Synthesizers

The Oct Tone is an eight‑step sequencer, a reimagining of the Octone, originally designed by Instruo’s Jason Lim back in 2016.

Here Josh shares his own favourite modules, the story of Cycle Instruments and their impressive debut module: Tetrachords.

There is good reason why so many creative types opt to shut themselves away in out‑of‑town studios or workspaces. It has everything to do with the way that individual creativity works, and removing distraction...

Australian company Cycle Instruments have burst on to the scene with a very interesting and highly ambitious debut, the Tetrachords sequencer.

Synplant 2 takes a more horticultural approach to synthesis than you may be used to...

Waldorf’s all‑encompassing Iridium engine is now available in its smallest form yet.

Pedals are not just for guitars. Here Paul White connects his extensive pedal collection to a modular synth system, effectively using the pedals as additional modules and suggesting some creative ways of setting them up.

A new Moog polysynth is always a big event, but is the Muse the inspiration you’ve been waiting for?

These Catalyst modules are based upon the Emblematic Systems module of the same name. However, 4MS have turned it into two modules: a controller, like the original, and a sequencer.

ALM describe the all‑analogue Mega Milton as a ‘smorgasbord’ of handy utilities, designed to greatly extend the functionality of a Eurorack system.

Eric Schlappi is the engine behind the eponymous Schlappi Engineering, whose latest spate of modules includes the extraordinary Three Body and recent headliner Nibbler.

Elastic Melody offers creative melody generation in a compact iOS app format.

Arturia’s PolyBrute has gained six voices and a lot more besides.

Beetlecrab introduce their own distinctive take on granular synthesis.

Gamechanger Audio’s Motor Synth MkII updates the company’s idiosyncratic approach to synthesis...