What’s in a Vocoder – voice synthesisers and Robots
Kraftwerk, Styx and My Vocoder - Shaping human voices Generating and shaping audio and RF wave patterns has long been an interest for many and...
The MicroKorg and other Best Selling Synth
Best selling synthesisers of all time Just in case you may have the MicroKorg don't be too surprised to know that it may just be...
Applying Digital Electronics to Stomp Boxes
Simplifying matters with the Arduino Due - Digital Stomp Boxes Stomp boxes have been with us for ages, giving Hendrix, Slash, Gilmour and Page their...
ADSR – Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
The ADSR Plot ADSR is not unique to music synthesis, we have it in limiting and compression circuits, VOX (voice operated switching) and a multitude...
Total Harmonic Distortion meter
THD Meters - how they work Many years back the must haves for anyone building audio equipment would have been the multimeter (DVM), oscilloscope and...
The Wien Bridge Oscillator
The Merits of Wien Bridge Oscillator types The Wien Bridge oscillator is an oscillator type used in many circuits which rely on a sine wave...
Roland CR 800 and BOSS – the legend continues
The Rhythm Composers Although I am not big on rhythm composers and generators the articles covering electronic music synthesis would be totally irrelevant without at...
Electronic Kits and Synths
Electronics: Kits and Synths Minimoog VCF A word of thanks to Paul in Cape Town for this great link: Minimoog VCF - interesting that one...
SA Music – The beginning of the beginning
South African Music - our musicians, not really but nearly! Manfred Mann, rather then Manfred Sepse Lubowitz, was born in South Africa in 1940. I...
Ring Bridge in Audio Synthesisers
Ring-Bridge Modulation for Audio The audio synthesiser uses two popular means of modulation, one being the popular VCA or voltage controlled amplifier, also commonly known as...