Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Factory is an aptly-named new iPad synthesizer from SugarBytes. In fact, calling it a synth is underselling it — kind of like calling GarageBand a “tape recorder”.

South African [Afrorack] claims to have built the first home-built modular synthesiser in Africa. Whilst we can’t be sure of this (and to be frank, it doesn’t actually matter) what we can be sure of ...

Moog's 'Mother' synths – the unofficial term we're using for the company's five recent compact, Eurorack-compatible instruments – have all got a tasty $100 discount via Sweetwater this Cyber Weekend.