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50 years of Phaedra: Tangerine Dream’s forward-thinking, futurist, synth classic is now an antique
One of the pioneering works of electronic music is getting a 50th anniversary six-disc anniversary re-release
"A painstaking facsimile of the original in software form": Waldorf Microwave 1 Plugin
Described as the ‘return of a legend’ in software, we reheat some wavetables with Waldorf’s reincarnated classic
“I started getting messages from strangers asking if I knew about this other product”: A tale of two mini-synths
MicroKits’ Synth-a-Sette is a tiny synthesizer in a cassette-like form factor. So is Dubreq's Stylosette. Is it a copycat or a coincidence?
What were those controllers sitting on Jon Batiste's piano when he sang at the Super Bowl?
It’s a Star-Spangled puzzler, that’s for sure
“The first time I heard a Buchla synthesizer, something clicked. It felt like a fantasy”: Maria Teriaeva on the Buchla 200e, olfactory album art and vocoded breakup songs
Danny Turner chats to Maria Teriaeva about the formidable modular synth that's the core sound behind her latest LP, Sayan - Savoie
Best synthesizers 2025: Top analogue, digital, mono and polysynths
From mini monosynths, through to mighty polyphonic workstations, our experts have hand-picked hardware synth recommendations for every budget
Kays Catalogue classic the JEN SX1000 just got reborn as a plugin and iOS app
This 1978 £99 synth-for-the-masses has been rebuilt and ramped up for a whole new generation
The story of Arturia’s Pigments synth, from early challenges to the “huge milestone” of version 6
Pigments’ product manager reveals how he and his team created a modern classic
“It’s easy to be a show-off with production. In electronic music right now, that’s what a lot of people are doing - but that’s just ego”: Ela Minus looks inwards on new project DÍA
The Colombian hardware synth-head on her soul-searching second album, demolishing the ego, and why she can’t stand Dave Smith’s presets
