Join the Sound Synthesis Club at NAMM 2025 for an exclusive interview with Stephan Schmitt, the visionary behind Native Instruments and Nonlinear Labs, a true synthesizer pioneer. Discover his insights into sound design, music technology, and the future of synthesis. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear from one of the industry's most influential figures!

This panel features Anthony Marinelli, known for his work in electronic music and with Michael Jackson; Chris Meyer, a modular synthesis expert from Sequential; and David Mash, Senior VP at Berklee College of Music. Moderated by Sound Synthesis Club founder Oscar Caraballo, the panel will explore innovations in modular synthesis.

This panel featured the story of S~A~W group:

From Tangerine Dream To S~A~W

- Johannes Schmoelling
- Kurt Ader
- Robert Waters

The story presented excerpts of their latest album "Iconic".

NAMM 2019 Sound Synthesis Club Panel - This panel explored The Art Of Sound Design - Part II. Moderated by Sound Synthesis Club founder Oscar Caraballo, it will include world-class sound designers Kurt Ader, Don Lewis, Jack Hotop, John Lehmkuhl, Eduardo Tarilonte and Christian Martirano.

NAMM 2019 Sound Synthesis Club Panel - This panel will explore The Art Of Sound Design - Part I. Moderated by Sound Synthesis Club founder Oscar Caraballo, it will include world-class sound designers Kurt Ader, Don Lewis, Jack Hotop, John Lehmkuhl, Eduardo Tarilonte and Christian Martirano.

Sound Synthesis Club hosted a panel featuring leading figures in synthesizer design:

• Axel Hartmann – Designer at Design Box
• Dave Rossum – Synthesizer Pioneer at Rossum Electro
• Joerg Schaaf – Designer at Radikal Technologies
• John Bowen – Founder of John Bowen Design

This panel offered insights into the innovation and future of hardware synthesizers.

Sound Synthesis Club Panel - Present and Future of Sound Synthesis.

Featuring:

- Eric Persing - CEO Spectrasonics
- Michelle Moog-Kousa - Director Bob Moog Foundation
- Dave Rossum - Chief Scientist Rossum Electro
- Frederic Brun - CEO Arturia
- Suzanne Ciani - Director Eighth Wave
- Michel Huygen - Founder of Neuronium

A panel integrated by Members of the Sound Synthesis Club talked about Sound Synthesis Past and Present at the Winter NAMM show at Anaheim California.

Featuring:

Axel Hartmann - Instrument Designer
Jim Gilmour - Keyboard Player of supergroup SAGA
Kurt Ader - Sound Designer
Jeff Rona - Film Composer
Marcus Ryle - Instrument Designer
Amin Bhatia - Film Composer
Michel Huygen - Composer

Artists Members of the Sound Synthesis Club presented their work with synthesizers at the Winter NAMM Show at Anaheim California.

Featuring:

Michel Huygen - Composer
Robert Rich - Composer

Andre Schnoor head programmer of Cognition presented his Music Prototyping Technology.

Stanford University's CCRMA has been kind to let us 'join forces' in this event which will present legendary synth designer Dave Smith. He will discuss the interesting history of synths, moving from analog to digital to software and now back to analog.

Roger Linn, designer of electronic music products, accepted our invitation as a guest speaker at the Sound Synthesis Club. He presented his forthcoming LinnStrument, a grid-oriented MIDI control surface for expressive musical performance that captures the independent X, Y and Z movements of all simultaneous touches.

AES San Francisco

Dr. John Chowning from Stanford University was our first external Guest Speaker taking the Sound Synthesis Club to a whole new level.

Partial List of events hosted by Sound Synthesis Club between 2007 and 2011.