Synth Wizards

Sam and Eddie show you how the Strawberry Fields Forever audio for Synth Wizards Episode 7 was created.

A quest to rescue synthesizers. Man vs. Keyboard. This is Syntaur's new web series on resurrecting vintage synthesizers: Synth Wizards.

In this first installment in a new Synth Wizards Interviews series, Sam Mims chats with Alan Palomo about what synthesizers he uses on stage and on record with Neon Indian.

Howard Jones was a synth pop icon in the 1980's, and in 2019, he's still killin' it! Syntaur's Sam and Carlos were excited to spend some time talking synths with him at the Brauntex Theatre in New Braunfels, Texas.

Michael Boddicker has performed and composed on an insane number of hit records, television shows, and feature films, from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' to 'Fatal Attraction'. He graciously spent an afternoon showing us his scoring studio, his amazing modular synths, and even his attic.

Robbie Bronnimann has played keyboards alongside Howard Jones for years, and Syntaur's Sam and Carlos spent some time with him just prior to a concert at the Brauntex Theatre in New Braunfels, Texas.

Filmmaker Lucas Fowler (@lucasfowler75) has created a short documentary on Syntaur, a company devoted to keeping old synthesizers alive, and on and Sam Mims, its founder.

Dave Smith - the founder of Sequential Circuits, designer of the Prophet 5, and creator of MIDI - passed away suddenly just prior to the 2022 NAMM show. We at Syntaur had just interviewed him a few weeks prior, for an upcoming Synth Wizards episode. Here are portions of that interview, along with tributes from some of his friends and colleagues.