SYNTH WEEK 2026: With the physical constraints of hardware - as well as the cost, weight, size and how much power they use - removed, it's safe to say that today's modern synth plugin designers have got it easy compared to Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Wolfgang Palm, and the rest of the pantheon of synth-building legends.
And while the old classics were borne of their ability to strike a perfect balance between capability and practicality, there are no such rules to obey today. Yesterday's synth heroes worked in the physical world, discovering and sourcing new components and getting them all in one place to work together reliably.
