Teenage Engineering have partnered up with Cheap Monday to launch a new range of micro (we mean small!) synths along with t-shirts. These new synths bring new meaning to the word portable.
It's official. Moog are back in the large format Modular Synthesizer business! They're bringing back their three most sought after 5U large models from 1973 on a limited run. Excellent video too.
Grammy-nominated musician, producer & technologist, BT, offers an interesting explanation on why music software can't replace music hardware using Laurie Spiegel video performance as inspiration.
Feeling stressed or need some inspiration? Then prepare yourself for a captivating and beautiful sound painting experience from master synthesist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith at Moog Music HQ.
If you've ever wanted to program your own synth or effects unit, you've probably checked out Reaktor or MaxMSP. But what if you'd like to create standalone hardware? Enter the new Axoloti Core.
If you're heading over to NAMM this month in Anaheim, California, and are into your vintage synths, be sure to drop by the Yamaha exhibition for a nice surprise. Not going? We'll cover it too :)
SynthMaster 2.6 claims to be an "all-round" synth with most features you could want in one plug-in. G. W. Childs takes a close look at SynthMaster 2.6 and finds it more than lives up to the hype.
2014 has seen the resurgence of music hardware. With plenty of capable hardware synths and drum machines hitting the headlines, we've collated our 7 favorites of the year (in alphabetical order).
Fancy a remake of the classic, affordable, and portable duophonic analog synthesizer, the ARP Odyssey? Well Korg have been working on this since February and January 2015 is maybe a release date...
Designed to be a super easy to use, accessible cutting-edge synth for EDM synth users, RAW has arrived from one of the top synth sound designers, Rob Papen. Check out the video to see it in action.
Rob Papen's acclaimed synths have been making their way onto Propellerhead Rack Extension store for a while, but now QUAD RE has been built specifically for Reason users and we put it to the test.
Arturia's new Matrix-12 V software synthesizer take a look back to the past by emulating the classic sound of the Oberheim Matrix-12 analogue polysynth... with a few extra additions.
If you're into synths and the current trend of building your own musical devices, then the littlebits and Korg collaboration, Synth Kit, may be known to you. Now Korg are expanding its distribution.
Looking for a 21 track modular experience album from Aphex Twin but have empty pockets? Fine. Richard D. James has released a 21 track Modular Trax album on SoundCloud and done a huge interview too.
Described by Tara Busch as having "brutal metallic bass to velvety bleepy, bloppy goodness", the popular Arturia MicroBrute analog synth now comes in an array of colors in the Special Edition.
u-he Zebra 2 is a sonic beast that sounds absolutely wild! We asked one of our favorite synth trainers, Rishabh Rajan, to explain this virtual synth and tame it for you. Check it out!
Novation tell us their rich heritage in class-leading synthesisers has allowed them to create something really special for Bass Station II. Producer Series Vol.1 certainly reads the part...
The big news from Arturia in France (as they tell us) is they have authentically scaled the sequential swan song (Prophet synth) into an innovative iOS soft synth. Lots of details below.
The new Roland AIRA series initially received a mixed response from critics. But having played with the System 1 Plug-Out Synth for quite a while, Rennie Foster delivers his in-depth verdict.