#Synths

Synthhead at Synthtopia looks at a run of recent announcements that let musicians replace or extend the software running on their hardware. The starting point is the M-Vave FM-1, a low-cost FM synthesizer that drew independent developers writing their own…

The MPC Sample Key will be an open-source 37-key take on its budget-friendly MPC Sample.

teenage engineering, the company that made news for slipping in an interview that it isn’t making new synths (maybe), might also make news for making its synths do new things.…

Not affiliated with the band in any way! Saw them for the second time last night at Fabric London, through one of their epic sound systems. On stage I spotted a 303, BSII, MS2000, Prologue and others I couldn't make out.…

Just snagged an FA-08 and looking for good equipment to pair with it. Would like to stay under $600 per item. I'm interested in doing some industrial sounds and also creating sounds/music for horror short films.…

You know what would be a crazy idea? Making a polysynth out of analog BBD (bucket brigade delay) chips. Well, Morphor has been doing just that with the polyphonic Echon 6, building on their work on modules like the ultra-lovely Plectrum.…

​Essaying a broken heart, the New Yorker puts her voice front and centre for her most accessible work yet, though still with unexpected details – and a Schumann cover

I mean immediately playable, tweakable, everything there on the synth, and extremely fun.

I’ve been going back and forth on these two synths. Both have poly-after touch and a ribbon controller. Lots of knobs and buttons. Both seem to do well at analog poly synth sounds. Both are solidly built.…

very new to synths and im looking for a decent budget sequencer for a drum machine and bass synth but that has a song mode and not js a 64 step sequencer

From Reddit - r/synthesizers: A New Drum Machine from Erica Synths. The Bullfrog

Hello! I play synth in a post-punk band and use an arranger keyboard with plugin synths Oxid(arp omni) jupiter 4 and synth1vst. I am looking to buy an analog synth and currently have in mind something like jupiter xm, arp omni or ms20, but those are on…