Synthesizers

Mercury-nominated vocalist, composer and producer ESKA talks about her favourite studio gear and how her background as a live jazz musician shapes her approach to writing and recording.

There are few brands so widely loved as Moog, and as the company changes hands many will be asking what the future holds. Well, we’re about to find out...

The Itinera module is a Eurorack filter developed by Stefano Bersanetti at Euterpe Synthesizer Laboratories.

The Monumatic is Knobula’s third polyphonic sound generator. It picks up the form and much of the intention of their first outing, but includes expansions and more features.

Composer, producer and Buchla enthusiast Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith joins William J. Stokes to discuss her latest album Gush. She also treats listeners to a live set, performed on a carefully curated selection of Buchla 200e modules.

V Collection 11 is here, and yes, it’s bigger than before, better than before and better value than ever.

Dreadbox are aiming high with the ambitious Artemis.

Erica have teamed up with software developers 112dB to create a genuinely original synthesizer.

The Archaea Exchange falls into what is possibly the author's favourite category of modules: essentially very simple but with massive scope.

The Lublin 1957 from XAOC Devices is a two‑channel pingable VCA module with three ping responses and a gain limiting circuit to prevent peaking or distortion.

One of the central figures behind XAOC Devices' success is Maciek Bartkowiak, a veritable heavyweight in electronic instrument design and a charming fellow to boot.

The unsettlingly named Seventh Summoner is a really simple sequencer, and as with the Arp Of Darkness, it does just enough to make itself fabulously useful.