Synthesizers

When it comes to virtual effects and instruments, Sugar Bytes don’t really do ‘normal’. Even Unique, on the surface a pretty conventional-looking software synth, manages to pack in a twist or two...

ROTOR is the latest release by Barcelona-based Reactable Systems, and brings another slice of their attention-grabbing virtual modular synth to a wider audience.

Allegedly inspired by John Cage’s interpretation of the Chinese divination text, I Ching, random voltages are generated by Chance for each digitally-generated coin toss...

There are plenty of reasons to feed MIDI data into your Eurorack; Mono-MIDI offers traditional CV and Gate outs plus arpeggiator...

Another seriously compact offering from Belgium, Logica Gater, is a combined logic and gate module.

Could a mash-up of Novation’s Circuit and Bass Station II with a pinch of modular connectivity be the perfect recipe for the modern monosynth?

Soma Laboratory’s Lyra-8 may force you to reconsider everything you think you know about synthesizers.

If you are a fan of iOS synths that allow you to get your programming hands dirty, then Layr is going to be of considerable interest.

Bastl Instruments’ miniature modular really is very, very small indeed.

Morphagene is Make Noise’s attempt to take creative tape splicing and microsound exploration into the 21st century...

The Klavis Twin Waves, also known as VCDO (Voltage Controlled Dual Oscillator) is a small, skiff-friendly module with a minimal interface.

Roland have recreated their classic vocoder at a fraction of the cost — and size.

Eowave’s Ribbon 2 combines a 12-bit synth and a ribbon controller in 24-inches of plexiglass.

The original E-mu Morpheus was capable of real-time morphing in just one dimension, but today’s processors have much more power and can therefore offer 3D morphing — and in stereo.

Vermona’s Eurorack stable continues to grow with the addition of the TwinVCFilter.

Are Roland’s recreations the last word on these classic instruments?