Synthesizers

Instruo’s first foray into standalone synthesizers is both ambitious and original.

The Boundary Layer is a module whose design actually harks back to a much more classic synth topology. How will Schlappi fare in the heritage game?

The humble kick drum has come a long way and perhaps we’ve reached the peak with the Ohmforce Bohm “frontier of kick synthesis” system.

This diminutive module combines an envelope with a VCA to accept audio signals and render them, well, percussive.

While it’s often most natural in a patch to assign one control signal per destination, there is enormous creative scope in sending a single voltage source to several destinations simultaneously!

Sequential’s latest is a miniaturised, analogue, four‑voice polysynth inspired by the Pro‑One and Prophet lines. But does it still feel like a Sequential?

Like a medieval cathedral, the Redshift 6 is a massively ambitious creation. There are other similarities too...

Producer, sound designer and composer Jonathan Snipes talks about his work with experimental hip-hop group Clipping, sharing an inside look at their unique production process, before showcasing five modules in an exclusive live performance.

Fifty years after Don Buchla first released his portable electronic music studio, is the world finally ready for the Music Easel?

Built entirely from percussion sounds, but not for percussion, Dream Kit: Zenith is a synth like no other.

This is Not Rocket Science (TiNRS) thought it might be nice to create a space, within space, where cosmic entities exist as the elements of a deep galactic reverb.

From Omnitone of Canada, we have a pair of colourful rhythm‑makers that can operate separately, or as a percussive pair.

Edd Butterworth and Jean‑Marcel Fricke are the joint helmsmen of the recently opened SchneidersKeller (an offshoot of Berlin’s venerable SchneidersLaden) situated on London's famous Denmark Street.