The 5 most plausible things to break down when you’re playing an instrument
The 5 most plausible things to break down when you’re playing an instrument
Quite the title, isn’t it? Yeah, we’re sorry. We really tried to...
Meet… LUCAS NANO 602: the compact set for a vast audience!
Meet… LUCAS NANO 602: the compact set for a vast audience!
Lucas Nano 602 is HK Audio’s newest member of their series of portable PA...
Meet… The Addictive Keys virtual instrument!
Meet… The Addictive Keys virtual instrument!
Have you heard about Addictive Keys yet? No? Well, let’s start off with the good news, then. This software...
The Easiest Guitar Tuner in the World
The Easiest Guitar Tuner in the World
Guitar tuners aren't always the simplest gadgets in the world, even if they're mostly charged with an impossibly...
Look How Big This Bass Is
Look How Big This Bass Is
Invented in 1850 by French violin maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, the absurdly oversized viola called the Octobasse, standing almost 12-feet...
This Is What a 3D-Printed Acoustic Violin Sounds Like
This Is What a 3D-Printed Acoustic Violin Sounds Like
We’ve seen 3D-printed violins before, but they used an electric pickup to amplify the sound of...
A Violin's Warm, Mellow Sound Comes From Its Varnish
A Violin's Warm, Mellow Sound Comes From Its Varnish
Violin makers routinely finish their instruments with a thick coat of varnish, the better to protect...
After 300 Years Of Evolution, Has The Piano Reached Acoustic Perfection?
After 300 Years Of Evolution, Has The Piano Reached Acoustic Perfection?
The modern piano evolved rapidly in the first 150 years after its invention, but...
Why Pianos Can't Be Perfectly Tuned
Why Pianos Can't Be Perfectly Tuned
Technically speaking, pianos tuned to coventional 12-tone equal temperament aren’t actually in perfect tune. A new video from MinutePhysics...
Video: The incredible skill of hand making a guitar out of wood
Video: The incredible skill of hand making a guitar out of wood
I don't know what I'm most impressed with in this video of a...
This DIY Device Turns Your Table Into a Psychedelic Music Maker
This DIY Device Turns Your Table Into a Psychedelic Music Maker
It's not so simple to become an electronic musician. The equipment is expensive. There's...
How the Electric Guitar Was Invented
How the Electric Guitar Was Invented
For as far back as we are able to look into the prehistory of the human race, music has...
These Prodigious Synthesizers Make Music Using 300-Year-Old Rules
These Prodigious Synthesizers Make Music Using 300-Year-Old Rules
It’s been almost three centuries since Bach wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier, a simple set of compositions that...
The Oddest-Looking Musical Instruments on Earth
The Oddest-Looking Musical Instruments on Earth
Most musical instruments look a little weird, if you stare at them for long enough. When aliens finally make...
Review: Thalia Capo 200
Review: Thalia Capo 200
Thalia's 200 Series capos change your guitar's pitch without noticeably impacting its intonation. The post Review: Thalia Capo 200 appeared first...
Moog’s DIY Kit Is a Fantastic Crash Course for Synth Noobs
Moog’s DIY Kit Is a Fantastic Crash Course for Synth Noobs
The Werkstatt-01 from Moog Music is a synthesizer you build yourself. It's also a...
The 3-D Printed Violin That Could Lead to a New Stradivarius
The 3-D Printed Violin That Could Lead to a New Stradivarius
This 3-D printed violin is a new kind of musical instrument, and may well...
The Instrument That’s the Key to Electronic Music’s Future
The Instrument That’s the Key to Electronic Music’s Future
The human-friendly touch controls on the Linnstrument allow electronic musicians to realize previously unattainable levels of...
If Apple Made a Guitar, It Would Look Like This
If Apple Made a Guitar, It Would Look Like This
If Apple had decided to go into instruments instead of mobile, their efforts would probably...
Moog Music Recreates a Trio of Its Legendary Modular Synths
Moog Music Recreates a Trio of Its Legendary Modular Synths
Moog Music is offering for sale recreations of three classic synths: the System 35, System...
Moog’s New Theremini Looks Like a Spaceship, and Sounds Like One Too
Moog’s New Theremini Looks Like a Spaceship, and Sounds Like One Too
Synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog began his career in musical instrument manufacturing in the...
Review: Keith McMillen QuNeo
Review: Keith McMillen QuNeo
With the ability to process three parameters at once, this iPad-sized MIDI controller adds an extra dimension to your electronic music...
Moog Updates Its Far-Out Synthesizer App for iPad
Moog Updates Its Far-Out Synthesizer App for iPad
Moog Music's Animoog synthesizer -- the iPad's most spaced-out, most diabolically fun musical instrument app -- just...
Brainy Axes: 4 Smart Guitars Tested and Rated
Brainy Axes: 4 Smart Guitars Tested and Rated
These axes house digital guts that not only keep that finicky B string in tune, but also...
