Synths Reviews

We warm up with some vintage clipping, and from the same range, why not go the preamp route too?

The Ninja Tune-branded sound-mangler comes to the plugin realm. Can it live up to its hardware counterpart?

The Swedish brand’s widely-loved sampler gets a significant overhaul. We take a not-quite second look

Could the final Dave Smith-designed synth also be the Memorymoog you’ve been waiting for?

With ‘Strange Attractor’ oscillators – 30 of them – plus easy FM and AM synthesis, Kult might well be the synth of the year. And it’s only March

Having emulated practically every significant synth ever made, Arturia turns its attention to one of its own creations

Twin is one of the few softsynths to have reached ‘legendary’ status. After 14 years, it now reaches version 3, but was it worth the wait?

What happens if you apply step movement and choreography to software synthesis? Slate + Ash hopes to enlighten and surprise you

Donner enters the analogue synth realm with a 303 clone that sounds the part – even if it doesn’t look it

The next generation of this creative synthesizer from Arturia adds a new splash of tonal colour to an already burgeoning palette