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Serum 2, Pigments 6, Phase Plant, Vital and Massive X: The ultimate soft synth showdown

As Serum 2 shakes up the competition, we pit five of the most powerful, flexible and full-featured synth plugins against each other to find out who comes out on top in 2025

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Arturia embraces NKS - and offers hardware owners free access to Native Instruments' Komplete 15 Select

Superbooth 25: With KeyLab mk3, KeyLab Essential mk3, and MiniLab soon able to browse NKS libraries, is the sound-tagging format now too big to fail?

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Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, along with five more instruments and a host of updates

V Collection 11 also features MiniBrute V, Synthx V and a redesigned SEM V, along with two new instruments in the Augmented series

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“Delivers streamlined DAW integration with an excellent hammer action keyboard”: Arturia Keylab 88 Mk3 review

Can this latest piano action controller keyboard justify its hefty price tag? Let’s find out

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Arturia releases 88-key version of the KeyLab mk3 MIDI controller keyboard with new fully-weighted hammer-action keybed

The French manufacturer's flagship MIDI keyboard gets an 88-key model with an "authentic piano feel" thanks to its Fatar TP/110 keybed

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Arturia's limited-edition DrumBrute Impact 1984 gives its analogue drum machine an '80s facelift

Orange-accented off-white stylings reimagine this boisterous budget beatmaker, originally unveiled in 2018

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“We put a lot of effort into making sound design easy and visual. And year after year, we try to emphasise this even more”: The story of Arturia’s Pigments synth, from early challenges to the “huge milestone” of version 6

Pigments’ product manager reveals how he and his team created a modern classic

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“Unprecedented sound design freedom”: Arturia launches the new feature-packed Pigments 6

If you're already a Pigments user you can get if for free

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"I own every single tape machine emulation ever released. This blew them out of the water": Arturia's Tape J-37 is an emulation of the classic Studer J37 tape machine

Arturia says Tape J-37 delivers the "iconic warmth, harmonic richness and natural compression" characteristic of Studer's legendary multitrack tape recorder

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Easy to set up, great to play and beautiful to look at: Here’s why Arturia’s KeyLab Mk3 is the premium MIDI keyboard you need in your life

The latest generation of the much-loved controller is stuffed with upgrades

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5 pro recording setup ideas: from recording bands to mixing and mastering, these recommended rigs will get the job done

A look into how the professionals work fast and smart

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Arturia’s Synthx V plugin updates “one of the most revered synthesizer architectures of a generation” with tools that offer “advanced sound design possibilities”

The French brand’s latest plugin puts a V Collection spin on the Elka Synthex

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Arturia's KeyLab MIDI controller upgraded to mk3 with new keybed, bigger screen and touch-sensitive controls

The French manufacturer's flagship MIDI controller keyboard gets an overhaul with 49- and 61-key versions of KeyLab mk3

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5 pro recording setup ideas: from recording bands to mixing and mastering, these recommended rigs will get the job done

There's a studio setup for every discipline; here's a look into how the professionals do their work

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Issue 337 of Computer Music is on sale now

Computer Music 337 issue is out now! With features including:• An in-depth Logic Pro 11 deep-dive – is it worth the upgrade? • Free Excite Audio Lifeline Lite Bundle worth £79 • INTERVIEWED: Iglooghost and Music Producers Guild Awards-winning producer Amy Sergeant • Jack Antonoff's production secrets • Charlotte de…

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5 synths that didn't get the recognition they deserved: "What if synth history had taken a different turn?"

Here are some of the underappreciated machines we could have classed as legendary...

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"It's a great synth, for sure, but $25,000 great? No chance": 5 stupidly expensive vintage synths (and how to get their sound for free)

Synthflation means you can pay nearly six figures for some of these synths (but also get most of their sounds for free)…

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"Any synth with a noise generator can be used for basic drum design": How to synthesize drums using noise

Create your own snares and hi-hats using white noise with Arturia's Pigments synth

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"Give your music the excitement it deserves": Arturia releases FX Collection 5, adding a new exciter and limiter and two EFX multi-effects

FX Collection 5 ups the total to 34 "precision-engineered effects for studio mixing and creative production"

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"The choices are endless - on every laptop you have access to every sound you could ever want. That can make creativity really hard": Sean and Isom of Foster The People on new duo Peel

Forging a close bond as two-thirds of international superstars, Foster the People, Sean Cimino and Isom Innis have embarked on a parallel life as Peel. The pair’s debut LP Acid Star showcases the breadth of their unfettered sonic ambitions…

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"Mono might, poly power": Arturia's MiniBrute V plugin reimagines the much-loved analogue monosynth with extra voices, effects and more

MiniBrute V aims to capture the brutal character of its namesake, beefing this up with seven more voices

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Superbooth 24: "This is the most expressive polyphonic analogue synthesizer ever made": Arturia unveils PolyBrute 12 with doubled polyphony and improved aftertouch

The 'brute just got twice as brutal

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"Despite the teeny tiny size it’s packing loads of useful features": Arturia MiniFuse 1 review

We put Arturia’s bite-sized budget audio interface to the test

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“An exploration of China's rich musical heritage”: Arturia’s Augmented Yangtze puts a contemporary spin on 6 classic instruments

Bass Dizi, Xiao, Pipa, Guqin, Yangqin and Erhu multisamples meet multiple synth engines

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"It's a great synth, for sure, but $25,000 great? No chance": 5 stupidly expensive vintage synths (and how to get their sound for free)

Synthlation means you can pay nearly six figures for some of these synths (but also get most of their sounds for free)…

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