Musikmesse 2013 Eric Persing talks about the early days of synths

Korg have built on the success of their Monotron and Monotribe with a new family of analogue boxes. There are three new units: Volca Beats, a rhythm station ...

We had the chance to speak to Mr Fumio Mieda - one of the creators of the MS20 and the MS20 Mini.

(c) 2012 vintage synthesizer track by RetroSound all sounds: Oberheim OB-Xa (8 voice) Analog Synthesizer from the year 1980 drums: Roland TR-808 recording: multi-track fx: a little bit delay more info: www.retrosound.de and http

Buchla's modular synths have more dials, knobs, wires and attitude than a CERN control room. We presume. We've never been to CERN.

Did you know that people still use the Synclavier? They're important people, too. Rob Warmowski continues his conversation with New England Digital's Brad Naples, and they reveal some surprising info about the defunct synth's current life. We also get some background on the development of MIDI....