Synthesizers

Synthesists have been asking manufacturers to build new analogue instruments for years — and now they’ve finally responded. But what took them so long? We round up some of the recent offerings.

Korg already have an enviable track record for making high-quality apps, but in Gadget they've made their most serious step yet towards full music production.

Arturia’s new Brute is even smaller than the last and, quite frankly, very cheap indeed. What’s not to like?

Waldorf have followed up their '90s blockbuster with a sequel — the Pulse 2.

Akai could be on to a winner with their cheap and compact sample player.

Nearly 20 years after the original, Clavia's Nord Lead has become a studio synth staple. Can its latest incarnation keep the flame alive?

Lush Projects' kit could be the cheapest way into modular synthesis for anyone handy with a soldering iron.

The clever chaps at XILS Lab have given Roland's classic VP330 a new lease of life as a soft synth.

Check out Arturia's take on this Oberheim classic dual-VCO synthesizer module with oscillator sync, pulse-width modulation and two-pole multi-mode filter.

This month we look at a two iOS Apps - Pulse Code Modular and Stage Traxx.

A new Prophet is always an exciting prospect, but the name certainly carries a weight of expectation. Can the latest model live up to its illustrious ancestry?

Apps for your Tablet: Waldorf Nave synth, Pocket Audio Tools and Grain Science's granular synth.

The clever chaps at Kiwi Technics have rebuilt a lesser-known Roland classic from the inside out.

In the 20 years since its launch, the Bass Station has become something of a classic — and with analogue monosynths enjoying their biggest revival since the early '80s, what better time for a sequel?

Prophet, Prodigy, Jupiter, Andromeda, Trinity... You just can't beat the grandiose overtones of a good synth name....

Kurzweil's latest workstation introduces enhancements — but doesn't mess with that Kurzweil sound.

I'm an ambient musician looking for an addition to my synth collection. I'm interested in the Quasimidi Polymorph, yet they...

Can Waldorf’s new synth rock it? Is it easy on the pocket? We plug it into a socket...

Dave Smith’s latest synth crams four Mophos into one keyboard-shaped box. The result promises to be more than the sum of its parts.

A new Moog monosynth is exciting enough in itself, but the Sub Phatty has hidden depths that its vintage predecessors could only dream of...

Not a company to do things by half, Elektron have combined their first analogue synth with an incredibly versatile sequencer.