The Arturia KeyStep mk2 is tiny, feature-packed, and surprisingly affordable. The Arturia KeyStep mk2 is tiny, feature-packed, and surprisingly affordable. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over ...

Sam Prekop may be most familiar to astute listeners as the frontman of eclectic Chicago band the Sea & Cake, but he’s also built a robust catalog of modular synth-driven projects as a solo artist and ...

The sounds of Matthew Ryals’ modular synthesizer are never too riling. In fact, the sequences heard in his nine-part series labeled “Generative Etudes” revolve through states of playfulness, ...

The 2025 NAMM Show is over. Every year music gear manufacturers, ranging from iconic synth brands like Korg, to boutique guitar pedal makers like Walrus Audio, and even companies making fog machines ...

Funk maestros Lettuce released a new digital single, “Star Children,” a nod toward Parliament-Funkadelic’s brazen keyboardist and synth ace Bernie Worrell. The track was first offered on the Japanese ...

The Pocket Operator Modular 400 from Teenage Engineering is an analog modular synthesizer that you put together yourself. If you’re at all interested in DIY kits or synths, this might be a great ...

I’ve been a fan of abstract electronic music for decades, but I generally associate the genre with late-night radio, art spaces, or off nights at music clubs. In early November, a close friend, dub ...

There aren’t a lot of rules to joining the New Orleans Synth Cult. Anyone interested in synthesizers, regardless of experience or the genre they play, is welcome to check out one of the collective’s ...