Jim Aikin reviews Cherry Audio’s 2021 software take on the famous Korg MS-20 synth. (Hint: don’t miss the videos!) 1978 was a big year in synthesizer...
Does a Steiner-Parker filter sound different from a Moog filter? What are the various filter types and designs anyway? MARK JENKINS investigates… Arturia’s new PolyBrute and...
Mark Jenkins sends all six voices of Arturia’s new flagship model into controlled oscillation Arturia’s Polybrute has become the flagship model for a manufacturer originally known...
Colossus supersized synth trips back to the future of analogue, symbolising more than a powerful analogue ‘workstation’ and with no fewer than 12 VCOs. With 12...
Marty Cutler looks at the new additions to Arturia’s behemoth software “anthology” of famous instruments Arturia adds more classic synths and keyboards to their bundle of...
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE to SYNTH AND SOFTWARE YOUTUBE Plug-in Guru’s Unify v1.1.10 is both a plug-in host and plug-in that lives up to its name....
Design and build a complex, functioning modular synthesizer without leaving the confines of your computer. Voltage Modular 2 (VM2) is an updated version of Cherry Audio’s...
A conversation with BSEM founder and ARP 2600 manual author Jim Michmerhuizen If you were to set the Wayback Machine to 1968 while searching for transformational...
What does Arturia’s flagship controller/sequencer offer electronic musicians? Keystep Pro is a great unifier, controlling CV/gate modular systems as well as DIN MIDI and USB MIDI...
Free Syntronik OXa synth instrument from IK Multimedia… From June 3 to June 17, 2020, IK Multimedia is gifting its Syntronik OXa synth instrument for Mac/PC to all...
The price of classic synthesizers continues to rise. Which ones are worth their asking price? With few exceptions, almost everyone agrees on which vintage synths they...
Catching up with classic and new releases from some of Germany’s finest electronic musicians. Since the earliest availability of electronic instruments, musicians in Germany have always...
Arturia OB-Xa V emulates the classic Oberheim OB-Xa polysynth and gives it a few modern twists. French specialists in music gear Arturia just launched OB-Xa V....
Now that the Hydrasynth is becoming widely available, let’s find out what makes ASM’s flagship synthesizer unique. In September 2019, a new company called Ashun Sound...
It’s a big day for one of the most innovative and tenacious synth designers in the world. Dave Smith, company founder and chief visionary at Sequential,...