Arturia just launched a massive firmware update for its MiniFreak hybrid hardware synthesizer. Firmware version 2.0 brings a host of improvements and new features for avid fans of Arturia’s ...

Arturia already has a compelling low-cost analog synth in the MicroBrute. And an affordable analog drum machine in the DrumBrute Impact (that FM drum sounds bonkers). Now it's adding a digital synth ...

Arturia nails a proper Minimoog emulation on the iPad before Moog Music itself with iMini Synthesizer, a killer-sounding virtual analog synthesizer app for Apple's wildly popular tablet computer.

Coming with a two-octave keyboard, this sports a multi-wave oscillator, classic multimode filter and a range of modulation options. Other feature include the Brute Factor, which is designed to add ...

Arturia has given the "spontaneous algorithmic synthesizer" MiniFreak another firmware update. The main new feature in version 4.0.0 is that the synthesizer becomes a vocoder. To install the update, ...

Arturia's virtual historic synth collection is brilliant for composing original music, sound effects and backgrounds. And in some ways, the emulations are better than the originals. I'm old enough to ...

Here, it’s reworked to offer an audio-reactive representation of the sound on offer, designed to provide quick visual cues for the character of each preset. According to Arturia, this new Play View is ...

The Arturia V Collection 4 gives you some of the best 1970s and 1980s synthesizers in virtually identical-sounding plug-ins; it's a stellar value, and sure weighs a heck of a lot less than having to ...

Arturia has announced a new virtual synth, the OB-Xa V. The OB-Xa V is based on Oberheim's OB-Xa synth, with Arturia saying its virtual synth "recreates the fat, aggressive sound." While Arturia's ...

French audio tech company Arturia have recreated the classic Roland TB-303 for the first time as a software emulation, priced at just €99 (£85). Acid V is the first softsynth emulation of the ...

Buying hardware synths can be incredibly expensive, but this year’s National Association of Music Merchants show, NAMM, brought loads of affordable announcements from well-known companies. Almost all ...