Synthesizers

Picnic Basket contains a sequencer, Pluck physical modelling unit, a CEM3340 VCO, multimode filter, kick, reverb, ADSR envelope and random voltage generator in its 42hp-capacity Lunchbox casing.

Interesting and unique synthesis techniques seem to be plentiful of late, and the E‑RM Polygogo is no exception. It’s...

Sam Battle, also known as Look Mum No Computer, chats to Caro C about his love of electronics, '80s music and re-using discarded technology.

Behringer’s TD‑3‑MO isn’t just a TD‑3 with extra knobs: it’s a completely different instrument.

Korg’s Modwave is a wavetable powerhouse that can import Serum wavetables without conversion.

When Make Noise label an instrument an ‘experiment’, you know things are about to get interesting...

Modal’s SkulptSynth SE packs an awful lot of synth into a very small package.

A long way from their rackmounted Minimoogs, Studio Electronics’ SE‑3X is a four‑filtered, paraphonic monster.

David Bessell talks to Rob Puricelli about how he was inspired by Physical Modelling and sought to explore it further using modular synths and software. 

If you use software synthesizers, the name U‑he will be familiar to you. Their virtual synths —...

Hyperion is a hugely capable synthesizer with a complex modular heart.

At its core, the Recombination Engine is a triple analogue VCO module based around reissue Curtis CEM 3340 VCO chips. How it combines the three, however, is quite unique...

Maestro is a six‑channel clockable and programmable LFO with an unusual button‑based front panel.

The Filtamp 1006 is a combined 24dB ladder VCF and VCA module with two mixable audio inputs, three modulation inputs, filter resonance and amplifier gain with linear or exponential control.