Stacking analogue, VA or sampled oscillators to make a sound is a great way to thicken up and obtain multiple characters from just one sound. Don’t forget layering with more unusual samples – whether ...

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 ...

[Simon the Magpie] found himself in possession of a Behringer mixer that turned up in someone’s garbage. They’re not always the most well-regarded mixers, but [Simon] saw an opportunity to do ...

Norway s Kings of Convenience might believe that Quiet is the New Loud, but for Milwaukee band The New Loud, it s all about mixing punky rock and roll with the synth sounds that sparked a host of ...

A customer walks into Control Voltage, the nearly year-old electronic music equipment store on North Mississippi Avenue, and tells shop co-owner Jason Kramer he's come a long way to be there. The ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about the wave of dubstep metal that is ruining everything. That might have led some readers to believe that I’m fundamentally against the idea of mixing synthesizers and ...