It can be tough shopping for a new synthesizer when you’re on a budget. However, there are plenty of surprisingly affordable synths out there.
In this week's edition of Synth Deals, we've got a range of offers including monosynths, modules, drum machines, and production stations.
There are some amazing synth deals now available with analogue modules from Moog, Sequential, Dreadbox, Tip Top Audio, and Behringer.
As if in response to my moans about the Mother-32 and Mavis not being able to sit next to each other in a Moog 104HP Eurorack case, well, now they can
The best find of the week award goes to these fabulously cosy soft travel bags for 2-tier and 3-tier racks of Moog's 60HP semi-modulars.
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Moog goes DIY again! The Moog Mavis is a small semi-modular desktop and Eurorack-able synth on a budget. We built it, played it and reviewed it.
We knew it was coming, the 3-tier version of the Moog Sound Studio which features the Mother-32, DFAM and Subharmonicon in one awesome package.
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The Moog Sound Studio offers all you need to start making music with Moog semi-modular synths. We check out this pricy but fabulous bundle of noise.
If you have a Moog Mother-32, DFAM or BFAM you might have dropped them into a larger modular system. With the Boat Rocker you can transform their 60HP empty case into something useful.
Erica Synths announce Pico System III single face-plate modular analogue synthesizer with Voicecard preset management for storing and recalling patches just like the Buchla Music Easel - wow!
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STG Soundlabs introduce us to a new oscillator, put a power supply and some modules into a discarded Moog Mother-32 case and call it the Radiophonic 1 monosynth.
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FamilyTool is a 20hp box that adds passive functionality to your patchable synths with a mult, attenuators and a bunch of mixers. With some stretch goal power it could also be a little Eurorack box.
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The DFAM used to be only obtainable if you built one yourself at a Moogfest DIY workshop. Now Moog will build you one for you and it could be the first in a line of "Mother" inspired synthesizers.