How can you create and blend synthetic trumpet and French horn sounds on the ARP 2600 using a sawtooth oscillator, the low-pass filter, ADSR envelope and different audio signal paths?

The ARP 2600 is an iconic synthesizer, and there is no shortage… read more

What modulation sources, LFO modes, envelopes, filters, effects and performance controls does Cherry Audio Harmonia offer, and how can they be combined for expressive and evolving synthesizer sounds?

The ability to combine eight frequency layers… read more

How can you patch Kitchen Sink and Pigeon Plink in VCV Rack for evolving FM sounds, feedback loops, ratio modulation and generative sequences?

Kitchen Sink and Pigeon Plink are especially interesting when you stop treating frequency modulation as a… read more

How does Pigeon Plink's continuous carrier-to-modulator ratio control work, and how can it be used for experimental FM synthesis in VCV Rack?

Pigeon Plink is an FM-oriented oscillator for VCV Rack based on Kitchen Sink. The two modules share much of the same general approach to… read more

What does the Kitchen Sink oscillator in VCV Rack do, and how can you combine linear FM, through-zero FM, exponential FM, feedback and wave folding?

An oscillator is often presented as a relatively simple sound source: choose a waveform… read more

What Is the Difference Between Trigger Mode and Gate Mode in an ADSR Envelope Generator?

Many modular musicians assume that all ADSR envelope generators respond to gate signals in the same way.

In reality, some envelope generators offer multiple… read more