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Basic Concept 2: Oscillators & Waveforms

Explore how different oscillator waveforms – like sawtooth, pulse, triangle, and sine – affect the harmonic content and character of a sound.

by p&t

Published Apr 30, 2025

Capturing the Invisible – Part 1: A Conversation with Robin Rimbaud (Scanner)

In a studio wired for discovery, Robin Rimbaud – better known as Scanner – reflects on three decades of shaping sound at the edges of music and art. This three-part documentary, recorded by Kim Bjørn, explores modular synthesis as a tool for curiosity, chance, and constant reinvention.

Mar 19, 2026

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Elektor Formant: The comeback of a formidable DIY modular system

In the late ’70s, when modular synths were for the rich or reckless, a Dutch DIY magazine offered a third option: build your own. Mostly forgotten, the Elektor Formant now returns — revived by tinkerers, YouTubers, and Erica Synths — as a living piece of solder-scarred synth history.

Feb 10, 2026

by Adam Douglas

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Rising from the ashes: An oral history of the Fénix synthesizer

From a spare-time experiment to a mythic modular reborn again and again, the Fénix defies extinction. Meet the makers, builders, and players behind each resurrection—and hear how a hobby project rose into one of synthesis history’s most singular cult instruments.

Dec 11, 2025

by Adam Douglas

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