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    WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT ANALOGUE SYNTHS?

    Nov 16, 2021 4 minutes

    Much like vinyl, ‘analogue’ technology is held in high esteem, but debate rages around the realities of its lauded properties. More than 50 years after the first mass market analogue synthesiser hit the market, their basic format is more widespread than ever.

    Do analogue synths really sound better? What makes this theoretically outdated tech remain so popular in the supposedly forward-thinking realm of electronic music making?

    This issue we’ll be exploring the realities of ‘analogue’ gear: why it inspires such love in its fans, how it’s evolved and – crucially – how to use, set up and sequence using analogue principles.

    As we’ve discussed in these pages previously (see FM373) there are certain things that only software and digital synthesisers can do, such as complex

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