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Former Arturia V Collection developer releases Polaris, a fast and furious Android music-making app that embraces the trend for ‘DAW-less’ beatmaking

Six-track groovebox offers sample and synth engines and step modulation

MusicRadar · Apr 10, 2024

Meet AstroLab, Arturia's greatest hits in a stage keyboard: 34 instruments, 10 synth engines and 1300 presets

This 61-key, semi-weighted keyboard takes the best of the company's revered collection of software and puts it on the stage

MusicRadar · Apr 9, 2024

"It puts ease-of-use, speed and versatility ahead of sound design depth – at least when it comes to the hardware": Arturia AstroLab review

Those hoping for the full V Collection experience in hardware form might be disappointed. But, as we discover, AstroLab’s simplicity is its biggest selling point

MusicRadar · Apr 9, 2024

6 vintage polysynth emulations we recommend for authentic analogue tones: "The UI looks so real that you can almost smell the wood varnish"

We stack up six excellent emulations of classic polys for your consideration

MusicRadar · Mar 19, 2024

6 of the best software polysynths of 2024 so far: "Kult stands out from most of our choices by trying very deliberately to do something different"

We survey the most impressive soft synths that have caught our eyes (and ears) this year

MusicRadar · Mar 19, 2024

The Great Synth Showdown: Sequential Prophet-5 Rev 4 hardware vs Arturia Prophet-5 V

The first round in our polyphonic hardware vs software shoot-out

MusicRadar · Mar 14, 2024

The ultimate guide to modern dynamics processors: "Where does this technology go from here? Have we pushed it to its potential, or is there more to come?"

Get to grips with the latest compression, gating and hitherto uncategorisable dynamics processors with our guide

MusicRadar · Mar 11, 2024

‘Synth map of the world’ reveals that Roland and Behringer dominate other brands when it comes to Google searches

Roland is number one in 73 countries, while Behringer leads the way in 33

MusicRadar · Mar 4, 2024

Arturia expands the KeyLab Essential mk3 range with a new 88-note controller keyboard: "A new standard for stripped-back, multi-octave MIDI control"

This full-sized 88-key controller keyboard boasts the same updated feature set as its 49 and 61-key cousins

MusicRadar · Feb 22, 2024

“The potential to create any and every conceivable character of distortion”: BLEASS Fusion review

Distortion is a very broad church, spanning a huge range of effects and sounds. BLEASS’ innovative tool lets you delve into them all

MusicRadar · Feb 14, 2024