Synthesizers
Under £1,000Used Synthesizers Under £1,000
30 synthesizers with recent used prices under £1,000, based on actual Reverb sales.
Behringer
Behringer TD-3
Analog bass synth (303 clone) • 1 VCO (saw/square) • 24dB low-pass with resonance
Korg
Korg Volca FM2
FM • 6 voices • 6 operators, 32 algorithms
Behringer
Behringer Model D
Analog monosynth • 3 VCOs • Triangle, saw (3 slopes), square, pulse
Make Noise
Make Noise Maths
Eurorack module • 20HP • 24mm
Korg
Korg Monologue
2017 • 25 slim keys (non-velocity) • 2 VCOs (saw, triangle, square + noise/sync)
Arturia
Arturia MicroFreak
4-voice paraphonic hybrid synthesizer • 25-key capacitive touch with poly aftertouch • 21 digital modes (incl. granular, sample, Mutable Instruments)
Roland
Roland JD-Xi
Analog/digital hybrid • 1 true analog mono synth • 2 SuperNATURAL polyphonic parts
Mutable Instruments
Mutable Instruments Plaits
Eurorack module • 12HP • 25mm
Korg
Korg MicroKorg
DSP analog modeling • 4 polyphonic • 37 mini keys
Mutable Instruments
Mutable Instruments Marbles
Eurorack module • 18HP • 25mm
Teenage Engineering
Teenage Engineering OP-Z
16-track sequencer synthesizer • 8 synth/sampler, 4 module, 4 lights/visuals • Multiple synth and drum engines
Roland
Roland JV-1080
1994 • 2U Rackmount • 64 voices
Korg
Korg Wavestate MKII
Wave Sequencing Synthesizer • 96 stereo voices • 37 (velocity and release-velocity sensitive)
Moog
Moog DFAM
Analog percussion synthesizer • 2 analog • Moog ladder
Korg
Korg Minilogue XD
Analog/digital hybrid • 4 voices • 2 VCO + 1 digital multi-engine per voice
Arturia
Arturia MiniFreak
6 voices (true polyphony, per-voice analog filter) • 2 per voice, 31 algorithms (wavetable, FM, granular, Karplus-Strong, speech, and more) • Analog state-variable (LP/BP/HP), self-oscillating, per voice
Ashun Sound Machines
ASM Hydrasynth Explorer
Polyphonic Digital Wave Morphing Synthesizer • 8 voices (Keyboard/Desktop/Explorer), 16 voices (Deluxe) • 3 per voice (2 WaveScan + 1 fixed wave)
Korg
Korg M1
1988 • AI (PCM sample-based) • 16 voices
Yamaha
Yamaha DX7
1983 • 6-operator FM • 32
Clavia
Clavia Nord Lead 2
Virtual Analog Synthesizer • 16 voices • 2 per voice (sine, triangle, saw, pulse + noise)
Korg
Korg ARP Odyssey
37-key Slimkey (86% size) • Duophonic (2 notes simultaneous) • 2 VCOs
Access
Access Virus B
Virtual Analog (DSP-based) • 24 voices • 16 parts
Teenage Engineering
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Portable synth/sampler workstation • 24 velocity-sensitive keys • 13 synth engines + sampler + drum sampler
Access
Access Virus TI Desktop
Virtual Analog • Variable depending on patch complexity • 16 parts
Moog
Moog Grandmother
2 analog • Classic Moog ladder 24dB • 32 full-size keys (velocity sensitive, no aftertouch)
Elektron
Elektron Digitone II
Wavetone, Swarmer, FM Tone, FM Drum • 16 polyphonic • 16 (synth or MIDI)
Access
Access Virus C
Virtual Analog (DSP-based) • 32 voices • 16 parts
Korg
Korg Prologue
Analog/digital hybrid • 8 or 16 voices • 2 VCO + 1 digital multi-engine per voice
Novation
Novation Peak
Hybrid analog/digital polysynth • 8 voices • 3 NCOs per voice + ring mod
Access Music
Access Virus TI2 Desktop
Virtual Analog Synthesizer • Up to ~100 voices (load dependent) • 3 per voice (VA, Wavetable, HyperSaw, Grain, Formant)
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Access
Access Virus A
Virtual Analog (DSP-based) • 12 voices • 16 parts
Behringer
Behringer DeepMind 12
12 voices (true analog) • 2 DCOs per voice — OSC1: saw + square/pulse (PWM); OSC2: square/pulse (tone mod) • Switchable 12/24 dB resonant analog low-pass per voice; global high-pass with bass boost
Dreadbox
Dreadbox Typhon
Monophonic analog • 2 VCOs with continuous wave morphing • 24 dB/oct resonant low-pass
Modal
Modal Cobalt8
Extended virtual-analogue (EVA) • 8 voices true polyphonic; poly-chainable to 16 • 64 high-resolution VA oscillators (up to 8 per voice), 2 independent groups, 40 algorithms
Roland
Roland Juno-X
2022 • ZEN-Core (Juno-60, Juno-106, XV-5080, RD Piano, Vocoder models) • 256 notes