Are you frustrated with the sheer weight of your hardware synthesizer? Of course not! But wouldn't it be fun to carry one around in your pocket? Probably! That's exactly what you can do with the Flash ...

Sam Ash has updated its inventory and is now offering the Sequential Prophet-5 Synthesizer as part of its collection of ...

Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operators offer tiny battery-powered synths and a range of sounds across a collection of six devices that cost $59 each. Czech synthesizer company Bastl Instruments has a ...

Superbooth 2025: Polyend Synth was released in late 2024 and immediately became one of our favourite new releases of last year. In comparison to other Polyend grooveboxes like Tracker and Play, which ...

GEAR EXPO SUMMER 2022: If you're working in hardware, be sure to check out our pick of the best upcoming new hardware synths right here. But if you're making great music inside the box then look no ...

From Apple Macintosh originator Jef Raskin’s love of the Renaissance-era cornetto to virtual reality pioneer Jarod Lanier’s mastery of various Asian wind and string instruments, there is a long ...

It's no secret that there's a growing interest in synths, drum machines and other electronic music instruments. There are many reasons for that -- most obviously because electronic music is now ...

Don Buchla believed in the humanity of wires. The modular synth pioneer created an instrument like none other, one that relied on intuition, learning and, most importantly, human touch. He died ...

A couple of researchers have developed a hybrid keyboard that combines a sampler and a supercollider synth engine. It allows two people to capture, manipulate and play samples with keyboards… at the ...

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There are a million and one MIDI controllers and synths on the market, but sometimes it’s just more satisfying to make your own. [Turi Scandurra] very much went his own way when he put together his ...