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Best synthesizers 2025: Top analogue, digital, mono and polysynths
From mini monosynths, through to mighty polyphonic workstations, our experts have hand-picked hardware synth recommendations for every budget
Coming soon: Synth Week 2024
Celebrate the past, present and future of synthesis from 24 June
Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder: “If you want to make a good dance song, you still need the 303, an analogue drum machine and a Minimoog”
TB-303 Day special: “The only way to get futuristic sounds was to use synthesizers”
Best beginner synthesizers 2025: Our pick of the finest synths for new players
Create huge cinematic sounds, driving basslines, ethereal pads, and expressive leads with synths from Roland, Yamaha, Korg, Sequential, Moog, and more…
SampleRadar Synth Week special: 3,569 synth samples
In celebration of Synth Week, we're delivering our heftiest motherlode of synth-focused free samples yet
The 10 most important synths and drum machines of the '80s
Meet the machines that defined a decade
11 classic hardware synths that deserve a remake
If dreams could come true, which classic hardware synths would you love to see come back to affordable, reliable life?
Do analogue synthesizers really sound better?
Just what's the deal with analogue synths and why is something so theoretically outdated still so popular? We spoke to synth icons Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim and more to find out
