131 Results for "software synthesizer"

Best Free Plugins of 2025: Freeware Picks of the Year

It's been a great year for free plugins! We check out the best free plugins of 2025 – from creative software synths to unique effects!

Arturia Pigments 7 – Magnificent and Deadly: Review

Arturia's flagship software synth gets yet another major update. Can Pigments 7 deliver noteworthy improvements?

Cherry Audio Mercury-8: A Classic in Positive Retrograde

After Mercury-4 and Mercury-6, Cherry Audio finish the year with their most requested instrument ever, the Mercury-8, a Jupiter-8 with bells on!

GForce Software MAP Goes with a West Coast Vibe

GForce Software gets all deep and trippy with MAP, their new plugin inspired by the West Coast synth experimentalism of the 1970s.

KORG Collection 6 – Trinity Reborn and a PS-3300 for Everyone!

The KORG Collection 6 grows again, which includes a software recreation of the powerful PS-3300, the frequently requested Trinity, and the SGX-2 Piano.

UVI Falcon 2026 – Flagship Synth Receives Major Update

UVI's stunningly capable software synth becomes Falcon 2026, gets a big chunk of updates and is still a free update to existing owners!

Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3 – The Best Just Got Better and Bigger!

The undisputed king of software synths just got a massive update. Can Omnisphere 3 still cut it all these years on?

Cherry Audio Trident Mk.III – 3 Instruments, 1 Huge Sound

Cherry Audio continue to put out high-quality, sought-after plugin recreations with the Trident Mk.III, bringing back this much-loved synth with extra features galore!

Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V 2.0 – Too Late or Best in Class?

Waldorf finally update their software version of the wavetable classic as their PPG Wave 3.V gets a 2.0 upgrade!

Cherry Audio Crumar Spirit – An Overlooked, Moog-Adjacent Synth Returns In Plugin Form

The Crumar Spirit, one of those frequently forgotten about Italian synths with a rich heritage and illustrious parentage, returns courtesy of Cherry Audio!

Their Biggest & Best Yet? Arturia V Collection 11 – Review

As Arturia's V Collection 11 breaks cover, we check out the updates and new editions and see if it is a worthy upgrade on the previous iteration.

Cherry Audio Yellowjacket: A British Classic Reimagined

Cherry Audio take on a very British synth with their new Yellowjacket, an homage and reimagining of a much-loved piece of Anglo eccentricity.

JamCorder, Befaco and the Ultimate List of Software Synths: Synth Journal

Never want to forget a great idea ever again? JamCorder could be just what you need! Also: new modules from Befaco and the ultimate list of software synths.

Moog Mariana Bass Synthesizer – Monster tones with 40 % off!

Moog Mariana delivers fat bass sounds with lots of modulation. This software synthesizer from Moog is available at a special low price for a limited time only!

Arturia Pigments 6 – A La Modal

Arturia's flagship soft synth returns for its latest iteration, Pigments 6, and introduces a new Modal engine, new filters, a vocoder effect and more!

Best Software Synths of 2024: Five Synth Plugins That Floated Our Boat This Year

With 2024 delivering a bumper crop of software synths, it's been tough to pick the cream of the crop, but here are my choices for Best Software Synths of 2024, along with others worthy of a mention.

Cherry Audio P-10: A Dual Manual Legend is Reborn

Not ones to rest on their laurels, Cherry Audio bring us the P-10, recreating one of the giants of analogue synthesis minus the weight and heat issues!

Cherry Audio Atomika – Polivoks in the Box

With Atomika, Cherry Audio once again delivers a plugin synth that few others have tried to do and succeeded, bringing Soviet synthesis to the masses.

Arturia Synthx V – Italy’s Finest Synthesizer Reborn

The legendary Elka Synthex receives the Arturia treatment as Synthx V, delivering this Italian classic with a French twist.

Atlas, S-Drive, Aurora: Free Plugins of the Week

This week's round-up of the best free plugins brings you a polyphonic synth, a high-frequency enhancer and a famous bass overdrive. Here's Atlas, Aurora, and S-Drive!

Aly James Lab SY-4X: Four Syncussions in one Plugin

Aly James Lab SY-4X brings the mighty Pearl Syncussion SY-1 drum synthesizer to your DAW – with a whole bunch of extras!

Anyma V from Aodyo Instruments

With Anyma V, Aodyo Instruments bring polyphonic physical modelling to the masses with MPE and a fantastic launch price.

Synth Journal: JunoMac 106, A Record That’s a Synth and Interactive Albums

Another week, another selection of synthy ephemera, including the JunoMac 106, a record that's also a synthesizer and a BBC blast from the past.

GForce Software Oberheim OB-1 – Review

As Tom Oberheim celebrates his 88th birthday, GForce Software continues its officially endorsed software recreations with the classic and much revered Oberheim OB-1.