OUR ANNUAL BUYER’S GUIDE FOR SYNTH LOVERS

If The Office taught us anything, it’s that we as a society love awards. I mean, who wouldn’t want a shiny new Dundee for their mantlepiece? So this year, we’re handing out “Synthy Awards,” our version of the Dundees, to some of the coolest products in the following categories we came up with while filter-tweaking our brains out one late Friday afternoon in the office.

So, without further ado, may I present this year’s Synthy recipients…

Most Slept-On Synth: Novation Peak

When it comes to flagship synths from the big players in the industry, the Peak has piqued our interest for years (see what we did there?) The Peak is sort of the desktop version of the Summit (which essentially packs two Peaks + more inside its chassis) but if you don’t need the keyboard and are OK with a few less voices, you owe it to yourself to get your hands on one. The amount of modulation options, tone-shaping parameters and hell, even the built-in patches are all top of class.