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Best Free Plugins of the Year So Far: Tops and Flops

What are the best free plugins of the year so far? We test them out and reveal our opinions.

5 of the Most Analog-Sounding Soft Synths

Can software sound as good as hardware? These are the most analog-sounding soft synths.

Korg multi/poly native: Get it Now For Less!

Korg multi/poly native software synthesizer is now available for purchase and download.

Upcoming iOS Ambient Music Feature, New Life for the Korg DW-8000 & More: Synth Journal

Demos of the Steampipe and Sequential 12, a new OS for the DW-8000, and a dedicated iOS ambient music feature coming in version 18.4.

Eternal Engine MARS Is the 4-Voice Polyphonic Tube Synth of Your Dreams

Eternal Engine MARS is the world’s first polyphonic synthesizer based on vacuum tubes.

Make Your Own Wavetables and Get Creative with Wavetable Synthesizers

You unleash the power of your wavetable synthesizer when you make your own wavetables. And it’s easier to do than you think.

Classic Moog Synths of the ‘70s and ‘80s: Moog Without Bob

Moog released some of its most iconic synthesizers after Bob left in the late 1970s. These are the classic Moog synths made without Bob.

ACME XP60: Oberheim Xpander Reborn!

One of the best synthesizers of the 1980s is set to live again with the ACME XP60.

Five of the Best Synths From Sequential: Complete the Circuit

Everyone knows the Prophet-5 but it’s just one of the best synths from Sequential. Here are the company’s top five instruments.

Behringer Kobol Keyboard Spotted in the Wild, nozoïd Kagouyar Digital Synth, Sound Workshop Quord: Synth Journal

A very unique engineer sample Behringer Kobol keyboard up for sale on eBay and more in this week’s Synth Journal.

Toraiz Chordcat Coming to the US and Europe for $249?

AlphaTheta showed off the Toraiz Chordcat at NAMM. Looks like the Japan-only chord groovebox is going to get a wide release.

Making Ambient Music: How to Earn $3000 a Month From Spotify

Ambient is more popular than ever. Six professional musicians give advice on how you can earn money by making ambient music.

AudioThing SX1000: Spot-On Plugin Emulation of a Classic ’70s Synth Boosted With Polyphony, Mods & Effects

Italian synth fans, take note! The AudioThing SX1000 is a software version of the Jen SX1000, one of the first affordable analog synthesizers.

5 of the Best Hardware Vocoders: Sing the Body Electric With These Fun Voice Synths

Want to transform your voice into a robot or heavenly synth choir? Look no further than these five best hardware vocoders.

Behringer Pro-16: Prophet-5 Remake Looks Gorgeous in New NAMM Photos

See the Behringer Pro-16 in all its glory in new pictures straight from the NAMM 2025 show floor.

Behringer JT-16: NAMM 2025 Photos Are Hot!

The Behringer JT-16 is at NAMM this year and we have pictures! See the upcoming Jupiter-8 remake in all its glory.

The New Aphex Twin Is Boring: 2024 Electronic Music Tops & Flops

It might be heretical to say that the new Aphex Twin is boring but it just didn’t move me. Plus five more electronic music tops and flops.

Behringer Poly D: Now With Useful On-Board Clock Divide

The Behringer Poly D gets long-awaited on-synth clock division functionality plus more in firmware update version 1.1.3.

5 Best Synths for the Stage

Need some keys for your next gig? These five best synths for the stage will elevate your performance. And they’re relatively affordable too!

Weird Japanese Synth, AI Ambience Generator, Nonlinear Labs C-15 Is Gorgeous: Synth Journal

All the best of the rest of synth news this week including unsold stock of a 40-year-old weird Japanese synth now available from Error Instruments.

Christophe Duquesne Loris Synth Brings the Power of Resynthesis to EaganMatrix Instruments

Use your own samples in EaganMatrix-powered synths with Christophe Duquesne Loris Synth, as featured in the soundtrack to Dune 2!

Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro: All the Fantastic Power of the Osmose’s Synth Engine in a Tiny Form Factor

Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro puts all the synth power of the Expressive E Osmose into a small and affordable box.

Motorola Synths: These Gorgeous Classic Synthesizers Are All Powered by the Same DSP Chips

These are the Motorola synths - and some are still being made today.

My Highlights of 2024: The Best Software for Electronic Music Production

These are my 2024 picks for the best software for electronic music production.