Yamaha’s modern, affordable alternative to the DX7 is the Reface DX, but we prefer Korg’s Volca FM variant. Despite its compact size, six-operator engine and three-note poly-phony, it’s easier to ...

With its latest instrument, Multi/Poly, Korg is reviving its much-loved 1980s analogue synth, in spirit if not exactly in design or sound. In much the same way that 2020’s Wavestate reworked the basic ...

FM synthesis can be notoriously tricky. For all the success of Yamaha's DX7 in the 1980s, its bafflingly mathematical system of operators and algorithms, and the seemingly endless parameter menus, ...

Presented as Yamaha's answer to the workstation, it combined multitimbral, 4-op FM synthesis with an 8-track sequencer and a sample-based rhythm machine and - a first for an FM instrument - built-in ...

FM synths have had something of a revival over the past decade. Electronic musicians are now spoiled for choice when it comes to hardware FM, with the likes of Elektron’s Digitone, Korg’s Volca FM and ...

If you're into synths and grooveboxes at all, chances are you're familiar with Elektron's Digitone. It's part of it's mid-range "Digi" line of instruments, and it's loaded with all sorts of gorgeous ...