Synthesizers

While emulations of other classic analogue synths abound, there's only ever been one way to get your hands on a CS80 — until now.

Vowel is a digital oscillator module with all the gubbins you might need in order to get vowel sounds with just a trio of controls.

Looking for pre-mixer sweetening? Finaliser R‑EQ offers three-band parametic EQ, a two-way aural enhancer that works on the top and bottom end of the audio, and basic DSP effects like reverb and delay.

Korg bring West Coast modular synthesis to the masses with their most ambitious Volca yet.

Make Noise proudly promote the René as "the world's only 3D Cartesian Music Sequencer". I had no idea either, but it's been...

If you're Eurorack curious but short on space or cash — or simply allergic to 3.5mm patch cables — Softube's Modular might be for you.

Pittsburgh's desktop semi-modular has its eye set firmly on the experimental.

IK Multimedia's UNO packs a surprisingly capable analogue monosynth into an attractively priced and eminently portable box.

Yamaha's seriously capable MODX is a Montage for the masses.

Thankfully Bassline is not a TB‑303 clone: its acidic pedigree is very much its own.

It's hard to imagine any modular system not benefiting from a dash of randomness; Marbles offers three streams of triggers/gates and four voltages...

Audio Damage’s latest plug-in instrument gives an accessible but versatile take on granular synthesis.

Latvian Erica Synths have partnered up with French company e-licktronic to develop drum modules with a distinctly Japanese flavour.

The Sonicsmith Squaver P1+ is not your ordinary semi-modular synth...

The Entity PS's 100-percent analogue circuitry is capable of producing a huge range of percussive effects including, but not limited to: snares, claps, toms, rim shots, hats, synth percussions, zaps and blips, bass and lead sounds and even new flavours of kick-drum sounds.

The Sequential Prophet X combines analogue and sample-based synthesis in one enormously ambitious and flexible instrument.

Waverazor offers an aggressive take on waveshaping synthesis and some seriously deep editing.

The Treadstone packs a lot of analogue synth into a very small box.

The very existence of the Behinger Model D has divided opinion, but just how good is this “homage” to the Minimoog?

The Stylophone is back — with knobs on!

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