Often, one needs a simple low voltage sinusoidal oscillator with good amplitude and frequency stability and low harmonic distortion; here, the Peltz oscillator becomes a viable candidate. Please see ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With modular synthesis all the rage in the physical sphere it was only inevitable that they'd ...

"Putney" (VCS-3) voltage control synthesizer, circa 1970, designed by Peter Zinovieff. Uses small pins to connect various modules via an ingenious x/y matrix. Modules left to right from the top: ...

This week’s How-To comes from our newest contributor: Logan Williams. This simple guide will show you how to build a digital synthesizer that generates and manipulates square waves. Your synthesizer ...

There’s just something about an analog synthesizer. You’d think that for electronic music, digital sampling would have totally taken over by now, but that’s really not true. The world of analog synths ...

Three years ago, Korg announced an affordable polyphonic analog synthesizer called the minilogue. Now, ahead of the NAMM 2019 music industry expo, the company has revealed the next generation model – ...

The Texas Instruments LMX2581 phase-locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer integrates a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) that covers from 50 to 3760 MHz and offers perhaps the best phase-noise ...

The Make Noise Strega is a strange beast. If you’re a strict adherent to the familiar world of East Coast synthesis (think Moog), you might even consider it downright hostile. The face of the synth is ...