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“I started getting messages from strangers asking if I knew about this other product”: A tale of two mini-synths
By Adam Douglas published
MicroKits’ Synth-a-Sette is a tiny synthesizer in a cassette-like form factor. So is Dubreq's Stylosette. Is it a copycat or a coincidence?

What were those controllers sitting on Jon Batiste's piano when he sang at the Super Bowl?
By Ben Rogerson published
It’s a Star-Spangled puzzler, that’s for sure

“The first time I heard a Buchla synthesizer, something clicked. It felt like a fantasy”: Maria Teriaeva on the Buchla 200e, olfactory album art and vocoded breakup songs
By Danny Turner published
Danny Turner chats to Maria Teriaeva about the formidable modular synth that's the core sound behind her latest LP, Sayan - Savoie

Best synthesizers 2025: Top analogue, digital, mono and polysynths
By Andy Jones last updated
From mini monosynths, through to mighty polyphonic workstations, our experts have hand-picked hardware synth recommendations for every budget

Kays Catalogue classic the JEN SX1000 just got reborn as a plugin and iOS app
By Daniel Griffiths published
This 1978 £99 synth-for-the-masses has been rebuilt and ramped up for a whole new generation

The story of Arturia’s Pigments synth, from early challenges to the “huge milestone” of version 6
By Advertorial feature published
Pigments’ product manager reveals how he and his team created a modern classic

“It’s easy to be a show-off with production. In electronic music right now, that’s what a lot of people are doing - but that’s just ego”: Ela Minus looks inwards on new project DÍA
By Matt Mullen published
The Colombian hardware synth-head on her soul-searching second album, demolishing the ego, and why she can’t stand Dave Smith’s presets

“Unprecedented sound design freedom”: Arturia launches the new feature-packed Pigments 6
By Andy Price published
If you're already a Pigments user you can get if for free
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