1973 Results for "Synthesizer"

ASM Diosynth: The Hydrasynth Follow-up Is Now Available

Get your hands around ASM's Diosynth, the company's take on the wind synth. It's now available to buy.

Best Desktop Effects for Synths

Desktop effects for synths, grooveboxes, and drum machines are the perfect addition to any DAWless setup. We check out the best desktop effects in 2026.

5 of the Best 2000s Synths

Relive the sound of the Millennium with these five best 2000s synths.

Secrets of the JP-8000 Supersaw Revealed: Synth Journal

The Usual Suspects have figured out the Roland supersaw, the prettiest modular system you’ve ever seen, and more.

New Year, New Sounds – Kompare & Kontrast: Sounds and Presets

Expressive E bring us another collaboration, this time with Dawesome and their excellent Kontrast instrument, with presets made for the Osmose but equally at home with most MPE-compatible synths and ...

Behringer BDS-3 – Name Change and Now Shipping!

Renamed as the Behringer BDS-3, this recreation of an early Simmons drum synth is finally shipping!

Sound Vs Modulation: 5 of the Best Sounding Synthesizers

Favor pure sound quality over lots of modulation possibilities? These are the synths for you then, the best sounding synthesizers around.

Modular Jams for New Year’s Eve: From Ambient to Techno

In just a few hours, 2025 will be history. Here are a couple of awesome modular jams to get your New Year’s Eve party started!

The Best Gear and Software of 2025: My 7 Highlights of the Year

It was a great year for synthesizers and drum machines. Here are my picks for the best gear and software of 2025.

The Usual Suspects JE-8086: 2 Trance Legends for the Price of … None? Available Now!

After their awesome emulations of the Virus and Nord Lead, The Usual Suspects have re-engineered the chip that powers the JP-8000. JE-8086 is out now!

My Highlights of 2025 – The Big Winners of My Year

I take a look back over 2025 to select my synth-related highlights of the year!

Visual Synthesis: 5 Synths to Make Crazy Sounds With Images

Turn your pictures into music with these wild examples of visual synthesis: hardware and software synthesizers that use images to generate sound.

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!

The Birth of the Fairlight CMI – When Computers Took Over Music

It's been 50 years since the inception of Fairlight, the company that brought us the first-ever commercial digital sampler, the Fairlight CMI. We take a look at how it started.

Highlights of the Year: My Favorite Gear of 2025

Happy Holidays, everyone! Before we get ready for the new year, it's time to look back at my personal highlights of 2025. Spoiler alert: no synths this time!

Soma Warp Is Packed With 15 Crazy Effects

With a streamlined interface, 15 digital effects, and CV control, Soma Warp is a hardware effects powerhouse for both live and studio use.

Waldorf Protein – Update Adds New Filter Mode

It's only been out for 3 weeks, and the Waldorf Protein, their new tabletop wavetable synth, gets new features in a fresh update!

Ian Boddy Turns His Modular Rig Into a Granular Instrument: Synth Journal

Synthesist Ian Boddy teams up with Soniccouture to bring his massive modular rig to your DAW, new modules from Endorphin.es, more.

Acustica Audio Squid-3: “Built to Make Raw Synthesis Sound Like a Mastered Record”

Acustica Audio’s latest modeling/convolution soft synth Squid-3 promises to “sound finished, even before the FX.”

Creative Chords and More Free Patches: Sounds and Presets

Free Creative Chords for Massive X, freebies for Mercury-8 and more in this week's Sounds and Presets!

Elektron Tonverk Update 1.2.0: More Reverb, New Arp and Smarter Dynamics

Elektron Tonverk is the big uber sampler from Sweden. Update 1.2.0 now includes Steel Box Reverb, Filter Folder, and more!

Nopia Mk.1 – From Prototype to Gorgeous Finished Product!

This ingenious and extremely pretty synth concept from Argentina, Nopia, has resurfaced in its finished form and is now in extensive testing ahead of a launch sometime soon!

Arturia Pigments 7 – Magnificent and Deadly: Review

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

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field Amp Update: New Amp Synth Engine & More!

The Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field gets a big update! The new Amp Synth Engine lets you record your guitar through the OP-1's effects. But that's not all!