MusicRadar

Given that he or she spends their time playing with weird looking boxes and indecipherable software, come Christmas, the music technology fan in your life might seem like an impossible person to buy for. However, MusicRadar can think of a dozen Christmas gizmos that would go down a treat.

Let’s start with a bit of nostalgia: remember when you were a kid and used to get given an Airfix model kit for Christmas? This is the 21st century version: a stylus-based synth that you build yourself. What’s more, you don’t have to be Bob Moog to put it together – it’s a screw job rather than a soldering one.

Buy the Gakken Analogue Synthesizer here