Our top picks span the likes of GForce Software, Cherry Audio and Arturia.

One of the things that may have held back your sound design aspirations is just how complex soft synths can look. Sometimes ...

Trip-hop’s eclectic roots mean the bass can play a variety of important roles, from a heavy dub underpin to a more melodic ...

Fred's Lab describe the MPE-equipped Manatee as "the perfect companion for any expressive MIDI controller". As for ...

Synthpop has the power to transport listeners to vague dreamy atmospheres, but combined with an equally dreamy movie, it ...

The synth became a standard instrument in the new wave movement. It certainly makes sense why. The types of sounds one could generate with a synth differed greatly from traditional mainstream pop ...

Let’s face it, synthesizers are awesome. But commercial synths are pretty expensive. Even the little toy ones like the KORG Volca and the MicroKORG will run you a few hundred bucks. For the most ...

This emulation of Sequential Circuits' "10-voice, 20-oscillator, bi-timbral behemoth" boasts a faithful recreation of the ...

The problem with writing about Oberheim’s new TEO-5 is trying to hold back on the inevitable comparisons with other synths it is – or is not – based on. It has the sound of many a classic ...

whether through a classic sound card or through a parallel port. The related YM2612 from the Sega Genesis also makes a fine synthesizer.