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12 new instruments and effects you need to know about from Superbooth 2025
By Si Truss published
New synths, drum machines, effects and oddities from the Berlin synth expo

“A synthesizer that is both easy to use and fun to play whilst maintaining a decent degree of programming depth and flexibility”: PWM Mantis review
By Bruce Aisher published
PWM’s Mantis reunites a classic synth design with its legendary designer and gives it a contemporary twist

“Excels at unique modulated timbres, atonal drones and microtonal sequences that reinvent themselves each time you dare to touch the synth”: Soma Laboratories Lyra-4 review
By Si Truss published
This unique synth built around ‘organismic’ principles is so much fun, you just might want to buy two

"V2 is one of the most powerful synths on the market": Elektron Digitone II review
By Si Truss published
Elektron's hardware FM synth was already a modern classic – but this update is still a significant upgrade

“Unprecedented sound design freedom”: Arturia launches the new feature-packed Pigments 6
By Andy Price published
If you're already a Pigments user you can get if for free

FYI: You don’t need a new synth. But if you’re craving one, these are the deals I’d go for
By Si Truss published
New gear isn’t the answer to your creative problems. But these synth and drum machine bargains will give you hours of fun in the studio or on stage

“A bastion of ingenuity. It’s noisy and expensive, but so much fun”: Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth II review
By Simon Arblaster published
The world’s first electro-mechanical synth has evolved. We see how the Mk II compares...

Superbooth 24: "Think the strings of a guitar or keys of a xylophone, but embedded into electronic synthesis": Korg unveils the next prototype for the experimental instrument Acoustic Synthesis_phase 8
By Matt Mullen published
Is it an acoustic instrument or a synthesizer? Oddly enough, it's both
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