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Circuit des Yeux at Thalia Hall in April might be one of the most interesting Chicago shows for synth-pop and goth audiences this year.

For Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments.

The genre-jumping English musician has his second dark-horse album of the year nod with "Djesse Vol. 4."

Synthesizing a piano with partials.

BG 800 Roadcase Review… When reading gear reviews, I skip to the pros and cons because, while technical specs like watts, ohms, and speaker size matter, the key question is… how does it sound? That's what truly counts. With that in mind, let me introduce you to the new Phil Jones BG 800 Roadcase! The […]

Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems

Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians help Conn-Selmer, the Indiana company trying to make the perfect instrument.

One of the most performed living composers unpacks the power of melody in her music, her unconventional path to success and how visual art guides her process.

The New Blue Sun tour brings a galaxy of warmth, light, and playfulness to entranced audiences.

Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic melodies.

Bass Gym – 101 Chords & Harmonic Accompaniments… We all know that the bass guitar is primarily a melodic and rhythmic instrument. We canplay fat huge bass notes on it with any finger technique, slapping, picking or tapping. Inmost cases, however, we will play single notes that build on each other to form a bass […]

Why the pop superstar's work is worthy of study

I've spent the last few weeks drawing pictures of tuning systems, since I realized this is a good way to show off their mathematical beauty. Now I'll start deploying them! I've al…

Researchers have shown that dissipative Kerr solitons (DKSs) can be used to create chip-based optical frequency combs with enough output power for use in optical atomic clocks and other practical applications. The advance could lead to chip-based instruments that can make precision measurements that were previously possible only in a few specialized laboratories.

Rock Bass 101: Essential Bass Lines, Techniques, Theory and Grooves… There's more to rock bass playing than just following the guitarist's left hand! This book with audio demo exercises and full-length tunes available online for download or streaming gives you all the tools you need to construct your own bass lines, creatively and effectively, in […]

Sheldon Glashow continues his stroll through the history of physics, making his way in this installment from waves and particles as they apply to sound, light, and matter to Einstein's general and special relativity.

The San Francisco Symphony's performance of Busoni's massive Piano Concerto confirms his forgotten and important influence on the city.

Sonicware is back with another quirky standalone synthesizer in its fairly crowded Liven line.

Forget crypto, VR, AI. When it comes to empowering humans, new technology has nothing on the well-tempered clavier.

Be warned, you probably won't like how some elements sound.