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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
This long-awaited Jupiter-8 emulation builds on the creative potential of the original synth with expanded polyphony, enhanced modulation capabilities and a powerful effects engine

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
To say I got a little overexcited is an understatement - here are the hard lessons I learned so you don't have to

Popumusic’s PartyStudio is “the world’s first wireless MIDI synthesizer speaker”
By Ben Rogerson published
Come on in, take your coat off, have a drink and pull up a MIDI keyboard

ASM launches Diosynth, its follow up to the Hydrasynth – but it’s probably not what you were expecting
By Si Truss published
ASM’s new wind synth combines sampled sounds with the Hydrasynth’s wavescan oscillators

KV331 Audio is giving away one of the best iPad synths we've ever tested for free
By Matt Mullen published
SynthMaster 2 for iOS is free until November 17

When Kraftwerk saw the future of portable music-making and released a pocket calculator instrument in 1981
By Andy Price published
Marking an album that foresaw the 21st century’s computer-addicted society, Kraftwerk dropped their own branded handheld synth decades ahead of the trend

“One of the most unique, stylish and feature-packed workhorses available”: Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3 review
By Roland Schmidt published
The flagship synth from Spectrasonics gets a major upgrade, but does it continue its omnipresent status?

Classic Interview: Soft Cell’s Dave Ball – “To my mind, Kraftwerk are as influential as The Beatles”
By Danny Scott published
The late synth-pop veteran on synths, production and keeping things simple
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