We pit five of today's most powerful, flexible and versatile synth plugins against each other to find out who comes out on ...

From pint-sized Pocket Operators and Korgs, to the more robust Nektar, here are our favorite synths under $200. ... this synth features a 27-note keyboard with two octaves of sound control, ...

Capable of just about every type of sound you can imagine. It has 20 oscillators, over 100 effects, around 70 script ...

A synth keyboard often gives you more flexibility with a wheel, joystick, or other doodad to articulate your playing, but musicians are always looking for new ways to create music.

Top 20 Keyboard and Synth Parts in Rock Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the recognizable or memorable keyboard sections from the world of rock music. #20 ...

The main draw of the $1,500 System-8 is Roland's "Plug-Out" feature. With it, musicians can add the patches and sounds of old-school synths to the keyboard on the fly.

Waldorf has introduced a keyboard version of its Iridium synth. What’s more, it comes with polyphonic aftertouch. The Iridium Keyboard includes a 47-note Fatar TP/8SK keyboard, with the polyphonic ...

Which modular synthesizer is best? Modular synthesizers are one of the more elusive instruments in the modern music world, largely basing their sound on combinations of electrical signals and ...

Keyboards versus synthesizers. Most synthesizers are keyboards, although some are external units that connect to a separate MIDI controller keyboard, ...

U.K. synth-pop 101. As with many strains of music, the ’80s U.K. synth-pop scene can be traced back to David Bowie. In 1976, Thin White Duke-era Bowie released Station To Station, which ...