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"A great beginner keyboard, and a potential gateway into electronic music making in general": Roland Go Keys 3 and 5 review
By Ben Rogerson published
The beginner keyboard market gets a couple of fresh contenders that offer more than you might think

Cherry Audio's P-10 captures the sound of "one of the most desirable flagship analogue polysynths ever created"
By Matt Mullen published
This emulation of Sequential Circuits' "10-voice, 20-oscillator, bi-timbral behemoth" boasts a faithful recreation of the Prophet-10's sound alongside a handful of contemporary flourishes

The open-source Minichord looks like a pocket-sized Omnichord
By Ben Rogerson published
Chord playing device has a subtractive synth engine

The easy guide to modular synths: Oscillators – why you need one and how to patch it
By Rob Redman last updated
We begin our guide to designing your perfect modular set-up with the beating (well, technically oscillating...) heart of any modular project

Sculpt your sounds on a spectral level with Manatee, a multitimbral, MPE-equipped desktop synth from Fred's Lab
By Matt Mullen published
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, Manatee is now available to order

“It's about shaking up your creative process”: Tame Impala’s polysynth is like a chord cheat sheet
By Si Truss published
The 16-voice digital poly is focused around a distinctive ‘chord generation system’

Nils Frahm on his new live album, Paris, and fighting against the orthodoxy
By Danny Turner published
“I failed because a term has been created around the type of music I make”

Albert Hammond Jr of the Strokes is (reluctantly) selling a heap of his stage-played gear on Reverb
By Jonathan Horsley published
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
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