Synthesizers

In a new three‑part series, DJ, producer and remixer Dave Clarke meets key figures from half a century of electronic music.

Pipa is a wavetable and granular synth with a voice of its own.

Masses of modulation and an innovative sequencer make the Mono much more than just another monosynth.

Director Lisa Rovner and Sound Designer Marta Salogni chat about their feature length documentary Sisters With Transistors, exploring the role of  women as pioneers of electronic music from the 1920s through to the 1980s.

Newfangled Audio’s Generate soft synth embraces chaos...

Does Roland’s software Juno 60 capture the magic of the original?

Black Corporation have taken a single monophonic voice from Deckard’s Dream, made a few tweaks and packaged it into Eurorack format.

This may offend certain modular enthusiasts, but I’m a big believer in restriction aiding creativity. Eurorack designers...

I don’t think I’ve ever been as pleasantly surprised by a module as much as I have with the Data Bender...

Korg’s Nautilus puts much of the functionality of the Kronos into a far more affordable instrument.

Alongside the people who make them, Patrick Gleeson has probably done more than anyone else to introduce synthesizers to popular music.

Pads are the glue that holds entire genres of music together. We look at how you can improve yours.

The Tasty Chips GR‑1 makes granular synthesis more approachable than ever.

As one third of the second incarnation of Scritti Politti, David Gamson was the man behind the polished, groove-laden sound of the band’s second album Cupid & Psyche ’85 and their third album, Provision.

The Syntrx is not a clone, but its inspiration is clear. Can it recapture the spirit of the legendary EMS Synthi?