Synthesizers

If you are a fan of iOS synths that allow you to get your programming hands dirty, then Layr is going to be of considerable interest.

With Apple’s AU plug-in format for iOS finally beginning to gain some traction, we check out Bram Bos's 

latest ‘this is not a 303’ offering...

Addictive Pro adds more complex oscillator configurations, a better effects implementation and a hot-rodded arpeggiator, but has surprisingly dropped the very useful four-track looper of the original Addictive Synth.

The humble TB303 has proved notoriously difficult to recreate in software, but ABL3 comes far closer than most.

UVI are offering a very reasonably priced emulation of a classic Moog — but which classic Moog is it?

The EMS VCS3 (or ‘Putney’) is relic of a bygone age. Along with its suitcase sibling the Synthi, the VCS3...

I Wish is a granular synthesis plug-in that uses incoming MIDI notes to play very short loops of audio.

This four-voice polyphonic Model 15 app, which is both an educational tool as well as a musical instrument, mimics the original (primarily monophonic) Model 15, and offers much more besides.

We explore Borderlands Granular Synthesizer App for iOS, Shure MV51 iOS/USB condenser mic, and Native Instruments iMaschine 2 sequencer.

Phonem sees wavetable synth pioneer Wolfgang Palm turn his attention to the tricky problem of vocal synthesis.

All of Output’s products so far have been an attempt to break new ground in the world of sample processing. Their first...

SynthMaster might seem like an ambitious name, but then SynthMaster is an ambitious synth...

After 10 years with no major updates, Reaktor bursts back into the spotlight with the ultimate virtual modular rack.

Question: What’s the difference between Carmen Electra and Carbon Electra? Answer: One is a glamour model and performer, the other is a four-oscillator subtractive synth that will work as a plug-in within your DAW.

Two more iOS apps reviewed: Futronica SAMMI Synth Multi-instrument • Xynthesizr Synth & Sequencer.

Cakewalk’s Rapture soft synth has been completely reworked and re-imagined: introducing Rapture Pro.

Never afraid of a challenge, Arturia have undertaken the first software emulation of the celebrated Oberheim Matrix 12.

As it reaches its second incarnation, we ask: is Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere the world’s best soft synth?

In 1991 Roland introduced the company’s first Sound Canvas module, the SC55. Aimed at the enthusiast market, the SC55 offered...

Akai iMPC Pro iOS sampling workstation and the Klevgrand Enkl Synth App. 

Serum’s slick interface belies an extremely flexible wavetable synthesizer.