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“Armed with 450 presets, it has the capacity to impress with its scope for diverse sounds and creativity”: Cherry Audio Pro Soloist review
A bit of a diva in synth clothing? We travel back to 1972 for a reimagining of an ARP classic with soloistic tendencies
The classic clip of Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones and Thomas Dolby playing the 1985 Grammy Awards is not just the most '80s thing ever, but - thanks to John Denver - a lesson in synth history
And as bonkers as the performance was, HoJo believes that "it really did mark a sort of turning point for electronic music"
Phonicbloom's Loopstyler is a pocket synth, sampler and looper that you can play like a Stylophone. What more could you want?
And, yes, you play it with a headphone jack…
Toontrack EZKeys Synthwave & EZX Expansion
Want your track to sound like it was birthed in the technicolor 80s? Toontrack is on hand, transporting us to when synths ruled the waves
Erica Synths Zen Delay Virtual review
The Ninja Tune-branded sound-mangler comes to the plugin realm. Can it live up to its hardware counterpart?
The Mercury is rising as Cherry Audio unveils its supercharged Roland Jupiter-6 synth emulation
The most underappreciated member of the Jupiter family gets a loving plugin reboot
15 essential synth patches every producer should know
From classic bass sounds to evolving pads, quick drums and FX, we’ll show you how to rustle up these go-to patches from scratch
How to make synth sweep FX for EDM drops
We’ve all heard white noise sweeps with their cutoff frequencies steadily climbing. In this tutorial, we look at a more original take
How to synthesize an analogue-style kick from scratch
Making your own kick has many benefits, and is simpler than you’d think
Atau Tanaka: "I didn’t want to hide behind racks or synths - I wanted electronic music to become a live medium"
Creating electronic music using the movement of his own body with custom-built software, Atau Tanaka takes the ideas of software control and performance to a completely new level