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It’s all about the sound with these tasty studio essentials, which one will sing the brightest.

Komplete Kontrol S-Series with Komplete 10 Ultimate

£800
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Arguably the best collection of soft-synths, effects and outboard processing available today.
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Plugin Boutique's easy to use, four-oscillator subtractive synthesizer...

MANUFACTURER – DAVIDE CARBONE
PLUGIN – CARBON ELECTRA
FORMAT – MAC/PC NATIVE
PRICE – £59

Plugin Boutique's latest offering comes in the form of Carbon...

New documentary out next month!

A documentary that charts the history and resurgence of the modular synthesizer is set to hit screens next month.

Directed by Robert Fantinatto, I Dream Of...

Switzerland-based Mina Records head honcho Masaya drops five of her Studio Essentials...

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Novation joins forces with electronic music pioneer to create a limited edition synth.

Electronic music pioneer Giorgio Moroder joins forces with Novation to release limited edition synthesiser.

Korg release their take on the classic Arp Odyssey synth.

More breaking news from NAMM, Korg have announced the release of their version of the legendary ARP Odyssey synth.

Originally produced in 1972 by the...

For the best sounding emulations of classic synths

Following on from the recent success of the iMini — a recreation of the legendary Minimoog for the iPad — Arturia have released iSEM, which...

In the form of the MS20 Mini

Ask any serious fetishist their Top 10 list of synthesisers they would love to own and all but the most awkward will list the Korg MS20 in a very high position. However, owning one of these classics is a costly endeavour, assuming one can be found at all. But now thanks largely to the rising popularity of hardware synthesisers within the production community it is possible to own a brand-new MS20 Mini, which is a faithful recreation of the Korg MS20, for a fraction of the cost of the original.

A pint-sized analogue monster...

When it comes to soft-synths, there are few names as highly esteemed in the world of production as Arturia’s. This is largely because of their incredibly faithful reproductions of classic synthesisers that are used daily by the biggest names in the game. In recent times, Arturia have taken the bold move of going beyond the virtual world by creating their range of hybrid Spark drum machines and the full-blown DSP monster Origin, which have proven to be extremely popular with the recording community — and for good reason too.

Mixed up in The Hague

It's impossible to overstate The Hague's impact on dance music. In the early '90s, this small city in northern Holland crafted a bastardised version of the sounds bubbling out of Detroit, a ravey mash of jacking house and techno that, at the time, sounded almost impossibly futuristic.

Pocket rocket

There looks to be a resurgence in dedicated compact hardware synths and Waldorf’s newest offering the Rocket Synthesizer is one little beast that offers massive sound in a very small body.

New release of iconic synthesizer

Korg are really spoiling us with the release of yet-another essential bit of studio kit. The original MS20 has been found on many a hit record and has been sought-after ever since they stopped making it. Now Korg have released the Mini MS20 in honour of this classic synth, and in time for their 50th anniversary celebrations.

100 years of electronic music

In March 1913 Luigi Russolo, the Italian futurist, stormed out of a classical concert in Milan and published an open letter demanding a new form of modern music.

Arp Solina String ensemble Synth

King DJ’s new album 'Let Me See You Feel' is out now on Bearfunk. DJ Mag wanted to know what he Can’t Live Without…

Electro duo on their love for retro synths

Sasha Kojevin and Katya Tiger are hot Russian electro dance duo Tiger Cubes. They can’t live without their retro Soviet keyboards.

Synth pioneers demo next generation!

The world's most famous synthesizer brand, Moog have released a video of their latest prototype.

Presented by the super-passionate Professor Herb Deutsch, a long tiome...