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Best Software Synths of 2024: Five Synth Plugins That Floated Our Boat This Year

With 2024 delivering a bumper crop of software synths, it's been tough to pick the cream of the crop, but here are my choices for Best Software Synths of 2024, along with others worthy of a mention.

My Highlights of 2024: The Best Software for Electronic Music Production

These are my 2024 picks for the best software for electronic music production.

Behringer Wave: This Fantastic Synth Is Now Only €599!

The price has come down on the Behringer Wave and it's now €599. Time to break out that holiday money?

Highlights of the Year: My Favorite Gear of 2024

With so much to choose from, picking my favorite synths, samplers, and software of 2024 isn't easy. Here's my list of my personal gear highlights of the year!

Behringer Surges: The Budget Mutable Ripples Eurorack Remake Is Now Available

Behringer Surges is a liquid-smooth filter module for your Eurorack rack rig based on the Mutable Instruments Ripples. You won’t believe the price.

Behringer PHARA-O MINI – Synth Like an Egyptian?

Like No.17 buses, you get nothing for a while; then three turn up at once. The Behringer PHARA-O MINI is the third in their Mini range, with a 700S-inspired filter.

Arpeggio: Tangible Instruments Kickstarter Project Now Available to All

Tangible Instruments has announced that after its initial crowdfunded campaign, the Arpeggio is now available for anyone to pre-order!

Dübreq Stylophone Stylosette Puts a Stylophone in a Fun Cassette-Style Package

The Stylophone Stylosette looks like a cassette - and also suspiciously like another product…

Erica Synths Megarack S: The ’S’ Is for Slightly Smaller

Erica Synths Megarack S is a honking big Eurorack case that’s marginally smaller than the original Megarack - and still super affordable.

Now on Kickstarter! Dtronics DT-DX: A TX816 (8x DX7’s) In A Box

Eight months after announcing their ambition to manufacture their MiniDexed synth in a box, the Dtronics DT-DX has launched on Kickstarter and has already beaten its target!

Synthy Xmas Hits and Misses! Our Pick of the Bunch

We all love a good Xmas song, but what are the best and worst Synthy Xmas tracks that we love to hear or are desperate to avoid?

7 Soft Synths Pushing the Envelope

When you need to go beyond stale virtual analog and played out wavetables, turn to these seven soft synths pushing the envelope.

Free Thing! Acustica Audio Releases Free Version of its Gorgeous Synthesizer The Thing

Yes, Acustica Audio is giving us a free Thing, a version of its Jupiter-8 emulation.

A Touching Tribute to the OSCar and its Creator: Synth Journal

Cherry Audio releases a Polivoks filter plugin, Noise Engineering has new firmware, and Dave Spiers pays homage to the legendary OSCar and its creator.

Augmented Mallets Play – A Lovely Xmas Gift from Arturia

Joyeux Noël et bonne année from those lovely folks in Grenoble! A rather lovely free instrument can be yours right now in the shape of Augmented Mallets Play, compliments of Arturia!

Sounds and Presets: The Best Presets of 2024

This week, I take a look back through my Sounds and Presets column to pick out the best presets that we featured in 2024

Arturia MiniFreak v3.0 Update – Now With Added Granular

Arturia update their brilliant MiniFreak hybrid synthesizer to version 3.0 and give us regular and granular sampling in both the hardware and software versions.

Moog Muse Firmware Update 1.3: More chords, better performance & a review

Moog Music update the Muse firmware to v1.3! This brings system-wide latency reductions and improvements to velocity response, Diffusion Delay fidelity and Mod map behaviour.

Waldorf Blofeld Goes Soft: The Waldorf Wavetable Baddie Is Back, This Time in Software Form

First the Microwave, now the Blofeld. The Waldorf Blofeld makes the jump to software - and you can even control the hardware with it.

Best Hardware Synths of 2024: 7 Synths We Went Nuts for This Year

From massive analog polys to affordable digital delights, these are truly the best hardware synths of 2024.

Supercritical Redshift 6 – Now Available!

The Redshift 6 from Supercritical sees them branch out into desktop synthesis by making use of their existing technology, multiplied by six!

Highs and Lows of Synth Collecting: Tops and Flops

When synth collecting, not every synth can fit you like a glove. These are the best and worst synthesizers to pass through my studio.

Telepathic Instruments Orchid On Sale Soon But Will You Be Eligible for Tame Impala’s Chord Synth?

Kevin Parker’s much-anticipated Telepathic Industries Orchid will drop next week but it’s limited in number - and sales location.

7 Synths That Were Victims of Bad Timing

Too early? Too late? Here are seven synths that were victims of bad timing.