As the former editor of Computer Music, I've reviewed and worked with more software synths than most. Across our pages we covered the whole spectrum, from meticulous models of hardware classics, to ...

In what may be a crime against Furb-manity, YouTuber and music machine maker Look Mum No Computer has created a synthesizer that sources sounds from a furless Furby. And while the sight of the Furby ...

In what may be a crime against Furb-manity, YouTuber and music machine maker Look Mum No Computer has created a synthesizer that sources sounds from a furless Furby. And while the sight of the Furby ...

One of the things that may have held back your sound design aspirations is just how complex soft synths can look. Sometimes this is done deliberately – developers want their creations to look ...

The democratization of music production has meant that just about anybody can make music from their personal computer. As a result, there's a lot of great music coming out from people who wouldn't ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: It's likely that we're all guilty of periodically shunning our existing repository of plugins and VIs, and splash out on a shiny new synth, hoping it’ll provide us with a fresh, ...