For those of you who were holding your breath, sorry the column didn’t make it into last issue, but we did give you that massive musical instrument supplement to chomp on in the meantime. Anyway, at long last, breathholders, here is part two of the CREEM Synthesizer Lesson begun in October.

It might make everything a bit more understandable if you referred back to the previous column, but to briefly refresh your memories, I explained last time that with just an oscillator, a mixer, a filter, and an amplifier you pretty much have yourself a synthesizer. I discussed those basic components in detail but added that there were lots more fun things to be had. So let us plunge ahead.