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Synth East 2026 Highlights

March 3, 2026robinv

As the dust and electrons settle on another Synth East it’s good to spend a little time reliving those moments of synthesizer loveliness. Here are your Synth East 2026 highlights.

Molten Music Monthly February 2026

February 27, 2026March 3, 2026robinv

A compact show for you this month but still full of exciting happenings and quirky bits of gear.

Sequential Fourm Review

February 26, 2026March 3, 2026robinv

Does this compact 4-voice analogue synth have what it takes to be a serious synth? The Fourm is neat, capable, sounds like a Sequential synth and has an elegant simplicity that really appeals to me.

Arturia KeyStep 37 Mk2 Review

February 26, 2026March 3, 2026robinv

My favourite all time MIDI and CV controller keyboard got an update. It’s taken onboard everything from the KeyStep Mk2 and sprinkled in some deeper levels of hands-on control.

Molten Music Monthly January 2026

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026robinv

January brings the NAMM show and Buchla & Friends to delight us with new shiny things. Here are the highlights that twanged my triggers. Oh, and no live stream this Sunday – we’ll schedule it for the 8th of February if that’s ok. Advert-free version on Patreon – just become a member: https://www.patreon.com/posts/molten-music-149455551 We’ve had […]

Telepathic Instruments Orchid – Fun or Frivolous?

January 26, 2026robinv

Here’s my review of the achingly hip and cool Orchid Chord Synth thingy from Telepathic Instruments and Tame Impala.

Korg microAUDIO 722 Review – Audio Interface with a freakin’ Filter

January 15, 2026January 26, 2026robinv

Korg had the bonkers idea of putting the analogue filter from the miniKORG 700s into an audio interface.

What is it about the Oberheim TEO-5?

January 12, 2026January 26, 2026robinv

We’ve had the TEO-5 analogue synthesizer on show at the last couple of Synth Picnic events and it’s consistently the synth people like the most.

AtoV Faderpunk Controller – First Impressions

January 9, 2026January 26, 2026robinv

I opened the box in the afternoon and by the evening I was using it at a gig – that’s how easy the Faderpunk is to use and configure

Molten Music Monthly December 2025

December 26, 2025January 26, 2026robinv

To round out the year here’s my pick of 2025 and December’s highlights of modular, synths and wild music technology. Best modular 2025: Best of:January – Bitwig Connect 4.12https://www.bitwig.com/connect/Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-bitwigconnect412Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-bitwigconnect412 February – Momo Muller Universal Synth Editorhttps://uni-editor-synth-bridge.jimdofree.com/ March – XAOC Quad Digital Delay Samarkandahttps://xaocdevices.com/main/samarkanda/Buy from Signal […]