A few months after creating what was claimed to be the world's smallest MIDI synthesizer, which was smaller than the capsule at the end of a 5-pin DIN cable, a self-confessed MIDI lover and prolific ...

Back in 2016, Tim Jacobs of mixtela managed to cram a MIDI synthesizer into a teeny MIDI plug that drew power from the device it was plugged into and output sounds via an included piezo buzzer. Jacobs ...

Dang. [Mixtela] has just managed a seriously cool hack: running an entire MIDI synthesizer on an ATTiny85 to create what he claims is the worlds smallest MIDI synthesizer. That’s it on the left, next ...

MIDI was created over thirty years ago to connect electronic instruments, synths, sequencers, and computers together. Of course, this means MIDI was meant to be used with computers that are now thirty ...

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It seems to me that none of the information about the current offerings of the sound cards say anything about the quality of their hardware MIDI synths. (A spec or two may be given.) I guess it's ...

Anyone that needs to create retro sounds in the form of Nintendo style chiptune music, may be interested in a new Arcano MIDI NES Chiptune Synthesizer that has been created by Arcano Systems. The palm ...

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

— “Synthesizers: From Analog to Digital to Software to Analog” presentation to be featured at AES 141st Convention — New York, NY — The AES 141st International Convention in Los Angeles, taking place ...

These days it’s almost impossible to imagine a world of hardware and software incompatibility in the music tech world. Imagine a DAW or plugin that only runs on a certain make and model of computer.