Synthesizers

Interesting and unique synthesis techniques seem to be plentiful of late, and the E‑RM Polygogo is no exception. It’s...

Behringer’s TD‑3‑MO isn’t just a TD‑3 with extra knobs: it’s a completely different instrument.

Korg’s Modwave is a wavetable powerhouse that can import Serum wavetables without conversion.

When Make Noise label an instrument an ‘experiment’, you know things are about to get interesting...

Modal’s SkulptSynth SE packs an awful lot of synth into a very small package.

A long way from their rackmounted Minimoogs, Studio Electronics’ SE‑3X is a four‑filtered, paraphonic monster.

If you use software synthesizers, the name U‑he will be familiar to you. Their virtual synths —...

Hyperion is a hugely capable synthesizer with a complex modular heart.

At its core, the Recombination Engine is a triple analogue VCO module based around reissue Curtis CEM 3340 VCO chips. How it combines the three, however, is quite unique...

Maestro is a six‑channel clockable and programmable LFO with an unusual button‑based front panel.

The Filtamp 1006 is a combined 24dB ladder VCF and VCA module with two mixable audio inputs, three modulation inputs, filter resonance and amplifier gain with linear or exponential control.

Arturia’s soft synth gets bigger and better.

The JD‑800 is the latest instrument to join the Roland Cloud.

Can GForce capture the character of the legendary Oberheim 8‑Voice in software?

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

Pipa is a wavetable and granular synth with a voice of its own.

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

Newfangled Audio’s Generate soft synth embraces chaos...

Does Roland’s software Juno 60 capture the magic of the original?

Black Corporation have taken a single monophonic voice from Deckard’s Dream, made a few tweaks and packaged it into Eurorack format.

This may offend certain modular enthusiasts, but I’m a big believer in restriction aiding creativity. Eurorack designers...