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Arturia FX Collection 6
Plugins

Arturia FX Collection 6 review: Efx Ambient, Pitch Shifter-910, and 37 more effects plugins

February 19, 2026 Synth Anatomy 0

Arturia takes its massive FX Collection to level 6 with more reimagined classics, original sound processors, & unmissable studio helpers When discussing Arturia synthesizer plugins, the V Collection quickly comes up, which bundles all plugins […]

AudioKit Pro Super J8 review
iOS

AudioKit Pro Super J8 review: a Jupiter-8-like Synthesizer for your iPhone and iPad

February 16, 2026 Synth Anatomy 3

Review: AudioKit Pro Super J8 is the first Roland Jupiter-8 Synthesizer emulation that you can play on-the-go on your iPhone and iPad. The Roland Jupiter-8 is a classic. It’s also a classic among plugin developers. […]

Thomann ComboRack Review
Hardware

Thomann ComboRack review: finally, the Synthesizer shelf we’ve been waiting for? Hardware Update

February 14, 2026 Synth Anatomy 26

Thomann ComboRack is a new keyboard furniture with a pull-out shelf; this review will answer whether it’s a must-have. Check the point: Update 2 for the latest hardware update A keyboard synth here, a desktop […]

Waldorf Attack 3
Plugins

Waldorf Attack 3 review: classic drum Synthesizer plugin taken to 2026

February 13, 2026 Synth Anatomy 3

Review: With Attack 3, Waldorf brings its percussive Synthesizer plugin back to the focus with smoother control, expanded synthesis, and greater flexibility.  Waldorf synthesizers are directly associated with wavetables. However, over the company’s long history, […]

Cherry Audio SH-Max
Plugins

Cherry Audio SH-MAX review: three classic Roland SH synths reborn as a plugin

February 10, 2026 Synth Anatomy 7

Review: Cherry Audio SH-MAX revives the Roland SH-5, SH-7, and SH-3A and melts them into a new analog-modeling synth plugin. The Roland SH series has a long history. It began in 1972 with the SH-1000, […]

Waldorf Protein review
Hardware

Waldorf Protein review: a modern desktop wavetable synth with an 8-bit soul

February 6, 2026 Synth Anatomy 10

The Protein marks the first Waldorf desktop wavetable Synthesizer in the budget segment in many years; this review will show whether it’s good In the past years, Waldorf Music has focused on producing premium flagship instruments, […]

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer review
Hardware

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer review with synths: a hands-on granular multi-FX pedal

February 3, 2026 Synth Anatomy 3

Developed in collaboration with guitarist Yvette Young, the Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer is a hands-on granular multi-effects pedal designed for dreamy soundscapes. This review explores whether it delivers on that promise. Granular synthesis is a […]

ESI Xsynth review
Hardware

ESI Xsynth review: super-slim all-in-one MIDI keyboard with polysynth

February 1, 2026 Synth Anatomy 4

ESI Xsynth review: this super-slim keyboard packs everything you actually need—a MIDI controller, polyAT keys,  an audio interface, and a polysynth. There was a time when companies offered MIDI keyboards with built-in synthesizers and audio […]

Arturia Pigments 7 review
News

Arturia Pigments 7 review: a character upgrade for the flagship Synthesizer plugin

December 16, 2025 Synth Anatomy 6

Arturia Pigments 7: New features bring a lot of colorful character and spice to the modern flagship synth as a free update. The year 2025 began with the NAMM coverage and a flagship synth update. […]

Update 1.2
iOS

Elastic OSC 1.2: iOS polysynth with automatable MI algorithms now with LFO support Review: iOS polysynth takes the Mutable Instruments algorithms on a wild trip

December 11, 2025 Synth Anatomy 5

Elastic OSC is the latest Synthesizer app from developer Oliver Greschke that takes the Mutable Instruments algorithms on a wild, modulating trip. Elastic OSC, the Synthesizer app that lets you take Mutable Instruments Plaits on […]

Native Instruments Absynth 6 review
Plugins

Native Instruments Absynth 6 review: the beautiful weird soundscape Synthesizer is back

December 9, 2025 Synth Anatomy 4

With Absynth 6, Native Instruments resurrects its popular soundscape Synthesizer and makes it available to modern producers in an evolved form: review. The leak that appeared online a few days ago is accurate. Native Instruments […]

Cherry Audio Mercury-8
News

Cherry Audio Mercury-8 review: Roland Jupiter 8 emulation completes the Mercury plugin series

November 25, 2025 Synth Anatomy 6

Cherry Audio Mercury-8 is a new, authentic Roland Jupiter-8 emulation that completes the Mercury plugin collection. Here is a review. The original vintage Roland Jupiter series consisted of four prominent synthesizers: the Jupiter-4, Jupiter-6, and […]

AudioThing B00GA review
News

AudioThing B00ga review, Hainbach’s new plugin turns microsounds into rhythms and drones

November 18, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Review: AudioThing B00GA, the latest Hainbach collaboration, is a plugin that turns microsounds into beautiful, weird rhythms and drones. When you think of electronic rhythms, you immediately recall various XOX drum machines, such as the […]

Donner Essential L1 review
Hardware

Donner Essential L1 review: Roland SH-101 Synthesizer clone with modern extras

November 10, 2025 Synth Anatomy 6

With the Essential L1, Donner has created a great-sounding Roland SH-101 clone that, unfortunately, falls short of perfection – here is the review and sound demo. Many companies recreate vintage analog synths. However, Behringer was […]

Arturia Keystep mk2 review
Hardware

Arturia Keystep mk2 review: all-time favorite MIDI sequencer now on mutating, evolving paths

November 4, 2025 Synth Anatomy 17

Arturia Keystep mk2: the all-time favorite MIDI sequencer, completely redesigned with an enhanced arpeggiator and sequencer with mutations… When Arturia released the Keystep in 2016, it was a novel product that no one had made […]

Korg Collection 6 review
News

Korg Collection 6 review: new synth plugins PS-3300, Trinity, and SGX-2 piano

October 28, 2025 Synth Anatomy 14

Korg Collection 6 review: The 6th version adds high-quality emulations of the PS-3300 and Trinity, as well as the Kronos Piano engine SGX-2 Companies often bundle their software products to appeal to customers. Arturia offers […]

Cherry Audio Trident MkIII review
News

Cherry Audio Trident MkIII review and sound demo: Korg Trident emulation (1981)

October 8, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Cherry Audio Trident MkIII is an authentic souped-up emulation of the Korg Trident MkI/MkII multi-timbral Synthesizer from 1981 – review. The Japanese company has a long history of Synthesizer development. Many of their vintage synths […]

News

Arturia V Collection 11 review: synth bundle with 45 plugins gets the best upgrade in a long time Arturia V Collection 11 Intro is out now

September 24, 2025 Synth Anatomy 15

Arturia V Collection 11: synth bundle now packs an impressive set of 45 virtual instruments, including the new JUP-8000 V and Pure LoFI. Last April, Arturia released the V Collection 11, which, in my opinion, […]

Native Instruments Kontakt 8.6
News

Native Instruments Kontakt 8: free update 8.6 adds six new MIDI tools

August 20, 2025 Synth Anatomy 7

Native Instruments Kontakt 8 just got a free update to version 8.6 with six new MIDI tools and other improvements. After an exciting first half-year update for Kontakt 8 with plenty of new features, there […]

Cherry Audio Crumar Spirit
Plugins

Cherry Audio Crumar Spirit review & sound demo: Bob Moog’s Italian synth in a plugin

August 19, 2025 Synth Anatomy 2

Cherry Audio teams up with Crumar to revive Bob Moog’s designed Spirit Synthesizer as a plugin for your DAW: full review + sound demo. Robert Arthur Moog, known as Bob Moog, was an electronic music […]

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