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:
- Knobula Monumatic
- Mzourek Diktaak
- Strymon SuperKar+
- TinRS Bopp & Steve
- Arcane Caress of Stars
Best of:
January – Bitwig Connect 4.12
https://www.bitwig.com/connect/
Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-bitwigconnect412
Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-bitwigconnect412
February – Momo Muller Universal Synth Editor
https://uni-editor-synth-bridge.jimdofree.com/
March – XAOC Quad Digital Delay Samarkanda
https://xaocdevices.com/main/samarkanda/
Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-XAOCsamarkanda
Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-xaocsamarkanda
April – Cre8audio Assembler and Boom Chick
https://www.cre8audio.com/assembler
Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-assembler
Buy from Gear4Music – https://tidd.ly/43IQUiI
Buy from Perfect Circuit – http://moltenmt.com/perfect-assembler
May – Instruo Seashell
https://www.instruomodular.com/
Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-seashell
Buy from Perfect Circuit – http://moltenmt.com/perfect-seashell
Buy from Thomann – https://thmn.to/thoprod/619069?offid=1&affid=1460
Buy from Gear4music – https://tidd.ly/3Sszq3q
June – Monoplex
https://koma-elektronik.com/new/product/monoplex/
July – Arcane Devices Caress of Stars
https://arcane.audio/
August – ALM Stem Ripper
https://busycircuits.com/pages/alm050
Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-stemripper
Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-stemripper
September – Atov Faderpunk
https://atov.de/products/faderpunk
Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-atovfaderpunk
Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-atovfaderpunk
October – Whimsical Raps Atrium
https://atrium.whimsicalraps.com/
November – Arturia Astrolab 37
https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/astrolab/astrolab-37
Buy from Perfect Circuit – https://moltenmt.com/perfect-astrolab37
Buy from Signal Sounds – https://moltenmt.com/signal-astrolab37
Other featured products:
Fancy Synthesis K-Accumulator
https://www.fancysynthesis.net/
Native Instruments Absynth 6
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/absynth-6/
GLX Audio Balsam
https://www.glx.ltd/
203 Mystrix 2
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/203null/mystrix-2
Klevgrand Parrot
https://klevgrand.com/products/parrot
Gintronic Transparentsea
https://gintronic.io/
Arturia Pigments 7
https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pigments/overview
Hampshire Electronics Vulcan
https://hampshireelectronics.co.uk/products/vulcan-eurorack-polysynth
Shmoergh Modular
https://www.shmoergh.com/