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Scott’s Synth Stuff Storms Sweetwater: 2025’s Top 20 Synths Get the Rave Bunker Treatment

Strap in, synth heads – Scott’s Synth Stuff takes us on a whirlwind tour through Sweetwater’s synth mecca, cherry-picking the best (and calling out the worst) keyboards you can buy in 2025. Forget polite demos – this is a no-nonsense, hands-on, and occasionally savage rundown of poly and mono beasts from Moog, Korg, Roland, Sequential, Behringer, and more. Expect brutal honesty, cheeky jabs at mini keys, and enough gear lust to melt your credit card. If you want to know which synths slap, which ones suck, and which are just overpriced nostalgia, this is the only tour you need. But

Akai MPC Key 61, ASM Hydrasynth, Behringer Cat, Behringer DD3, Behringer Linn Drum, Behringer Model D, Behringer Neutron, Behringer Pro 1, Behringer Pro-800, Behringer RD9, Behringer Toro Pedal, Behringer UB-Xa, Behringer WAVE, Expressive E Osmose, King Korg NEO, Korg MicroKorg 2, Korg Minilogue XD, Korg Multi/Poly, Korg Volca, Korg Wavestate, Malevolent, Modal Cobalt8x, Moog Messenger, Novation Mininova, Oberheim Teo-5, Roland 06A, Roland 6S, Roland 8S, Roland Fantom-06, Roland GAIA 2, Roland Juno-X, Roland SH4, Roland TR-1000, Roland TR08, Sequential Fourm, Sequential Take 5, Yamaha MODX-M, Yamaha Reface