last updated
We deconstruct this powerful freeware synthesizer and show you how to build a patch from the ground up

Good news - Arturia is now letting anyone buy its MiniFreak V soft synth
By Ben Rogerson published
Plugin was previously only available to owners of the hardware

Rabit on the circuit-bent synths, hacked MPC and generative software behind new album What Dreams May Come
By Danny Turner published
After a four-year hiatus, leftfield grime producer Rabit takes an ambitious new direction. Danny Turner unveils his 'Frankenstein' approach

AudioKit’s Saga Synth is inspired by a classic 16-bit games console, and you can probably guess which
By Ben Rogerson published
There’s even a Sonic Blast control…
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