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Synth Picnic is back this Saturday at a new location. We’re in St John’s Space which is appropriately a picnic area at the bottom of the escalators underneath Vue cinema and next to PureGym.

I used a couple of pre-programmed sequences on the Crea8audio Programm and the jammed around it in three sections. Voices come from Carlos LeMar Dixon and Connie Chen.

The new version of Fender Studio Pro has an integrated generative AI engine that will generate tracks, separate stems and transform your voice into that of a whole range of different singers.

As the dust and electrons settle on another Synth East it’s good to spend a little time reliving those moments of synthesizer loveliness. Here are your Synth East 2026 highlights.

Here’s my review of the achingly hip and cool Orchid Chord Synth thingy from Telepathic Instruments and Tame Impala.

Saturday night is sold out but there’s plenty more to entertain you can get your creative electronic music juices flowing.

A bumper bunch of blips and boxes for you this month including some scattered thoughts on the impact of AI on music and our industry. Do/don’t be afraid (delete as applicable). Sponsored by DF Audio – https://dfaudio.com.au Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-dfaudiopatchwork DF Audio are kindly sponsoring this months Molten Monthly. They have a […]

In my roundup of the best synths you can get on a budget we’re looking at electronic music making boxes under approximately $300 or there abouts. There’s plenty to play with, lots of explore and whether this is your first synth or you just need some new inspiration, these machines will make the best use […]

A dozen or so patches for the Donner L1 for you to experiment with a use as a starting point for further adventures. Below is a link to a blank patch sheet and a book of all the patches used in this video.

With more music shops closing Synth Picnic is as relevant and important as ever. In this vide I share my thoughts on the Synth Picnic we’ve just had and how it could be a way forward for music tech retail – no really.