Conclusions

t’d be easy to sum up and say ‘well there’s something for everyone here’ because most of these cheap synths have been designed with quite tight briefs in mind, so there isn’t often a lot of direct crossover. Even with all of our analog contenders, there are wildly different approaches which makes choosing one for your needs easier. If you want pure, raw analog, there is the obvious choice of the Neutron. Not only does this have the biggest, grittiest analog tone, it gives you a lesson in both standard and modular synthesis and is a great intro to the latter. For easier