Synthesizers

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.

Disrupter is an experimental, performance‑driven, 303‑style sequencer with innovative randomisation features that you can still control when needed.

Roland’s SH‑4d is an ambitious amalgam of synth and sequencer in a battery‑powered box.

A melodic interval-based sequencer from Eventide with a unique set of features.

This year marks the 30th birthday of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of synths, samplers and hardware controllers. In this podcast, Novation Product Specialist Chris Calcutt looks back over three decades of innovation.

There are a multitude of excellent Eurorack sequencers available in all shapes and sizes. Principally they all fulfil a...

Erica’s Black Sequencer combines ambitious functionality with some of the best knobs money can buy.

Masses of modulation and an innovative sequencer make the Mono much more than just another monosynth.

True to form, Teenage Engineering’s approach to modular synthesis is about as idiosyncratic as it gets.

The original Chord module, reviewed in SOS February 2017 by Jyoti Mishra, offered an excellent way to get polyphony and, more...

If you're looking to embark on a cut-price acid odyssey, look no further...

The latest model in Korg's unstoppable Volca range offers a typically idiosyncratic approach to drum synthesis.

Stuck in a synthesis rut? Tired of patching the same old sounds? Analogue Solutions have got just the thing...

Always unconventional, Teenage Engineering's latest instrument is a battery-powered multimedia studio that will fit in your pocket.

The Medusa combines analogue and digital, synthesizer and sequencer — and even throws in a controller for good measure.

Elektron’s latest compact groove station takes a welcome new look at FM.

Thanks to Korg, it’s once again possible to walk into a shop and buy a brand-new, full-size ARP Odyssey.

Could a mash-up of Novation’s Circuit and Bass Station II with a pinch of modular connectivity be the perfect recipe for the modern monosynth?

The LEP LepLoop takes a decidedly unconventional approach to the groovebox format.

When it comes to FM synthesis, Korg’s little Volca is thinking big.