We dig deep into MIDI, the technology that enables your synths, drum machines and software to communicate When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Roland is again diving into its past with the JX-08 and JD-08 Sound Modules, emulating the vintage analog JX-8P and digital JD-800 synths from the '80s and '90s, respectively. Both reproduce the ...

There are only so many ways to generate music with a computer, and by far the most popular method is MIDI. It’s been around for thirty-five years, and you don’t get to be a decades-old standard for no ...

Although it's debatable whether we've hit the 30th anniversary of MIDI just yet - the BBC has published an article to mark the occasion on the basis that the Prophet-600, the first synth to feature ...

If you can't get enough of the unmistakable, shrill and often bubbling sound of the SID sound chip in the C64, you can use the open-source cartridge "TeensyROM" to connect any musical instrument to ...

Software sound synthesis (SWSS) has an honorable lineage in the history of computers. Early experiments in digital sound synthesis took place at the famous Bell Labs, where a team of researchers ...