Keyboards

The hugely successful MiniBrute has evolved into what Arturia describe as a synthesis ‘ecosystem’, but the MiniBrute 2 and 2S aren’t just updates — they’re completely new instruments.

The Kross 2 enjoys the twin benefits of Korg’s workstation pedigree and an attractive price tag.

Thirty years after the launch of the groundbreaking D-50, Roland’s Boutique version offers the same iconic sound.

Is Hammond’s XK-5 the best lightweight ‘clonewheel’ organ money can buy?

Korg’s new stage piano might just be the best you can buy...

The Rev 2’s attractive feature set and inviting price tag could make it the most popular Prophet yet.

Are the Maschine 3 and Komplete Kontrol 2 enough to keep NI at the top of the integrated controller/software game?

M-Audio’s Hammer 88 is a fully weighted 88-note keyboard with a very attractive price tag.

The System 8 may offer ‘plug-out’ recreations of Roland classics, but it’s also a versatile synthesizer with a character all of its own.

Finnish company Soundion have revived the GEM brand to bring us a successor to the Promega 2 stage piano — the Promega 2+.

Now on its third version, the latest Nord Piano is the best one yet.

Novation’s ambitious new synthesizer brings together the best of analogue and digital.

As its name implies, the Montage combines multiple technologies within a single, powerful instrument. But does it have what it takes to be the market leader Yamaha want it to be?

Have Nektar managed to bring something unique to the crowded MIDI controller keyboard marketplace?

This fully-functional polyphonic MIDI controller offers an elegant and well-equipped case for your Eurorack modules.

M-Audio’s CTRL49 takes the Akai Advance control keyboard concept and adds DAW control.

Arturia’s MatrixBrute combines everything the company know about synthesis into one hugely ambitious machine.

The Monologue may be a cut-down version of the Minilogue, but it offers a few features its polyphonic big brother can’t match.

Behringer’s first foray into the world of synthesis always promised to be interesting, and the results do not disappoint...

How do you follow the best-selling synthesizer of all time?

Tom Oberheim hasn’t just revisited his classic Two Voice synthesizer, he’s made it even better.