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Gary Numan claims to be “90% deaf”
By Dan Mold published
Electro-pop pioneer reveals that at the age of 68, he’s even been forced to stop flying

“A stunningly creative and beautiful sounding synthesizer”: Korg miniKORG 700Sm review
By Roland Schmidt published
They say great things come in small packages, but is Korg’s new miniaturised analogue synth just another victim of shrinkflation? We grab a microscope to find out

“I have severe Gear Acquisition Syndrome”: Deadmau5 shows off his insane synth collection
By Matt Mullen published
Deadmau5 walks viewers through an array of rare and vintage synthesizers that would make even the most seasoned collector drool

“A fantastic one-stop shop of all that you need in a synth”: Knobula Monumatic review
By Rob Redman published
Monumatic promises to be the one synth voice to rule them all and we think Knobula might be underselling itself

Back in 1984, Midge Ure appeared on TV to reveal our MIDI guitar synth future with his Roland GR-700
By Ben Rogerson published
“I think I’d have to spend many a long hour sitting in the studio working with the thing before I take it out on stage,” he admits

How to replicate the sample-based sonics of a gnarly Prodigy classic
By Roland Schmidt published
Dissecting one of the big beat heavyweights’ most iconic bangers, and learning how to recreate its sound ourselves

Baby Audio's “most advanced synthesizer to date” is a granular plugin capable of creating “entirely new textures”
By Si Truss published
Grainferno's morphing, dual sample engine will turn your loops and one-shots into “tonal instruments, lush evolving atmospheres and volatile digital noise”

Harry Styles outed himself as an unlikely modular synth fan in his new Netflix special, but was all that knob-twiddling for real?
By Matt Mullen published
Styles' setup also included a Roland SP-404 MKII sampler, Roland RE-201 Space Echo tape delay unit and a Sequential Prophet-6 analogue synth
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