The full index
25 machines, 12 brands, six decades. Pick a type, jump to a brand, or wander — everything links to a spec page.
By type
Analog polysynths ↗ Warm chords and pads — Junos, Prophets, Oberheims. 7 SYNTHS Monosynths ↗ Bass and lead machines, one glorious voice at a time. 4 SYNTHS FM & digital ↗ Operators, algorithms, and glassy 80s brilliance. 2 SYNTHS Wavetable ↗ Morphing timbres from PPG to modern flagships. 2 SYNTHS Modular & semi-modular ↗ Patch cables, happy accidents, no presets. 3 SYNTHS Drum machines ↗ From the 808 to today's sample groove kings. 3 SYNTHS Grooveboxes & samplers ↗ Whole tracks from one box on the kitchen table. 3 SYNTHS String machines & organs ↗ The lush ensembles that carried disco and krautrock. 2 SYNTHS
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