A keyboard gig bag was strapped on her back with her Nord Lead A1 analog modeling synthesizer, a versatile instrument loaded with her programmed patches. Its buzzy, modular sound started the show ...

NAMM 2025: Korg’s Multi/Poly was one of our favourite new synths of last year. Loosely inspired by the company’s classic Mono/Poly analogue synth, the Multi/Poly is a multi-timbral digital polysynth ...

but because it requires rummaging around and faffing about repatching cables in order to even hear it, you tell yourself that it’s not worth the hassle and instead lean on that same soft synth preset ...