Synthesizers

A ‘four‑dimensional’ wavetable oscillator, the Four Seas can, in its creators’ words, “transform sound exploration into a tactile, intuitive experience” by allowing you to explore wavetables as a ‘three‑dimensional cube’.

Waldorf’s tiny wavetable wonder packs classic DNA into a portable package.

GRM Tools’ new sound design software is an absolute tour de force!

The third edition of Spectrasonics’ flagship synth boasts a gargantuan sound library expansion, a standalone studio‑quality effects rack and a host of new synthesis features.

The Bishop’s Miscellany MkII can record CV and gate signals into two channels and output them as stepped, scaled notes in up to 64 steps.

MPE is becoming ever‑more prevalent, and plenty of desktop hardware synths are getting in on the action.

Black Corporation present their ISE-NIN Voice, which offers a complete Jupiter‑style semi‑modular synth voice in Eurorack form.

The SOS Awards celebrate innovation and contemporary design. Congratulations to all the Winners, as well as the very worthy close contenders in each category who have been awarded our Highly Commended accolade.

This virtual modular environment can accept patches ported over from the free VCV Rack, and can create virtual patches internally.

Sequencing in Eurorack has always felt like a bit of a problem. How does the Tobinski Sequencer's approach weigh up?

Future Sound Systems’ debut desktop is very much in a class of its own.

The user interface has always been a barrier to FM synthesis. Can Fors’ elegant approach make it more accessible?

Mark J.T. Griffin’s unofficial biography stems from a long‑held interest in and passion for Vangelis’ work.

SED‑CSM, from Berlin’s Rides In The Storm, is a full analogue synth voice, with its own mixer, packed into a big‑but‑really‑very‑small 36HP.

SuperKar+ can produce up to 32 voices and has a bi‑timbral split to offer a Chord voice and a separate polyphonic Solo voice all within the one 12HP module.

The SOS team pick their highlights from hardware and software launches from 2025.

The Boundary Layer is a module whose design actually harks back to a much more classic synth topology. How will Schlappi fare in the heritage game?

The humble kick drum has come a long way and perhaps we’ve reached the peak with the Ohmforce Bohm “frontier of kick synthesis” system.

This diminutive module combines an envelope with a VCA to accept audio signals and render them, well, percussive.

Sequential’s latest is a miniaturised, analogue, four‑voice polysynth inspired by the Pro‑One and Prophet lines. But does it still feel like a Sequential?

Instruo’s first foray into standalone synthesizers is both ambitious and original.