Latest Synths Reviews
"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
“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
“With the polyphony and effects it has effectively ‘crossed the line’ into all-new polyphonic Brute territory”: Arturia MiniBrute V review
After going from soft to hard synths, Arturia is going soft again, with its first analogue synth getting a virtual version. It’s a Brute
“Those hoping for a new Mono/Poly may be disappointed – it's more than that”: Korg Multi/Poly review
Korg’s latest synth is billed as an ‘analogue modelling’ instrument, but is that description underselling it?
“An all-round upgrade, but it’s unlikely to convince any sceptics”: Elektron Digitakt II review
Elektron's influential sampler returns with enhanced audio capabilities, new filters and LFOs – and now supports Overbridge too
“Huge sounds, overwhelming options, great value and easy modulation, all in a crazily priced package”: The Synth Factory Horizen review
A synth/sampler that packs in a lot of power at an almost silly price – despite its low profile. We gaze at Horizen…
“A unique-sounding synth plugin to create absorbing sounds and textures”: Expressive E Noisy 2 review
Expressive E brings us a new software instrument that will undoubtedly excite and resonate. We make a racket!
“A bastion of ingenuity. It’s noisy and expensive, but so much fun”: Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth II review
The world’s first electro-mechanical synth has evolved. We see how the Mk II compares...
