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Dive into the biggest little synthesizer on the market: the Arturia MicroFreak. My review explains why it's my favorite synth of all time, and why you might want to get one for yourself.
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/performance-review-arturia-microfreak/
#synthesizer #GearReview #synth #gear #synth #Arturia #MicroFreak #GearSquad #GearTalk
Bored this Sunday? Use your downtime to learn How to Synth! Dive into the wonderful world of making weird synthesizer noises with my simple, hands-on guide. Still a work in progress, but there's plenty there to get you started!
https://www.etherdiver.com/how-to-synth-a-guide-to-programming-synthesizers/
Musicians! #Musicians! My reserves are running low, so if you were thinking of submitting to Other People's Music, it's a great time!
https://www.etherdiver.com/other-peoples-music-submission-guidelines/
Free coverage of your music to an audience eager to hear independent music in a wide variety of genres!
Hey, you like samples? Here's a free (well, pay-what-you-want) small pack I made a few years ago that'll let you infuse a little Ether vibe into your work!
https://etherdiver.gumroad.com/l/IdpCAx
If you want to throw me a few $$$ for this, use my ko-fi to pay (https://ko-fi.com/etherdiver), not gumroad. Their payout system sucks. Just DL the pack for free from Gumroad and then ko-fi me a few $$$ if you want to.
If I get banned from Bluesky for harassing one of the devs, I'll probably spend a lot more time here. Which, honestly, I should, I just wish there were a few more folks here .
And yes, the dev deserves it. You don't get to say it's possible to be bigoted against AI (while simultaneously not posting about ANY current actual bigotry, genocide, or other organized hate happening) without catching these hands*!
(*These hands typing out insults and ridicule; I'm not showing up at their house LOL.)
Music people, consider giving my pal @debisco a follow! They've just made the journey over from the questionably-moderated land of Bluesky and are worthy of a follow! Music! Design! Cool posts!
You still use Spotify? That's fine. Whatever. But if you come into my mentions to point out that you do, and that you don't care about the consequences of that for music and musicians?
Yeah, I'm going to be a dick about it. I'm going to be aggressively mean until you fuck off. Just like you'd be if I came to your posts about your work or religion to tell you how little I value what you do.
If you want to make a point of being a prick, don't be surprised when it's met with equal energy.
It's also my favorite FM synth ever, and I LOVE FM synths (have owned at least a dozen if you include softsynths). Amazing experimental synth, too. Just a fantastic all arounder, and one of the best FM programming interfaces ever (better in the hardware version, admittedly, but still very good here).
And just to be clear -- this is NOT SPONSORED. I just love the opsix and think more people should check it out.
If you are in the market for a new softsynth AND you love FM and weird digital, the plug-in version of the Korg opsix is currently on sale for $99 (along with Modwave & Wavestate plugins; Multi/Poly is $150).
The opsix is one of my favorite synths of all time!
https://korg.shop/software/natives.html
#synthesizer #FMSynthesis #synth #VST #SoftSynth #Gear #GearSquad #GearTalk
I mentioned this to a friend the other day, and I know some of you will find it hard to believe, but the overall quality of self-released, DIY music I cover every week is much, MUCH higher than the overall quality of label-released "industry" music I used to cover on a weekly basis in the '00s.
Poverty is the best way to learn the gear you already have.