Synthesizers

For the best part of 20 years, musicians have been asking certain Japanese manufacturers for recreations of their classic synths, and finally one of them has been brave enough to do it. How does Korg’s reborn MS20 compare to its illustrious ancestor?

It was surely only a matter of time before an iOS Minimoog appeared, and it's no surprise that Arturia are the company who've made it...

It’s named in honour of everyone’s favourite giant ape, but will Korg’s new keyboard scale the heights or be shot down in flames? Find out in our exclusive review...

Muse Research continue to refine their Receptor virtual instrument player.

Bedroom-based boffins the world over are manufacturing increasingly bizarre and esoteric synth modules. Come with us as we step away from the modular mainstream and take a look at some of the more eccentric Eurorack synth modules this weird world has to offer.

The recent resurgence of brand-new analogue synths means that there’s never been a better time to invest in one. We round up some of the more ‘hands-on’, performance-oriented models on the market...

German company Trautoniks have painstakingly recreated a lost classic from the annals of electronic music history. What’s that? You’ve never heard of the Trautonium? Then read on...

The Integra 7 might at first glance seem to be a Jupiter in rack form, but it turns out there’s more to it than that — much, much more...

The iPolysix app faithfully recreates the original synth's architecture, which had six VCOs, one for each of its six voices. Does it do the original justice?

This month we look at the new iPad Mini, Microsoft Surface and Borderlands Granular Synth app.

We test Yonac Magellan synthesizer app and the PPG WaveGenerator synth app.

Who are the most successful British synth manufacturers of all time? Hint: they’re alive and well — and busier than ever...

Novation go back to their portable synth roots with a compact gem that reworks the Ultranova synth engine and adds a few extras...

If you’re handy with a soldering iron, buying the Shruthi 1 gets you a lot of synth for your buck...

Roland’s Jupiter 80 has gained a little brother in the shape of the Jupiter 50. Does this slimmed-down synth offer the same Supernatural sound?

Don’t let its low price fool you: Sonic Academy’s debut synth has a lot going for it...

Wave Alchemy’s Pro II aims to fill the curious, Pro One-shaped hole in the soft-synth market.

We check out the Tascam iU2 audio interface, and sneak a peak at Reactable's Mobile tactile synth for iOS and Android.

Tom Oberheim’s classic two-voice synth gets the Arturia treatment in the form of the SEM V.

Izotope’s Iris offers a new take on sound design via its innovative sample resynthesis engine.

Is Rob Papen’s Blade the cutting edge of additive synthesis?