Best Synthesizers 2024 (September)

What madness is this? There are so many great synthesizers around at the moment; how can I possibly decide which are the best ones? Well, I have. Through the power of my great synthiness I have decreed that these eight (or nine) synthesizers will forever (for a while at least) be known as the "BEST."

The synths in this list are programmable, tweakable and playable synthesizer instruments that bring something special to the synth-game right now. I've avoided big synth workstations, clones or replicas because, for me, they don't really capture the essence of the synth as an innovative and post-modern artefact. Feel free to add your choices in the comments, but deep down in that secret dark place, you know I'm right :D

This is an expansion of my work over at CareersInMusic.com and based on this article: https://www.careersinmusic.com/best-s...

Here's the list (in no particular order) and index of chapters; my reasons are all in the video. If you fancy buying one of these synths, please consider using my affiliate links, which support this channel regardless of what you end up buying.

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Index:
Intro - 0:00
Moog Muse - 3:25
Sequential Take 5 - 8:59
UDO Audio Super Gemini - 13:42
Arturia Polybrute 12 - 18:21
Oberheim TEO- 5 - 23:24
Arturia Minifreak - 27:41
Pittsburgh Modular Taiga Keyboard - 31:47
PWM Mantis - 37:30
Conclusions - 42:06
BONUS SYNTH - Elta Music Solar 42 - 43:18

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