Sound Design
Everything published on Viyolens under Sound Design — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
The Complete Guide to Rack Mount Synthesizer
Rack mount synthesizers offer professional-grade synthesis in a compact 19-inch format, ideal for studio integration, live touring and space-constrained production environments.
Hybrid Synthesizer: A Complete Guide
A hybrid synthesizer combines analogue warmth with digital flexibility and control. Explore why this approach creates inspiring sounds and reliable performance.
The Complete Guide to Electronic Bow For Guitar
A comprehensive guide to electronic bow technology for guitarists, covering techniques, sound characteristics, and how to integrate bowing effects into your playing.
Roland Synthesizer For Guitar for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Starting your synthesis journey with a Roland synthesizer for guitar is exhilarating. This beginner's guide demystifies synthesis and helps you start confidently.
The Ultimate Guide to Divi Filterable Portfolio Module
A filter module forms the heart of subtractive synthesis, shaping oscillator waves into expressive, evolving tones. This guide explores how filters work, different types and how to use them creatively...
Vital Synth for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Korg Mono for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Synthesisers intimidate beginners, but a Korg Mono makes learning synthesis simple and enjoyable. This guide demystifies synthesis and gets you making sounds immediately.
Everything You Need to Know About Vst Instruments Guitar
A guitar VST brings virtual guitar sounds into your DAW. Discover how to use them, top options, and why they're essential for modern music production.
The Ultimate Guide to Modular Synth
The Ultimate Guide to Delay Plugin
A delay plugin is one of the most versatile effects in music production, creating rhythmic repeats and spatial depth. Master the essential controls and learn practical applications.
Omnisphere Plugin: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Should you buy Omnisphere? This guide evaluates its capabilities, premium pricing, sound design potential, alternatives, and helps determine whether it justifies cost for your production workflow.
Common Synthesizer Mistakes to Avoid
Most synthesizer mistakes come from impatience and misunderstanding the fundamentals. Here are the ones that come up most often, and what to do about them.
Make Noise Synthesizer for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A friendly introduction to Make Noise synthesizers for beginners — from understanding modules to making your first sounds with confidence.
Common Arturia Mistakes to Avoid
Mistakes teach, but some common Arturia pitfalls are easily avoidable. Here are the most frequent errors and how to sidestep them.
Chorus Plugin: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Not all chorus plugins sound the same. Discover how to evaluate sound quality, understand rate/depth/feedback controls, and choose between hardware emulations and digital designs.
The Complete Guide to Chase Bliss
Chase Bliss Audio crafts unconventional guitar effects pedals that prioritise sound design and creative exploration over traditional functionality. Discover their philosophy, key models, and how to un...
The Complete Guide to Moog One
The Moog One is a premium polyphonic synthesiser combining classic Moog sound design with modern features. It's immediate, musical, and unmistakably Moog.
Wavetable Synthesizer: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Wavetable synthesis delivers animated, evolving sounds impossible with traditional synthesis. This buying guide evaluates the features that actually matter when choosing your first or next wavetable s...
The Ultimate Guide to Serum Presets
Serum presets store every parameter of a sound patch for Xfer Serum — one of the most-used synths in electronic music. Understanding what presets contain and how they differ is the starting point for...
Modular Synthesizer: A Complete Guide
Separate building blocks you wire together yourself — here's what a modular synthesizer is, its main modules, and a short history worth knowing.
Everything You Need to Know About Korg Trinity Vst
The Korg Trinity combines synthesis power with accessible interface design. Discover its sound engine, sequencing capabilities and why it remains influential decades after its release.
The Complete Guide to Tc Electronic Delay
TC Electronic delay delivers professional-grade sound trusted by touring musicians. Learn about models, features and why studios choose TC.
The Best Guitar Reverb Pedal
Reverb guitar transforms your tone from thin and dry to spacious and lush. Learn how to choose reverb types, dial in controls, and match settings to your musical style.
Fabfilter Filter for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A calm, step-by-step start with a FabFilter filter plug-in: what cutoff and resonance actually do, and your first hands-on session.
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Arturia
Arturia offers creative keyboards and studio tools for producers, composers and electronic musicians.
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Arturia Minifreak
Arturia Minifreak is a compact hybrid synth keyboard for creative sound design, live use and electronic production.
Behringer Model D
Behringer Model D delivers classic analogue monosynth character for bass, leads and studio sound design.
Behringer Td-3
Behringer TD-3 is a compact acid bass synth and sequencer built for punchy lines and electronic performance.
Moog
Discover Moog instruments for expressive analogue synthesis, hands-on control and unmistakable classic sound.
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Moog Muse
Explore Moog Muse options for modern analogue synthesis with expressive control, rich tone and performance focus.
Synthesizer
Find a synthesizer for studio sound design, live performance and electronic music, from classic analogue tones to versat...
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Walrus Audio Pedal
Characterful, flexible pedals for guitarists who want creative sounds, reliable build quality and modern pedalboard appe...
