Musings on the history of electronic music and electronic instrument design, including reviews of vintage synthesizers, overviews of historically significant musicians and musical movements, and thoughts about the evolution of musical technique over time.
Yamaha DX Series
When FM Synthesis Took the 80s by Storm
Learning Synthesis: Sequencers
Part One: A Brief History of Sequencing
Oberheim Matrix-12 Analog Synthesizer
The Last Great Polysynth of the 1980s?
Roland Juno-6 / Juno-60 / Juno-106
Chorus, Arpeggios, Pads, and Pure Nostalgia
ARP 2600 Semi-Modular Synthesizer
The Best Synth of All Time?
A Brief History of MIDI
In, Out, and Through Time
The Korg MS-20
An Affordable Semi-Modular Masterpiece
The Roland TR-909
Techno's Favorite Drum Machine
The Roland TR-808
The History of the Most Famous Drum Machine Ever
The Roland TR-707
The most underrated machine in the Rhythm Composer family
The Frontiers of Electronic Music
Revisiting Early Soviet Electronic Instruments
The Roland TR606
The Dark Horse of the Drumatix
Inspiring Women in Electronic Music
Pioneers and Modern Sonic Radicals
Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
Timbral Trajectories through Vector Synthesis
Technos Acxel Resynthesizer
Additive Synthesis at the Turn of the 1990s
