This week on MusicRadar, we're stacking up hardware synths against their software counterparts as part of the Great Synth Showdown. In our third round, the modern-day classic Oberheim OB-X8 faces off ...

This new analogue synth has something novel up it's sleeve: it's novel! There’s no shortage of small recreations of classic synths. They’re often well priced but somewhat compromised by small keys and ...

Novation’s Circuit groovebox is a pretty beloved piece of entry-level music making gear. And with good reason. Its two polyphonic synth tracks and four sample-based drum tracks give it a surprising ...

Homebrew synths – generating a waveform in a microcontroller, adding a MIDI interface, and sending everything out to a speaker – are great projects that will teach you a ton about how much you can do ...

AudioKit Synth One, a free and open-source iPad synth, is now available for download in the Apple App Store, developer Matthew Fecher has announced. The Synth One, which Fecher describes as “the ...

With the promise of more algorithms in future, Coral could become an indispensable powerhouse for the space conscious. Fiddly menu-diving, almost a little too compact. You’ll be tied to the manual for ...

Tiptoe through just about any online music synthesis forum and it won't be too long before you stumble across an Analog vs. Digital debate. Both have their legions of dedicated followers, but if ...

Tiny synths are everywhere right now, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for innovation, as proved by this instrument hacked together with old Nintendo DS parts. Otem Rellik’s Mr. Touchy is a ...

If, like me, you grew up watching Charlie Brown cartoons on TV, then you may have also got your very first taste of classical music from the virtuoso hands of a certain blond-haired, ...