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Albert Hammond Jr of the Strokes is (reluctantly) selling a heap of his stage-played gear on Reverb
Too bad his Bigsby-equipped SG has already been sold but that Mastery-equipped Jazzmaster looks pretty sweet, as does his Custom Shop Strat – and his father's Jupiter-6 synth is up for grabs too
Watch Hazel Mills recreate the rowdy wub-wub bass patch and chord stabs from Caribou’s Honey on her UDO Super 8
The musician and songwriter shows you how to cook up two of Honey's primary sounds using one of this year's hottest synths
Bastl’s Kastle 2 FX Wizard is a pocket-sized box of patchable effects
Bastl’s pocket synth gets reimagined as a modulation-focused stereo effects processor
“A well-priced synth workstation – just don't expect a 1980s Juno”: Roland Juno-D7 review
Roland's entry-level synth workstation is easy, light, and cheap, but has depth if you want it
The history of Korg in 21 synths: Inside Korg's new London museum
Take a trip through of Korg's most influential synths with our video tour of the new Korg Gallery exhibition
A synth from the Purple Rain era and the mixer that Prince used to record Dirty Mind are up for auction
The items come from Matt ‘Dr’ Fink’s personal collection, and could fetch up to £100,000 and £60,000 respectively
Teenage Engineering's OP-XY is a hybrid of OP-Z and OP-1... and costs more than the two of them combined
The elusive Swedish brand's new groovebox puts the advanced sequencing capabilities of the OP-Z in an OP-1-style form factor with an OLED screen and beefed-up specs
"A late contender for 2024’s best new synth": Polyend Synth review
With three synth layers, a variety of digital and virtual analogue engines and an innovative interface, Polyend's latest has a lot going for it
Roland’s new AI tech will “freshen ideas, remove writer’s block, and discover the undiscovered”
Tone Explorer uses neutral networks to match Roland Cloud sounds to your MIDI phrases
“An amazing sounding product, and very capable thanks to its augmentation in operation, geared towards ultimate creativity”: GForce Oberheim OB-1 review
Reuniting an Oberheim gem with its family soul mates, GForce resurrects another lesser-seen classic. We audition its credentials as a sonic force for good