2015 Results for "Synthesizer"

Korg teasing something new for 2019

A mysterious figure playing a possibly keyboard-like device lit by blue light-sabres. What could it all mean? Korg says they have something new for 2019.

Top 5 Software Synthesizers of 2018 (reprise)

2018 saw a plethora of inventive, appealing software synthesizers, including our Top 5 by Arturia, FXpansion, Native Instruments, Waslio Audio, Cherry Audio and Waves. Wait, that's 6?!?

New Korg Volcas: Micro Modular and Digital Percussion Synthesizer

Just when you thought Korg had lost interest in the Volca series of mini synths two new ones pop up on Instagram - a Buchla inspired Micro Modular and a Digital Percussion Synthesizer.

Nektar BOLT Harmonics Synthesizer takes us by surprise

BOLT offers a different approach to synthesis. It builds overtones with the structure of the oscillator with full or odd harmonics, inverted or deeply embedded and then modulates the heck out of itself.

Leak! Are Nektar about to release a VST synthesizer?

An Instragram video of musician and producer Julian Wassermann at play on his Nektar Panarama T4 controller keyboard also shows an unknown VST synthesizer with the Nektar logo and the name BOLT.

Behringer MS-101 joins the clone pre-production line

Uli Behringer updates us on the forthcoming MS-101. As with many others promised for the end of the year it's taking longer than expected but it's now in pre-production and we could see it early next year.

Korg Prologue V1.30 fixes the annoying tuning instability

After months of complaints from Prologue users Korg finally steps up and deals with the oscillator tuning issues on their hybrid polyphonic synthesizer

Behringer Neutron 2.0 firmware update adds a load of extras

The Neutron 2.0 firmware update brings a load of new stuff, features and improvements completely free to all users plus a new Neutron App to get into the details that the knobs don't provide.

SampleTank 4 unveiled with 8,000 sounds and a new sound engine

A whopping great big update to the original software sample library workstation. SampleTank 4 has 5 times the content, a redesigned sound engine, mixer, editing and grooving.

OP-1 is not dead say Teenage Engineering – stop paying silly eBay prices

Teenage Engineering weighs in on reports that the OP-1 portable synthesizer has been discontinued prompting inflated second-hand prices. They are just tooling up for another run.

Arturia Pigments: a swirling polyrhythmic, modulating and randomising mega-synth

Arturia has dropped Pigments, a visually enticing mega-synth that takes modulation, randomisation and probability to some very interesting places. Get your first in-depth look here!

DUNE 3: the Differential Unison Engine software synthesizer gets an upgrade

More voices and oscillators in unison than you could possibly use, doubling up on filters and arpeggiators and a complete wavetable editor make this one decent upgrade.

Dtronics DT-01: hardware programmer for the Roland D-05, D-50 and D-550

Dtronics map the guts out of Roland Linear Arithmetic synthesizers and route them to 56 knobs of programming bliss on the DT-01 programmer.

Behringer Odyssey enters pre-production

Another classic synthesizer is about to be reborn via the fertile womb of Behringer. According to Uli Behringer's Odyssey is now not far off - exciting times.

Sugar Bytes Aparillo textual and complex FM synthesizer hits the iPad

Aparillo is all about unfolding the life of sound through the manipulation of sine waves, synthesis, harmonics and modulation. Or you can just move stuff about to produce some fabulous soundscapes.

Novation Peak gets new features with firmware update 1.2

How about a fist full of new wavetables, microtuning, double the LFOs, effects modulation, pitch bend mapping and useful initialisation options? Not bad for an update to the Novation Peak.

Korg MS-X: an extreme Korg Monotron makeover

Got a Korg Monotron knocking around? Why not turn it into a fully fledge Korg analogue synth with the Soul Machine Korg MS-X extreme modification guide. Be warned - this will invalidate your warranty.

Modal CRAFTsynth 2.0 futuristic monophonic wavetable synth that’s not a kit

Wait a minute this bears absolutely no resemblance to the original CRAFTsynth! CRAFTsynth 2.0 is not a fun little DIY synth it's a serious box of monophonic wavetable goodness so what's with the name?

Synthwatch: A synth you wear on your wrist

New on Kickstarter is the chunkiest, ugliest, most expensive and barely-functional musical wristwatch you could possibly imagine. Synthwatch - what are you all about?

Flow Motion FM Synth combines FM and subtractive synthesis in a very cool GUI

Waves have a go at making FM synthesis free flowing and easy with Flow Motion FM Synth and bolt in some analog style filtering for good measure. Does it sound as fabulous as it looks?

WaslioFM: easy FM synthesis with neon highlights make for an 80s-tastic plugin

With its arcade style interface and retro 80's vibe WaslioFM ticks the right nostalgia boxes. But with multiple unison modes and detuning of 8 voices per operator it's futuristic enough to make it fresh and ...

GRANULIZER 2: More grains, more granular, more spectral widening and chaos

Inertia Sound Systems has redesigned GRANULIZER 2 from the ground up to offer a deeper and yet more accessible granular synthesis experience. With a fresh front end and interactive waveform it's very playable.

Synthmulator: a playable and patchable Eurorack modular in a virtual world

Dive into a simulated virtual 3D environment pick up some virtual cables and start virtually patching your virtual Eurorack and make some surprisingly good virtual sounds. Enter the Synthmulator.

Haken Audio ContinuuMini Electronic Instrument now on Kickstarter

A smaller, more portable and perhaps soloist inspired expressive instrument from Haken Audio. The ContinuuMini contains a powerfully dynamic and multi-dimensional sound engine - now on Kickstarter.