Great Synthesizers is an online magazin with reviews, pictures, documents and soundfiles of analogue and digital synthesizers & related music gear
A grandiose synthesiser meeting took place in Autumn 2023. Location: Locarno, southern Switzerland, directly on Lake Maggiore and close to Italy. Strictly speaking, the Synthesiser Meeting Switzerland (STS) already has… Read More
Text: Matt Vrazo, Music: Stephane Garganigo (Barb) Quick summary of Part 1: The OB-X8 sounds like a vintage Oberheim. And it’s got all the filters (multimode SEM and CEM 3320).… Read More
The GAIA 2 hit us unprepared. Recent Roland synthesizers were boringly stuck to their never-ending Jupiter and Juno heritage, the New Sound Engine hymns of praise made us rather smile… Read More
Text: Matt Vrazo, Music: Stephane Garganigo (Barb) I’m a big Oberheim fan! At some point I’ve owned everything put out by the original incarnation of that brand (or at least… Read More
It’s been 40 years since a latecomer entered the stage of the mono synthesizer world. Of course 1983 was not the very best year to launch a “monophonic analog”! And… Read More
SUPERBOOTH23. After Part 1 of the tour we now continue with the colorful variety of the exhibition. From initially inexplicable performance parts to the beautifully designed Eurorack modules by Befaco… Read More
SUPERBOOTH23. Good weather, cozy atmosphere, old acquaintances and pleasant news! The lineup of exhibitors and instruments is enormous. On the one hand, Eurorack modules / systems dominated the action at… Read More
After 10 years of production, the time has come: The Waldorf Pulse 2 is discontinued. Launched as a reissue of the legendary Pulse from 1995, the handy desktop synth enjoyed… Read More
The 10th edition of SynthFest France is just around the corner. Many instruments, many acts, many celebrities. Joachim Garraud, for example, will perform on Saturday, April 22, 2023, starting at… Read More
Another piece of synthesizer history, this time with a foreword by Hans Zimmer. “PATCH & TWEAK with MOOG” is a remarkable summary of historical as well as modern Moog instruments.… Read More