Roland unveils GAIA 2 hybrid polysynth with Model Expansion support
Here's a product name I didn't expect to come back: it's the Roland GAIA 2. But despite the name and...
Wavetable
3rd Wave, wavetable synth beast, does MPE and is now in desktop form
Groove Synthesis, the instrument maker founded by veterans of Sequential and Oberheim, has taken their massive 24-voice wavetable synth and...
Thump One is a hard-hitting wavetable-kick-supersaw synth – and it’s free
What if you could take the essence of a melodic 808 kick, a wavetable synth, the thick supersaw from a...
BLEASS Fusion, a wavetable distortion extra value meal for iOS, Mac, PC
What's better than a waveshaper? How about a waveshaper with a bucket full of different wavetables, dual filters, modulation, and...
Surge XT hybrid synth is now a free set of modules for VCV Rack
Free meets free: in a labor-of-love community project, soft synth Surge XT is now available as an exquisitely designed set...
Arturia now lets you choose hardware, software, or both for its synth: MiniFreak V tested
First, there was the hardware keyboard. Then, MiniFreak owners got the MiniFreak V plug-in as an exclusive software companion. Now,...
Klevgrand Tomofon is a wild “audio model” instrument, capable of realism and extremes
The latest plug-in from Swedish boutique maker Klevgrand takes their idiosyncratic instrument line to a new level. Tomofon is wave/sample...
Nina, 12-voice analog polysynth with motorized controls, now in preorders
What's new in analog synths? Melbourne Instruments has one answer - a luscious vintage-inspired poly that adds path recall and...
Freequel plugins and Reason RE – distortion, synths from Noise Engineeering for free
It's like ripping some of the delicious goodness out of the Noise Engineering modules and adding them to your DAW...
SOMA has a new compact 8-bit noise synth and sequencer for 130€
The romantic engineering synth maker has something small and affordable, a post-apocalyptic weirdo instrument from designer Kakos Nonos. It’s part...
