We shared three takeaways from this month's releases. Character beats specs, with tubes, formants and analog filters back as selling points; the voice is the new frontier, with makers from LARYNX to the VC-01 treating vocal synthesis as a playable instrument; and modular is growing up, as polyphonic voices like Janus and Apollo turn the rack into a complete instrument. Across genres we see tools becoming more expressive, and the full edition is on our blog: https://xdripiawaves.com/blog/synth-waves-october-2026-new-synthesizers