We want one of these now. While we wait for the Hyve Touch synth to be available here's a great video of Hyve being used by Joey Gage in the studio along side an Arturia Beatstep Pro amongst others.
In the latest video from Arturia we are given a tour and tutorial of the modulation matrix and its sonic potential in the soon to be released MatrixBrute analog synthesizer.
So, you want a hardware synthesizer, preferably subtractive, but it needs to be extremely affordable and able to fit in even the smallest pocket? Ploytec's PL2 aims to please as Timo Preece discovers.
Looks like DSI are about to release a desktop module version of the OB-6, the synth collaboration between Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim, two of the most influential polyphonic synth designers.
There are a number of high-profile clones of the infamous 808 drum machine. And it's time to consider another one: 8raw8. Each unit is hand-built in France and features Moog style rotary knobs.
If you love hardware synths and synth-based music you'll want to listen to our Synth Stories audio podcast. Episode 003 follows Stereospread on their journey with the DSI Prophet 12 on "Frozen".
14 of the most wanted analog and digital hardware synthesisers have been expertly sampled and combined to create the upcoming Kontakt instrument from Wave Alchemy. Spectrum is on our most wanted list.
So, you'd love to customise the screen or some functions of the Pocket Operators? Fancy your hand at hacking, but don't know where to start? Problem solved by hackingthepo.
I won't lie to you. This is a LONG video clocking in at over 45 minutes. But if you're interested in the excellent new 512Â capacitive touch keyboard from Future Retro, then its worth a watch.
Arturia's latest incarnation of V Collection includes a significant number of classic hardware synth emulations. How does version 5 of Arturia V Collection measure up? Hollin Jones finds out.
The Novation Bass Station II is a classic synthesizer well known for its warm and fat sounds. To make this synth even better Novation have released a new sound pack with an eclectic mix of patches.
If you love hardware synths and music machines you'll want to listen to our Synth Stories audio podcast. In episode 002 Panic Girl talks about using the JoMoX XBase 09 on The Breeze EP.
Some readers doubted whether our story on the Minimoog Model D yesterday was real. Now we have official confirmation direct from Moog Music about the reissue of the classic monophonic analog synth.
Is it a synth? Is it a sampler? Is it an effects processor? Is it a PD patch player and editor? It might be easier to talk about what the new Critter & Guitari isn't! Either way, watch the video now!
The support popular DS-10 for Nintendo DS has had a major upgrade and is now available, as iDS-10, for iPhone. Check out the info and video for full details on this portable synthesizer studio.
Moog Music's new Mother-32 is a semi-modular standalone synthesizer &Â Eurorack module that deserves to heard as well as seen. Watch the video below to get a sense of vintage-voiced synth.
What do you get when ambient composer Robert Rich visits the Moog Music Factory and plays with a Modular System 55? Watch the video to find out with plenty of trippy visual effects too.
Yamaha have launched their new range of Reface mini keyboards which have redesigned and reimagined four classic keyboards used by artists from Stevie Wonder to Pink Floyd, Queen to Michael Jackson.
Oh, the joys of smart controllers! The Akai Advance is the latest MIDI controller to bear this label, but it does so with a swagger thanks, in part, to the well-designed VIP software.