Synthesizers

AstroLab puts Arturia’s considerable collection of classic instruments into a single stage keyboard.

Korg’s MS range contains some bona fide classics — and is much more extensive than you might imagine...

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

The SGR1806‑20 is a brash and spacey analogue drum synth module from Knob Technology.

A pair of Eurorack modules from Xaoc Devices reviewed, how do the Ostrawa mixer and Bohumin expander stack up?

Drawing its inspiration from vast swaths of desert in the American Southwest, the Mojave is concerned with all things granular.

Effects, particularly spatial effects, constitute a relatively modern facet of modular synthesis, but this need not mean they should only be used as enhancement for existing sounds created on other modules.

Looking for an all‑in‑one playing and sequencing solution? Look no further...

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

A “phase and frequency modulation toolkit” is how Eric Schlappi describes the Three Body...

Quick round-up of What's New in the Modular world, plus External Instruments tips.

For the Dune movies, Hans Zimmer and his team of extraordinary musicians didn’t just create a score. They created an entire world.

Do you find yourself reverting to the same familiar chords? Technology can help...

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

Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin’s educationally inspired synth isn’t just for kids.

Polyend’s Play gets a major + upgrade.

Fatboy Slim’s dream of universal 303 ownership inches a little closer with this cut‑price acid box.

In one sense it’s understandable to call the Warp an oscillator, but in reality it’s a self‑contained, fully-fledged synthesizer.

Welcome to another joyfully peculiar Error Instruments protrusion into normal space. It arrives in the form of a porridge‑inspired granular sampler that’s as brilliant as it is baffling.

Moog’s new bass soft synth goes deep. Really deep...

If you thought the age of hugely ambitious polysynths was over, think again...