Synthesizers

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.

Arturia’s MatrixBrute combines everything the company know about synthesis into one hugely ambitious machine.

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

The Monologue may be a cut-down version of the Minilogue, but it offers a few features its polyphonic big brother can’t match.

Behringer’s first foray into the world of synthesis always promised to be interesting, and the results do not disappoint...

There are two AJH modules on review: the Sonic XV, based around an early 24dB diode filter from the Musonics Sonic V; secondly, the discrete transistor-based Ring SM, which can double as a five-input mixer and incorporates a pair of sub oscillator generators.

Akemie’s Taiko is an FM-based Eurorack module covering CV-tweakable percussion and synth roles...

It’s always fun to discover modules with a different slant on things. The ADDAC503, or Marble Physics, is a CV source that models the behaviour of a marble on a square tray...

Qu-Bit’s Wave is presumably named after the Wave (wav) format samples it plays — up to four of them at once. A 4GB MicroSD card is included, ready-populated with drum hits, vocals, synths and sound effects, easily enough to get you going...

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...

How do you follow the best-selling synthesizer of all time?

Make Noise blur the boundaries between the East and West Coast schools of synthesis with this unique semi-modular.

The Studio Electronics Tonestar 2600 is a complete analogue synthesizer voice in just 32hp. It consists of a single VCO, a sub oscillator and noise generator processed by a four-pole low-pass filter based on that of the legendary ARP 2600.

TwinCussion comprises a pair of analogue percussion voices (A & B), both slightly different and capable of independent operation or cross-patched interaction...