Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

Move over, keytar, there's a new synth/guitar hybrid in town courtesy of BLL Instruments When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Elyra is ...

Consider the saxophone player's pandemic dilemma: How to play at home in a Japanese apartment, notorious for paper-thin walls, without making your neighbors want to kill you. In a pre-COVID-19 world, ...

Phase8, Korg's long-awaited "acoustic synthesizer," is finally upon us, and the objects you've been hoarding can finally be ...

Are you frustrated with the sheer weight of your hardware synthesizer? Of course not! But wouldn't it be fun to carry one around in your pocket? Probably! That's exactly what you can do with the Flash ...

Here's one out of left field. Turkish musician Gorkem Sen has invented a new kind of musical instrument that incorporates fretted strings, coiled springs and drum membranes to create a range of ...

Korg just introduced the Phase8 synthesizer. It's an experimental hybrid unit that combines acoustic sound creation with ...

Dave Smith, an electronics pioneer whose creations of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) and the Prophet 5 synthesizer revolutionized popular music, died in Detroit. He was 72 and experienced ...

NAMM 2026: The unconventional Phase8 brings together acoustic sound generation with electronic control via synth-style ...