Synthesizers

The hugely successful MiniBrute has evolved into what Arturia describe as a synthesis ‘ecosystem’, but the MiniBrute 2 and 2S aren’t just updates — they’re completely new instruments.

The MÖG Wavefolder doesn’t just modify waveform shape, it squishes, shifts, boosts and distorts — and is equally happy doing the same to control signals.

Thirty years after the launch of the groundbreaking D-50, Roland’s Boutique version offers the same iconic sound.

Wolfgang Palm is undoubtedly a bit of a synth super-hero to many. He was the man behind wavetable synthesis back in the 1970s...

Every now and again a module appears that slots into a niche you didn’t realise existed, but once it’s there you start to see all kinds of new possibilities...

Bored with plain old Sample & Hold? We check out the updated Turing Machine MkII along with the new Pulses and Volts expanders.

Korg's latest soft synth is an iOS version of the Mono/Poly, which appears to be so similar to previous versions that it can swap patches with them...

The Rev 2’s attractive feature set and inviting price tag could make it the most popular Prophet yet.

The quadroPOL works as a VC mixer or quad VCA, with the ring modulation and the polarising qualities adding something extra...

The TZ-VCO is 100 percent analogue, and unusual in several respects...

Radikal Technologies, best known for the Spectralis 2 synth/sampler/sequencer, have entered Eurorack with a distinctive...

For 20 years or so the A110 has been the company's basic voltage-controlled oscillator. Aware that there were more possibilities for VCO modules, Doepfer have very helpfully now released three new versions. Here, we take a quick look at the new A110-2.

Moog’s bovine bass synth just keeps getting better.

Pioneer’s new groovebox is a Dave Smith synth in DJ’s clothing.

Small company Rakit are making a big noise with their new drum synth.

With Apple’s AU plug-in format for iOS finally beginning to gain some serious ground, I reviewed the excellent...

The latest in the Boutique range is the result of an unexpected collaboration between Roland and Studio Electronics.

The System 8 may offer ‘plug-out’ recreations of Roland classics, but it’s also a versatile synthesizer with a character all of its own.

Future Retro’s Transient is a single-voice drum module based on 16-bit samples nabbed from classic drum machines, all delivered by a 12-bit DAC.

Jove has a modern replacement for the now-obsolete OTA (IR3109) used in the original Jupiter 6 and it has been given voltage control of resonance along with an extra two-pole low-pass mode...

When it comes to virtual effects and instruments, Sugar Bytes don’t really do ‘normal’. Even Unique, on the surface a pretty conventional-looking software synth, manages to pack in a twist or two...