Synthesizers

As its name implies, the Montage combines multiple technologies within a single, powerful instrument. But does it have what it takes to be the market leader Yamaha want it to be?

With Apple’s AU plug-in format for iOS finally beginning to gain some traction, we check out Bram Bos's 

latest ‘this is not a 303’ offering...

This third modular outing, DSM03, introduces tuned feedback — an important component in DSI synths ranging from the little desktop Evolver of 2003 up to the recent Pro 2.

Described as a Programmable Universal CV Generator, the Control Forge can serve as a multi-stage envelope, a complex LFO or a sequencer...

Dieter Doepfer is known as the founding father of Eurorack, the modular format that now dominates all others — but how did it all come about?

I can’t deny being a long-time fan of the Waldorf sound and of wavetable synthesis in general, so I was pretty keen to try out the NW1...

Until fairly recently the Orgone Accumulator was only available as a kit — but now even those of us with laughable soldering skills can enjoy one.

The Qu-Bit Chord promises what can sometimes be tedious to set up within a modular: easy polyphony...

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.