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Celebrating 60 years of the synth: the '70s

In the 1970s, the synthesizer became a true musical force. Here's how it went from a mono legend to a poly Prophet in 10 short years…

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"It’s all about that filter that Bob Moog patented all those years ago. I can’t live without it": Mike Parker on Dispatches

Mike Parker talks us through his 2001 minimal masterpiece track by track

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Helado Negro on working with the SAL-MAR Construction, a one-of-a-kind analogue synth and “self-generating compositional machine” from 1969: “This wasn’t parallel to developments fromMoog and ARP… this was so much in its own world”

Roberto Carlos Lange’s acclaimed latest album took him on a synth quest across the US. But it was back at home, piecing it all together in Ableton, that the rich tapestry took shape

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Superbooth 2024 live: all the latest synth news from Berlin, as it happens

Knob tweakers, assemble! Big reveals from Korg, Moog, Polyend, Dreadbox and many more

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Superbooth 24: Moog’s Spectravox is “not just an instrument - it’s a portal into uncharted sonic realms,” but you might have seen it somewhere before

Prepare yourself for a visit from the ghost of Moogfest past

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"That new synth you all been waiting on, on its first album": Watch Mike Dean shredding the forthcoming Moog Muse synth in its first ever demo

The producer shared a demo of the unreleased instrument to his Instagram page and confirmed it features on Metro Boomin and Future's WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU

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Moog Music is leaving its iconic Asheville headquarters, as company president Joe Richardson says that the workforce had to be “rationalised” following the InMusic takeover

"With any transition like this, where there is an acquisition, there's a number of roles that become redundant or roles that already existed in the organisation,” he says

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‘Synth map of the world’ reveals that Roland and Behringer dominate other brands when it comes to Google searches

Roland is number one in 73 countries, while Behringer leads the way in 33

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“The most fantastic-sounding Moog package, which can provide a ton of synth bass detail”: Moog Mariana review

Looking for absorbent synth bass sounds? Moog’s new software synth bass plumbs new trench-like depths

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“I don’t know why everybody doesn’t make poly aftertouch synths - it’s pretty stupid. In the ‘70s they did it right”: Beyoncé, The Weeknd and Kanye West collaborator Mike Dean cuts loose on his CS-80, Jupiter-8 and Oberheim Four Voice

He won’t tell you how he creates his signature guitar sound, though - you’ll have to work that out for yourself

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Hannah Thurlow: "Logic has become second nature to me, but Ableton is amazing for manipulating and deconstructing sounds into completely new ideas"

Bristolian producer Hannah Thurlow, formerly of 2:54, talks us through the production behind her new EP Grip

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"People are gonna flip over this!": Moog's new synth, teased in Usher's Super Bowl half-time show, is revealed by Andrew Huang

Huang has exclusive access to what many are speculating is the long-rumoured Moog Mirror, a polyphonic and bi-timbral synth with eight voices

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Animoog Galaxy: Moog’s new synth is an Apple Vision Pro exclusive, and promises to be “an immersive experience unlike any other”

Welcome to the world of spatial computer music-making

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"Our engineering teams are working on close to 100 exciting products": So, what's happened to the synths and drum machines that Behringer has announced that aren't in the shops yet?

Chip shortages are to blame, but are any of these clones trooping their way to a store any time soon?

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Danny Daze: "If I want a low-end analogue sound, I’ll turn to my Moog Voyager, and if I want some high-end crispy stuff I’ll reach for an FM synth like the Ensoniq Fizmo"

After canning two albums, Miami-based DJ/producer Danny Daze delivers a 92-minute concept LP, truncated for VR headsets. Danny Turner finds out more…

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Quirky tech for 2024, from robotic space dogs to extreme speakers

Our pick of quirky tech for the year ahead embraces ten more eccentric products, partnerships and conceptual dreams

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How Gary Numan's unexpected discovery of the Minimoog paved the way for The Pleasure Principle and the birth of synth-pop: "I just pressed a key and it made that famous Moog sound, that low growl and the room vibrated. It was the most powerful thing"

"I was trying to prove that electronic music was valid in its own right"

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Moog takes a deep dive into the world of bass sounds with the new Mariana soft synth, and the good news is that it runs on iOS, Mac and Windows

Say hello to the “next evolution of Moog bass”

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"He liked the look of the knobs": The extraordinary story of The Beatles' Abbey Road mixing desk that was rescued from a skip and is now worth over a million pounds

Here comes the seven-figure sum - that's what you might have to pay for the desk that was used to record Fab Four's final album, then given to a school that binned it…

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Jack Antonoff on vintage gear, analogue synths and Taylor Swift’s Midnights: "The Oberheim OB-8 was the star of that album"

We sit down with the world's biggest producer to talk Taylor Swift, his deep love of vintage gear, and why he can’t stop scrolling through Reverb at 4AM

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Behringer teases 3 new synths, including one that “even Uli Behringer doesn’t know about”

Instruments inspired by the Moog Source, Yamaha DX7 and Oberheim 2-Voice could be heading your way

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SampleRadar: 493 free Moog synth samples

The latest edition of SampleRadar has everything from arpeggiated loops and filtered beats to experimental FX and acid-tinged multi-samples, all produced using Moog's synthesizers

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“I was the first idiot to get one. I'd lie awake at night dreaming up shit for it to do”: Trevor Horn’s rig that made the ‘80s

We’re all familiar with Trevor Horn’s productions and their preference for expensive, elusive kit, but what got the ball rolling?

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Classic keys on a budget: Six cheap MiniMoogs!

Get the fabled sound of a Moog synth for less with these software recreations and hardware clones

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Show Us Your Studio #3: "You never know exactly how the Moog is going to sound until you start fiddling around with the patch cables"

It's time for the third edition of our weekly peek into our readers' home studios

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