CRAFTsynth 2.0 is a monophonic wavetable synthesiser from Modal Electronics and shares the same form factor as their SKULPT synthesiser. Craft is considerably smaller and cheaper than SKULPT, but sounds dramatically different. There’s really nothing else that sounds like it anywhere near this price point.
The Arturia MatrixBrute has been out for a little while now, but it remains one of the best deals available for serious synth enthusiasts. If you’re just buying your first synth there are certainly more affordable and beginner friendly options out there, but if you
When Native Instruments added TRK-01 to their Komplete 12 suite of instruments a year ago, I was admittedly a little underwhelmed by the concept. What possible use could I have for a kick-drum and bass sequencer plugin inside a DAW that can already sequence and
We generally think of synthesisers as being either monophonic or polyphonic, but there’s far more to this saga than you may have imagined. Marc Doty from Automatic Gainsay explains how even the term paraphonic is often improperly employed and we may need to extend our
2019 is proving to be a memorable year for Korg synths with two new Volcas and a heavily updated minilogue having already been released following their January announcements. Be sure to check out our videos on all three synths via our YouTube page here. If
Earlier this year, Arturia announced the MicroFreak – a Paraphonic Hybrid synthesiser featuring a digital oscillator, an analogue filter with a touch capacitive keyboard, reminiscent of the Don Buchla Music Easel. The MicroFreak’s digital oscillator is the heart and soul of this synth and features
For those of you who are looking for inspiration and new sound textures for their Arturia Matrixbrute synthesiser, independent Austrian Sound designer Arthur Fussy has programmed and released a new Vol 1 Soundpack for this innovative synth, featuring 32 presets of ‘Classic & Experimental stuff,
In the lead-up to both the Superbooth 2019 Trade Show and Moogfest 2019, Moog have taken their new product line to the next level with announcement of their new Matriarch synth — a patchable 4-note paraphonic analog synth with a sequencer, stereo analog delay and
Modal made a name for themselves a few years back with the release of the 002 hybrid poly synth, which is absolutely an amazing instrument for anyone lucky enough to own one, but priced out of reach of many musicians. In July 2018, Modal announced
We take a deeper look into Korg’s new Volca Modular synthesiser, which we found offers vast possibilities for interesting and unusual sound design. Modular synthesis, and in particular the Eurorack format, is a form of creating electronic music that’s been gaining momentum over the last