With the CDJ’s ubiquity in clubland, and at this price point, it was always going to create a stir…

Korg has updated its popular Volca Sample with USB sample import. But is it enough to justify the price bump?

ASM’s all-digital Hydrasynth is packed with features and is certainly impressive on paper but does it live up to its promise?

The iconic Solid State Logic has always been known for its incredible but pricey analogue and digital audio mixing consoles…

Generate, from Newfangled Audio and Eventide Audio, combines chaos, physics, and West Coast synthesis. Is this synth plugin more than the sum of its parts?

Output has hit another one out of the park with Thermal, an intuitive and inspiring multiband distortion plugin.

Akai professional’s free MPC Beats DAW is great for beginners and experienced producers alike.

Just when you think every worthwhile synthesizer has been emulated for the plugin domain, along comes Knif Audio’s Knifonium to prove you very, very wrong.

Novation impresses with its latest controller, Launchkey 49 Mk3.

FabFilter’s Saturn 2 is a great-sounding update to the multiband distortion plugin.

Arturia finally adds the Oberheim OB-Xa to its list of emulations.

Waves’ plugin chainer StudioRack is a boon for hardcore Waves users.

Kilohearts Phase Plant combines wavetable synthesis with samples and virtual analogue.

Korg’s NTS-1 puts the digital oscillator from the Prologue and effects section from the Minilogue XD in a small synth that you put together yourself.

Elektron’s latest is another inspiring and fun entry in their Model groovebox series.…

Any return of a Jupiter-badged synth from Roland is likely to pique interest. But how about a ‘best of…