What’s a sound without movement? LFOs are likely the most common tools at our disposal for creating movement when creating sounds or applying effects. LFO stands for low frequency oscillator – ...

The terahertz quantum cascade laser on its mounting. Credit: University of Leeds Lasers that switch on and off billions of times per second are the backbone of optical communications networks, but ...

Participants in a sound modulation therapy trial in the UK experienced a “significant quieting” of their tinnitus symptoms – up to 10%.

Ever since they arrived in popular music in the ’70s, synths have always seemed new and otherworldly. Bristling with strange knobs and controls and emitting weird electronic noises, many synths might ...

Guitarists may be interested in a new type of guitar pick that uses magnetism to modulate sound and takes the form of the XPick. This innovative tool has transformed the way musicians can interact ...

In my post about the current state of music-making and discovery on the iPad, I concluded with a roundup of the best, most sophisticated software to professionally create music on the iPad. As I did ...