Best Synthesizers Under $1000* (May 2025)
Here are my picks of the best synths currently available for under $1000 or thereabouts.
Continue ReadingHere are my picks of the best synths currently available for under $1000 or thereabouts.
Continue ReadingRosa is a four-into-one or one-into-four voltage modulation morpher. It can seamlessly morph between modulation inputs or outputs in a continuous loop.
Continue ReadingThe triple featured Oscar Tria offers regular waveforms, swarming oscillations and polyphonic chord modes within a Eurorack, CV-controlled context.
Continue ReadingCrazy machines, a lot of Synthesizer Expander Modules, and a bucket full of modular feature in this month’s music tech roundup.
Continue ReadingGForce pulls the two-voice, duelling SEM, sequence and keyboard-driven TVS Pro into the software realm. It’s effortlessly retro, sumptuously old fashioned and plays very differently to regular synths.
Continue ReadingHow lofi could a synth sound if you kept shovelling on the vintage vibes? Let’s find out with Arturia’s Pure LoFi virtual synthesizer source of sumptuous degradation.
Continue ReadingZany crazy dual filter thingy, the ROW from HEX, is mad and destructive but also easy and fun to build. I’ll take you through every step and get you to the hell-mouth of filtering.
Continue ReadingAssembler is a little Eurorack-focused desktop or modular mixer with an almost perfect set of features for my situation and scenarios.
Continue ReadingSpring is in the air and electronic music devices are everywhere. Let’s ponder the latest news and releases from March 2025.
Continue ReadingWeirdly fascinating Mantis synthesizer spreads voices, diverts filters and detunes like nobody’s business. Now with four whole voices the Mantis feels like a proper synth with bags of character.
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