Synthesizers

Behringer’s TD‑3‑MO isn’t just a TD‑3 with extra knobs: it’s a completely different instrument.

Korg’s Modwave is a wavetable powerhouse that can import Serum wavetables without conversion.

When Make Noise label an instrument an ‘experiment’, you know things are about to get interesting...

Modal’s SkulptSynth SE packs an awful lot of synth into a very small package.

A long way from their rackmounted Minimoogs, Studio Electronics’ SE‑3X is a four‑filtered, paraphonic monster.

David Bessell talks to Rob Puricelli about how he was inspired by Physical Modelling and sought to explore it further using modular synths and software. 

If you use software synthesizers, the name U‑he will be familiar to you. Their virtual synths —...

Hyperion is a hugely capable synthesizer with a complex modular heart.

At its core, the Recombination Engine is a triple analogue VCO module based around reissue Curtis CEM 3340 VCO chips. How it combines the three, however, is quite unique...

Maestro is a six‑channel clockable and programmable LFO with an unusual button‑based front panel.

The Filtamp 1006 is a combined 24dB ladder VCF and VCA module with two mixable audio inputs, three modulation inputs, filter resonance and amplifier gain with linear or exponential control.

Arturia’s soft synth gets bigger and better.

DJ, producer and remixer Dave Clarke meets a producer who’s been at the cutting edge of UK techno for more than 25 years.

The JD‑800 is the latest instrument to join the Roland Cloud.

Michelle Moog Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, talks to Rob Puricelli about her father's legacy.

Can GForce capture the character of the legendary Oberheim 8‑Voice in software?