Virtual Instrument

Minimal Audio’s Current is nothing if not ambitious, and not just as an instrument...

Westwood re‑imagine some classic instruments to take familiar sounds to new places.

Cherry Audio have resurrected the venerable ARP Pro Soloist in software.

Arturia have another classic on their long list of software synths: a special little squelchy box.

Cherry Audio delve into the distant past to bring us two new virtual instruments.

GForce’s software Mellotron just keeps getting better.

UJAM’s Usynth range is about getting good results quickly, and GLAM is no exception.

Sound Particles have placed 3D audio at the heart of their new soft synth.

Baby Audio’s first soft synth is inspired by the baby of the Yamaha CS range, the small but immediate CS‑01.

There’s a lot to like about MiMU’s unusually gelatinous take on granular synthesis.

The MiniFreak V is every bit as good as its hardware counterpart.

Arturia’s colourful soft synth goes from strength to strength.

Klevgrand introduce a new take on wavetable synthesis.

Can Dreamtonics really deliver a session singer in software?

Cherry Audio recreate that rarest of beasts, the Elka Synthex.

Now in its third decade, MetaSynth is still a synthesizer like no other, and its companion sequencer Xx follows the same path...

Dawesome’s Novum is a granular synthesizer with a multi‑layered approach to sound design.

Does the latest iteration of NI’s Komplete music production suite provide all the tools you need?

Arturia’s mighty V Collection continues to grow and improve.

Softube take on Roland’s classic SH-101.

This powerful ROMpler aims to be all things to all synthesists.