Synthesizers

The NiftyBundle offers an extremely affordable gateway into the world of modular synthesis.

Continua is a three-oscillator, twin-filter analogue-style synthesizer plug‑in for Mac, Windows and iOS, and there's even an experimental Linux build too.

Xaoc's Odessa aims to bring additive synthesis to the Eurorack world.

The Fusion Series is all about valves. It's Erica's premium offering of Eurorack modules and is dripping with extreme saturation and deep gooey darkness.

Any synth can be coaxed into producing vintage-sounding patches...

XILS Lab have recreated a classic Roland string synth, and made a few improvements to boot.

Robin Rimbaud, AKA Scanner, takes us on an autobiographical sonic journey as he talks about his early fascination with tape recorders, to life beyond the computer screen and his studio filled with modular and table-top synths.

The Tetrapad and its expander, the Tête, offer a wealth of functions based around four touch- and pressure-sensitive...

The Jupiter name comes loaded with expectation. Can Roland hit their own high standards?

Alex Ball has built a reputation as one of the most informative and interesting synth historians of the YouTube age. Rob Puricelli talks with him about his recent documentary on ARP.

Moog love to push boundaries, and the Subharmonicon may be their most unusual synth yet.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. From a damaged, poorly-maintained Soviet-era monosynth that suffers from crackles, frequency drift and other problems, RR saw an opportunity to create an unusual polysynth...

In a rare interview, legendary composer Vangelis shares his thoughts on the role of synthesizers in music — including his beloved Yamaha CS80.

Kyra's FPGA-based synth engine is technologically innovative, but what's it like as an instrument?

The original Chord module, reviewed in SOS February 2017 by Jyoti Mishra, offered an excellent way to get polyphony and, more...

This Voltage Controlled MIDI Controller takes all your Eurorack–based manipulations and maps them to the parameters of any MIDI device.

The Preset offers a tantalising promise: presets in your modular, allowing you to save and recall up to nine control voltages in up to 1024 'presets'.

Modal's Argon 8X offers a lot of synthesizer for a very compelling price.