As the first quarter of 2025 begins to draw to a close we’ve already seen plenty of great new hardware and software releases aimed at synth enthusiasts.
Now hardware or software is always exciting, but it is also great when something you are already familiar with and use regularly receives an update.
Recent synth reviews
Manther is a full-featured tabletop synthesizer from the Portland, Oregon-based Malekko Heavy Industry Corporation. It is a monosynth with an analog signal path and features an advanced 64-step…
Drummer is an interactive drum pattern sequencer manufactured by Oberheim in 1991. It was part of the same Perf/x range as the Systemizer, Strummer, Cyclone, and Navigator by Oberheim, which means it…
Novation had a successful run of MIDI keyboards and controllers, but the Ultranova was a return to their "Nova" range of synthesizers from the nineties. This is also obvious from the design, which…
The Nord Stage 2 was released by Clavia in 2011 as the successor to the Nord Stage from 2005 and Nord Stage Ex from 2008. It improved on previous versions with more piano sample memory as well as…
Although dedicated drum machines are not unusual, the same cannot be said about bass, at least not back when 360 System released the MIDI Bass. It was released in 1986 with the purpose of providing…
