Stacking analogue, VA or sampled oscillators to make a sound is a great way to thicken up and obtain multiple characters from just one sound. Don’t forget layering with more unusual samples – whether ...

Good news for all aspiring Moogs and Moroders: Swedish hardware designers Teenage Engineering have created one of the most accessible pocket synthesizers to date. The Pocket Operator (PO) line ...

The Hades is a fairly straightforward monosynth, but it's well-designed and packs some serious low-end punch. When a synthesizer is named after the Greek god of the underworld and features a big, ...

If one small synthesizer with massive power wasn't enough for you today, try on another with the Mood MiniTaur, fully ready to take on classic sounds with a brand new set of modern technology bits for ...

Behringer has announced its newest synth, the TD-3, an analog bass line synthesizer that’s essentially a clone of Roland’s TB-303 from 1982. Although the company doesn’t directly mention the TB-303, ...

I saw an original Moog Taurus synthesizer in a magazine when I was a kid. I didn't know what it was. Given the bulk and odd shape – a black box sitting on the floor with horizontal slats sticking out ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Novation's Bass Station II is considered a modern classic in the synth world. And, the company deserves a lot of credit for constantly issuing ...

Here’s Pure Acid with a fetching gold makeover. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Pure Acid is a bass synthesizer and drum machine app for the iPad, and it might just be the best drum machine app ever ...

If, like us, you’ve spent recent years moaning about every new Roland’s digital engine, get ready to eat your words. A collab with Studio Electronics, the SE02 is a three-oscillator analogue mono ...

A 4-pole ladder filter is at work here alongside two ADSR envelopes and a multi-wave LFO for a wide range of sounds. A retro-styled front panel offers knobs for each function plus a glide feature with ...

A new website at 808303.studio has been created by Yuri Suzuki, in collaboration with Roland, offering a digital musical instrument emulating the sound of the original TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 ...

There are so many ways to create a synth bass, from processing the simplest of sine waves with analogue gear to frequency modulating complex wavetable oscillators in the digital realm. Though the ...