Expressive E Osmose review: A game-changing MPE keyboard, but a frustrating synthesizer
The keybed is truly special, but you’ll need a PhD to design your own patches.
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Loog's baby digital piano could be the perfect starter instrument for newbies
It's battery-powered and certainly easy on the eyes.
Arturia's Acid V is a Roland TB-303, without the headaches
It captures all the squelchy beauty of the acid house icon, but with the amenities you'd expect in 2023.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Uno Synth Pro X offers high-end sound design in a portable package
IK Multimedia’s latest instrument includes three oscillators, analog overdrive and plenty of hands-on controls.
SOMA Labs' Rumble of Ancient Times is the chaotic neutral of synths
This 8-bit digital noisemaker is charming, affordable and unpredictable.
UDO details Super Gemini synthesizer, a 20-voice beast perfect for sound design
The bi-timbral analog-hybrid instrument costs $4,200.
Moog acquired by conglomerate inMusic, joining Akai and Alesis
The iconic synth manufacturer had remained independent for 70 years.
Moog celebrates 70th anniversary with musical web app
Play around with iconic sounds from the recently-reissued Model D.
Roland SH-4D review: An overdue return to great synths for the masses
The Zen-Core based SH-4d fills a glaring hole in the company's modern lineup.
Korg Berlin shows off a prototype 'acoustic synthesizer'
The Acoustic Synthesis_phase5 is the first instrument from Korg's experimental R&D group.
Elektron's Analog Heat gets a refresh with more effects and a customizable signal path
The $1,000 device is designed to add warmth to digital audio sources.
Sonicware’s newest gadget is a granular synth, an effects unit and a sampler
The Liven Texture Lab starts shipping next month for $240.
Roland S-1 Tweak Synth is the most compelling member of the Aira Compact family
But it’s also the most frustrating.
Arturia's MicroFreak gets sample playback, granular synthesis and gorgeous Stellar edition
Four years in and this dirt cheap weirdo is still getting free major upgrades.
Bastl Instruments teases mini stereo mixer with unique saturation controls
This could be the perfect way to connect all of your audio gadgets and synths.
The Roland SH-4d is a groovebox disguised as a synthesizer
The company's latest intsrument has plenty of hands-on controls and a dedicated sequencer track for drums.
Arturia turns the MiniFreak into a standalone soft synth
Originally only available to those who bought the hardware instrument, now MiniFreak V is available to all.
Expressive E finally starts shipping its unique Osmose synth
It's been a long road for the MPE instrument, but it's just as exciting now as it was three years ago.
Arturia's Pigments 4 adds new effects and a simplified interface
Shimmer reverb, drag and drop UI elements and 'light mode' are the latest free updates to the super synth.
East Beast and West Pest review: Affordable intros to the addictive world of modular synths
Cre8Audio's first self contained synths are loads of fun and an incredible value at just $250.
