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"Anytime I had a little bit of money, I would buy gear” Jack Antonoff talks Taylor Swift’s Midnights -
Never cleaned your synths? Here's how – and why – to do it properly -
Best synthesizers 2026: Top analogue, digital, mono and polysynths -
Teenage Engineering co-founder says the company will stop making synths, and reveals the true meaning of the OP-1 -
Jean-Michel Jarre to release 50th anniversary edition of Oxygene -
UDO does its best Oberheim impression with the release of the expandable DMNO ON desktop synth -
One of our favourite synths of recent years now lets you upload your own sounds
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“It talks the talk and you listen when it does”: UDO Audio DMNO review -
inMusic donates extensive collection of over 4,400 items to Bob Moog Foundation Archives -
£400k Yamaha CS-80 claimed to have belonged to Vangelis goes up for sale on Reverb -
Korg’s DIY NTS-4 looks like the budget-friendly desktop mixer we always wanted the Volca Mix to be -
“An ‘instrument’ rather than a ‘synth’”: Ziggy is a desktop Buchla available for (just) under $1000 -
“A stunningly creative and beautiful sounding synthesizer”: Korg miniKORG 700Sm review -
"An analogue FM synth that is actually fun to play": Frap Tools’ debut polysynth Magnolia might be the most exciting new instrument of 2026 -
ACME Synth Works unveils “world’s first” hardware clone of the Roland Jupiter-8 – but don’t get too excited just yet -
Korg’s new interface is also an analogue filter – and you might be tempted even if you don't need the I/O
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Sonicware’s ELZ_1 core puts a powerful, multi-synthesis engine in a compact desktop box -
“An exceptionally accurate model of the original Prophet, with a clutch of incredibly useful enhancements”: GForce Prophet-5 review -
“A worthy successor – but unlikely to become as iconic as its predecessor”: Korg MicroKorg 2 review -
“You'll come for the hands-on tweaking but stay for the sound”: Modal Electronics Carbon8X review -
“An inspiring ideas machine that trades technical theory for intuitive workflow”: Telepathic Instruments Orchid ORC-1 review -
“Easily one of the most inspirational and accessible Elektrons we've used”: Elektron Tonverk review -
Waldorf upgrades its Iridium Desktop synth with a little help from Aphex Twin -
“A cost-effective wavetable synthesizer you could fall in love with”: Waldorf Protein review -
Waldorf Protein hands-on: Four layers, '90s wavetables & MPE in a $399 mini synth
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UDO does its best Oberheim impression with the release of the expandable DMNO ON desktop synth
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One of our favourite synths of recent years now lets you upload your own sounds
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“An ‘instrument’ rather than a ‘synth’”: Ziggy is a desktop Buchla available for (just) under $1000
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Waldorf upgrades its Iridium Desktop synth with a little help from Aphex Twin
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Elektron’s latest Syntakt update adds sample synthesis and new sequencing tools to the hybrid drum synth -
The Leviasynth rises! Hydrasynth’s successor is finally here. Has ASM created one of the decade's best synths? -
12 new instruments and effects you need to know about from Superbooth 2025 -
“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 -
“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
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“We know you want it, but do you really (really) need it?”: Native Instruments Komplete 26 review -
AG Cook and Native Instruments team up for signature synth plugin Super*Saw -
Brian Clevinger explains how he recreated Absynth for a new generation -
“Could easily become one of the most beneficial elements of your mastering suite”: Mastering the Mix - Stereovault review -
Cherry Audio emulates the Ensoniq ESQ-1 for its 40th birthday -
Arturia Memory V “resurrects the analogue majesty of the Memorymoog with breathtaking authenticity” -
How to emulate the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars -
The ultimate soft synth showdown: Serum 2, Pigments, Phase Plant, Vital and Massive X: But which is best? -
How Native Instruments’ Massive became the go-to bass synth for a generation of music-makers
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“Proper old school producers might also baulk at the ease of song creation and the slick results” – Teenage Engineering EP-40 Riddim and EP-2350 Ting review -
“A bubbling cauldron full of ancient sounds, but confusing to learn and lacking in space”: Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval review -
NAMM 2025: Korg’s revived Kronos promises faster operation and fresh sounds -
“A well-priced synth workstation – just don't expect a 1980s Juno”: Roland Juno-D7 review -
Roland launches revamped Juno-D keyboard range -
No longer just a software upgrade, Roland’s Fantom EX is a “supercharged” version of the acclaimed synth workstation -
Could Lambda Synthetics' PolyPulse revolutionize live electronic music performance? -
Kurzweil K2700 review -
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
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