Dan 'JD73' Goldman

The Korg MS-20 has returned, but the question on everyone's lips is 'Is it as good as the old one?'

Elektron's first analogue synth/sequencer looks all Elektron and certainly powerful on paper, but what's it like to use?

Like the flagship Renaissance, the slimline MPC Studio wants to take control of the new MPC software

Hot on the heels of the flagship Jupiter-80 comes its leaner little brother. How does it compare?

The C2D adds real drawbars to the already excellent and now improved C2 engine. We get hands-on with Nord's new B3 beater

The 12s is KRK's latest subwoofer model, designed to make mixing extreme low end a doddle

Tom Carpenter's revised Leipzig now includes a sequencer. We get stuck in…

Can this beat machine survive in a market of big names?

Arturia's original Spark offered much but didn't get the hype it deserved. Now re-imagined for 2013, we examine the new SparkLE

With 1,000 Motif XS based sounds and DAW integration, the MX61 looks great on paper. Are looks deceiving? We find out…

The V-Combo board promises a lot for a small outlay but does it deliver?

Dave Smith's new flagship Prophet blends digital waves with analogue filters and adds in loads of new features, too

A solid digital piano that sounds and feels great. The iOS device integration is a real bonus

Hot on the heels of its classic predecessor, Pulse 2 promises big things for such a diminutive box

KROSS is Korg's new entry-level workstation range, picking up where the X50 and PS60 left off

The latest Nord Lead is here and while it looks very familiar, much has changed under the hood

According to DSI's marketing blurb, the new Mopho SE is 'bigger' and 'badder' than before. Let's see…

The eagerly awaited Volca range is the talk of the town

A first look at one of the eagerly awaited Volca Series synths

It's been three years since we reviewed the MOX range and now for 2014, the improved MOXF range has arrived

Akai's latest range of controllers, the Advance Series, falls into a new category of the keyboard controller market, largely created by the launch of Native Instrument's Komplete Kontrol S-series

The first synth from Modor

Nord unleashes an almighty Electro upgrade

FM synthesis has been experiencing something of a renaissance lately, largely due to the popularity of soft synths such as Native Instruments' FM8, Primal Audio's FM4 and Digital Suburban's Dexed.

Yamaha made some interesting YC-badged transistor combo organs back in the '70s and the Reface YC is a throwback to those heady times.