SYNTH WEEK 2024: One of the criticisms of polysynths in 2024 is that they’re just too good. Rose-tinted spectacles, yes, but the vintage polysynths of yesteryear did have a character of their own, ...

In late 1971, a track with a very distinctive rhythm section reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Isaac Hayes’s “Theme from Shaft”—and its rat-a-tat, sixteenth-note high-hat cymbals—hung out on ...

Typing on a modern Apple keyboard isn’t a silent experience by any means, but it certainly doesn’t compete with a mechanical keyboard. There’s something satisfying about the clicks and clacks produced ...