How Analogue is “Analog” OK I admit it – I’m more than a little bit pedantic so I get a little annoyed when people start talking about “analog” synthesisers being better than digital synthesizers. What is commonly known as “analog” synthesis is actually subtractive synthesis whether it’s implemented with transistors in an electronic circuit or […]

Introduction In the last post in this series I suggested that the synthesizer is stuck in a keyboard / oscillator / filter mindset. Perhaps the first step in breaking this mindset might be to take a quick look at the history of the synthesizer. Well here is part one of that history. Pre Valves Imagine […]