“It” is the sound of the analog synthesizer, a machine originally designed to mimic acoustic instruments but whose unique timbres — created by routing electronically-generated tones through filters ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KTVU) - It's by appointment only and you may not have known it exists, but this Friday music gear lovers may want to check out the Vintage Synthesizer Museum as it celebrates their ...

Over the last year or so, Sam Battle of YouTube channel Look Mum No Computer has been gathering together interesting tech and gadgetry from the past and musical curiosities of his own design for a ...

Artists "It was the best-sounding piece of kit ever – but they were so up themselves": Trevor Horn on the pioneering synth that defined the sound of Welcome to the Pleasuredome Artists How TEED went ...

Whether you're a Moog maven or have a different electronic fancy, this exhibit is sure to strike the right key. A SYNTH-Y SONG? It creates a current through a party in an instant. It can help a jogger ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- In today's digital world, an East Bay man is offering up a serious dose of analog at a new museum he just opened to the public. Some East Bay musicians and engineers have ...

There’s a good chance that the first thing you hear when you walk into the back corner studio at Oakland’s Compound Gallery is the sound of acid. Acid house, a genre of music spawned in mid-1980s ...

Explore and experiment with over 30 vintage synthesizers at your finger tips. We will start the night with a few demos, then the rest of the night is free for exploration! Normally, the museum is ...

Robert Moog changed the landscape of music forever when he launched the first commercial synthesizer in the ‘60s. Since then, the Moog name has become synonymous with synthesis and iconic pieces of ...

For his four-album, multiyear project Synthetic, pop-electronica party starter Rich Aucoin used vintage synthesizers housed at Calgary’s National Music Centre. Some of the instruments were set up in ...

Roland’s vintage TR-808 drum machine or TB-303 bass synthesizers helped define electronica in the ‘80s, but nowadays they’re nearly impossible to find. Luckily, you can create beats with both ...

A SYNTH-Y SONG? It creates a current through a party in an instant. It can help a jogger pick up a little speed or a dance group to find that extra arc of air. So simply saying that the synthesizer ...