SOUND ON SOUND
Arturia’s new Brute is even smaller than the last and, quite frankly, very cheap indeed. What’s not to like?
Nearly 20 years after the original, Clavia's Nord Lead has become a studio synth staple. Can its latest incarnation keep the flame alive?
Clavinets are a bit like Marmite. We love to own them, to play them, and to listen to them, but we hate storing them and...
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?
Fruit continues to fall from Yamaha's Motif tree and the latest and cheapest example is the MX range...
The clever chaps at Kiwi Technics have rebuilt a lesser-known Roland classic from the inside out.
Kurzweil's latest workstation introduces enhancements — but doesn't mess with that Kurzweil sound.
A new Moog monosynth is exciting enough in itself, but the Sub Phatty has hidden depths that its vintage predecessors could only dream of...
Clavia’s updated Electro range prove that if you need top-quality staple keyboard sounds, playability and simplicity, Nords still lead.
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?