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The best synths of 2026: Korg phase8 leads a strange, strong year
Our picks for the best synthesizers of 2026 so far — Korg's acoustic phase8, Modal's ELEMENT One, Behringer's JT-2 and Arturia's Memory V — with specs and prices taken straight from the manufacturers.
The 1982 acid house record that predates acid house is back in print
Light in the Attic's remastered reissue of Charanjit Singh's "Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat" is finally in listeners' hands — and on August 11 it got the national radio treatment it never got in 1982.
Roland Melody Flip is here — and it is the first AI music tool built to make you a better producer, not replace you
Roland and Sony Computer Science Laboratories just launched Melody Flip: import any audio, get instant melodic ideas, keep 100% creative control. Free trial in May 2026.