USTA: the impossibly versatile 4-track orbital sequencer from Frap Tools

USTA is packed full of a ridiculous amount of features and creativity. I wonder how long it takes to become as proficient as the person in the video with all that button-pushing and knob-twiddling?

UVI goes infinite with Falcon 2 Hybrid Synthesizer

Falcon 2 decides that having every kind of synthesis and sampling is not nearly enough and removes all boundaries to let you play with infinite sonic possibilities. Sounds like fun!

Behringer Pro-1 and Crave are on their way and open for preorders

The eagerly awaited Pro-1 and Crave analog synthesizers are on their way. The first 1,000 units should land in Europe in the next few days and you can now preorder!

Tranzient: making music in virtual reality – are we there yet?

Tranzient from AliveIn Technology offers an immersive music-making environment in VR. Triggering loops, sequencing synthesizers and playing drums in real-time is just the start - this could be huge.

Cosmotronic Dimensions: a multi dimensional cosmic choir complex oscillator

Cosmostronic were showing Dimensions at Synthfest over the weekend. They are calling it a multi-dimensional cosmic choir which is the best description of an oscillator I've heard in ages.

Sampleson gets playful and intuitive with THINGS: the synth for fun times

THINGS is a fun virtual instrument that gives you a great place to play while generating surprisingly cool sounds, modulating rhythms and weird noises.

Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer and Vocoder is available now

Somewhat in the shadow of the release of Kyra, the Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer is here to show us how to do the old string/vocoder thing properly.

Waldorf Kyra – 128 voice FPGA powered virtual analog synthesizer now released

At last it's time to experience to full splendour of the Kyra from Waldorf. 128 voices of virtual analog sound generation with masses of filtering, effecting and modulation matrixing.

DPW MÖG D-2 4-band distortion for crunching your guitar through your Eurorack

DPW was showing their newly released MÖG D-2 4-band distortion and SH-1 Spectral Enhancer at Synthfest this year where you can plug your guitar into one and shape the harmonics and transients in the other.

ResonHeart: An acoustic sound generator with a mechanical soul

The physical modelling in Xhun Audio's ResonHeart is based purely on the mechanical components of clockwork, air pumps, motors, pneumatic valves and complex resonators. It's a mechanical synthesizer.

More fun times are here with the Yamaha Sonogenic SHS-300 Keytar

The SHS-300 is a battery-powered Keytar with a built-in speaker, a dozen sounds and Bluetooth for ultra-portability. Paired with the JAM Function app you'll never play a wrong note.

Ampethron Sci-Fi DSP hardware synthesizer is a year from launch

New concept futuristic synthesizer Ampethron is a whole year from its launch date but here are some teaser images and sound examples. Will we be seeing more soon?

Spice up your Elektron Model:Samples with an Oversynth overlay

The Elektron Model:Samples is arguably one of the dullest looking groove boxes ever to emerge from Elektron well now you can spice things up a bit with an overlay from Oversynth - that's better!

Buchla Easel Command / 208c Synthesizer awaits your pledge on Kickstarter

Buchla Easel Command is their new take on the 208c Synthesizer with many enhancements and layout changes that we first saw last month. It's now available for preorder on Kickstarter.

Qu-Bit Bloom fractal sequencer generates the infinite patterns of life

Start with 32 steps and branch off down different pathways of organically generated melodies that flux and mutate while being shaped and scaled into the infinite possibilities of Bloom

The Bass Makkina Tube: Analog Synth from synth-builder extraordinaire Arthur Joly

Arthur Joly builds synthesizers, beautiful synthesizers. He has a house in Brazil full of them. His latest creation of the Bass Makkina analog tube synthesizer and it's a work of art.