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I've spent all day looking at Black Friday synth deals and these are the ones I'd actually buy
By Matt Mullen Published
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Get $200 off the Moog Messenger at Sweetwater this Black Friday
By Simon Arblaster Last updated
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Buy bleeps, get beats free: These synth and drum machine combos are the most tempting Black Friday deals I’ve seen
By Si Truss Published
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This is the first synth I reach for when I need an arp - and right now it's 51% off!
By Andy Price Published
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"It's not just another recreation of the Jupiter-8": Cherry Audio goes "beyond Jupiter" with the Mercury-8 soft synth
By Matt Mullen Published
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I went to the Kraftwerk auction to buy their chairs, but came back with a studio's worth of gear instead
By Andy Jones Published
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Popumusic’s PartyStudio is “the world’s first wireless MIDI synthesizer speaker”
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Analogue Synths
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Get $200 off the Moog Messenger at Sweetwater this Black Friday
By Simon Arblaster Last updated
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Buy bleeps, get beats free: These synth and drum machine combos are the most tempting Black Friday deals I’ve seen
By Si Truss Published
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“We wanted to make the barrier as low as we could": Sequential on designing the Fourm and continuing Dave Smith's legacy
By Clovis McEvoy Published
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“One of the best analogue polysynths for the price, in any way, shape or form”: Sequential Fourm review
By Andy Jones Published
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"Evolves the SH-101 template while still capturing the sound of the original": Donner Essential L1 review
By Si Truss Published
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“A worthy addition to Moog’s long history of analogue synths”: Moog Messenger review
By Si Truss Published
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“There’s a freedom of thought that doesn’t exist elsewhere”: How and why California became the heart of the synthesizer world
By Adam Douglas Published
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12 new instruments and effects you need to know about from Superbooth 2025
By Si Truss Published
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"True to the Moog legacy and innovative spirit of Dr. Robert Moog": Moog unveils new $899 analogue monosynth, Messenger
By Matt Mullen Published
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Digital Synths
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ASM launches Diosynth, its follow up to the Hydrasynth – but it’s probably not what you were expecting
By Si Truss Published
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The Doppler is a desktop FM synth designed for ‘ultra-tweakability’
By Si Truss Published
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“It’s acoustic, it’s electronic, it’s in flux and it’s great”: Sonicware Liven Evoke review
By Andy Jones Published
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"Inspiring sequencing ideas, paired with an underwhelming sound engine": AlphaTheta Chordcat first look
By Si Truss Published
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“One of the most alive-feeling synths I’ve tried – even when it’s picking a fight”: Erica Synths Steampipe review
By Si Truss Published
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Arturia’s new 88 key AstroLab finally realises the full potential of the ‘avant-garde’ stage keyboard
By Si Truss Published
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One of our favourite instruments of 2024 gets even better as Polyend adds a sample engine to Synth
By Si Truss Published
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“Excels at unique modulated timbres, atonal drones and microtonal sequences that reinvent themselves each time you dare to touch the synth”: Soma Laboratories Lyra-4 review
By Si Truss Published
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“A superb-sounding, pro-end keyboard”: Roland V-Stage 88 & 76-note keyboards review
By Roland Schmidt Published
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Hybrid Synths
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12 new instruments and effects you need to know about from Superbooth 2025
By Si Truss Published
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“A synthesizer that is both easy to use and fun to play whilst maintaining a decent degree of programming depth and flexibility”: PWM Mantis review
By Bruce Aisher Published
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“Excels at unique modulated timbres, atonal drones and microtonal sequences that reinvent themselves each time you dare to touch the synth”: Soma Laboratories Lyra-4 review
By Si Truss Published
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"V2 is one of the most powerful synths on the market": Elektron Digitone II review
By Si Truss Published
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“Unprecedented sound design freedom”: Arturia launches the new feature-packed Pigments 6
By Andy Price Published
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FYI: You don’t need a new synth. But if you’re craving one, these are the deals I’d go for
By Si Truss Published
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“A bastion of ingenuity. It’s noisy and expensive, but so much fun”: Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth II review
By Simon Arblaster Published
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Superbooth 24: "Think the strings of a guitar or keys of a xylophone, but embedded into electronic synthesis": Korg unveils the next prototype for the experimental instrument Acoustic Synthesis_phase 8
By Matt Mullen Published
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Korg Modwave mkII: what's new in the latest version of the hybrid wavetable monster synth?
By Simon Arblaster Published
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Soft Synths
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This is the first synth I reach for when I need an arp - and right now it's 51% off!
By Andy Price Published
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"It's not just another recreation of the Jupiter-8": Cherry Audio goes "beyond Jupiter" with the Mercury-8 soft synth
By Matt Mullen Published
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KV331 Audio is giving away one of the best iPad synths we've ever tested for free
By Matt Mullen Published
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“One of the most unique, stylish and feature-packed workhorses available”: Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3 review
By Roland Schmidt Published
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“The stunningly impressive sonic and visual attributes immediately inspire, at a price which is affordable to all”: Cherry Audio Crumar Spirit review
By Roland Schmidt Published
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“It could be easy to think that the strings and brass sections are somehow weaker than their synthesizer counterpart, but this would be an enormous mistake”: Cherry Audio Trident mkIII review
By Roland Schmidt Published
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“Violinists have their Stradivarius', guitarists have their Strats – and producers have Massive”: How Native Instruments’ Massive became the go-to bass synth for a generation of music-makers
By Adam Douglas Published
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"It is not a polite instrument – nor is it clean, safe, or obvious": Cherry Audio revives the cult classic Crumar Spirit in its latest plugin
By Matt Mullen Published
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Massive X Player is a free plugin that lets users morph presets from Native Instruments’ wavetable powerhouse
By Si Truss Published
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Workstations
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“A bubbling cauldron full of ancient sounds, but confusing to learn and lacking in space”: Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval review
By Ben Middle Published
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NAMM 2025: Korg’s revived Kronos promises faster operation and fresh sounds
By Si Truss Published
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“A well-priced synth workstation – just don't expect a 1980s Juno”: Roland Juno-D7 review
By Andy Jones Published
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Roland launches revamped Juno-D keyboard range
By Si Truss Published
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No longer just a software upgrade, Roland’s Fantom EX is a “supercharged” version of the acclaimed synth workstation
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Could Lambda Synthetics' PolyPulse revolutionize live electronic music performance?
By Andy Jones Published
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Kurzweil K2700 review
By Dave Gale Published
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Yamaha gets back into the virtual analogue synth game with the Montage M: new AN-X engine joins enhanced AWM2 and FM-X sound generators in flagship workstation keyboard
By Ben Rogerson Published
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It looks like Yamaha is about to launch the Montage M synth, and there’s speculation that it’ll come with a new AN1x-style virtual analogue engine
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Popumusic’s PartyStudio is “the world’s first wireless MIDI synthesizer speaker”
By Ben Rogerson Published
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ASM launches Diosynth, its follow up to the Hydrasynth – but it’s probably not what you were expecting
By Si Truss Published
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KV331 Audio is giving away one of the best iPad synths we've ever tested for free
By Matt Mullen Published
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