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Artium Instruments The Doppler
The Doppler is a desktop FM synth designed for ‘ultra-tweakability’

By Si Truss Published

The two-operator, eight-voice synth comes in a compact package designed for hands-on exploration

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Sonicware Liven Evoke
“It’s acoustic, it’s electronic, it’s in flux and it’s great”: Sonicware Liven Evoke review

By Andy Jones Published

Sonicware’s latest synth uses a Flux Oscillator that will take you and your tunes back to the future

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AlphaTheta Chordcat
"Inspiring sequencing ideas, paired with an underwhelming sound engine": AlphaTheta Chordcat first look

By Si Truss Published

AlphaTheta returns to the studio for a chord-focused sequencer and groovebox. We've had a preview, and have mixed feelings...

Drum Machines
Erica Synths steampipe
“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

This digital physical modelling synth is designed with wind instruments in mind – but there’s more versatility here than meets the eye

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Arturia AstroLab
Arturia’s new 88 key AstroLab finally realises the full potential of the ‘avant-garde’ stage keyboard

By Si Truss Published

The Analog Lab-powered keyboard gets an expanded weighted, hammer action counterpart

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Polyend Synth
One of our favourite instruments of 2024 gets even better as Polyend adds a sample engine to Synth

By Si Truss Published

Superbooth 2025: “I’ve always admired how Andy Stott builds tracks from just a few carefully shaped samples and his minimal, textural approach influenced the design”

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Soma Laboratory Lyra-4
“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

This unique synth built around ‘organismic’ principles is so much fun, you just might want to buy two

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Roland V-Stage 76
“A superb-sounding, pro-end keyboard”: Roland V-Stage 88 & 76-note keyboards review

By Roland Schmidt Published

If you’re a gigging keyboard player, the new Roland V-Stage could be the next major addition to your rig

Keyboards & Pianos
Elektron Digitone II
"V2 is one of the most powerful synths on the market": Elektron Digitone II review

By Si Truss Published

Elektron's hardware FM synth was already a modern classic – but this update is still a significant upgrade

Synths
Korg NTS-1 mkII
There’s a lot we love about Korg’s latest DIY synth – but it has one significant problem

By Si Truss, Simon Arblaster Published

Watch our video review and demo of Korg’s budget-friendly, build-it-yourself Nu:Tekt NTS-1 mkII

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