A sonic chameleon that excels at most sound design tasks. iPad editor for the synth engine plus Motional Surround Sound. Sensibly priced and takes up little studio space. Have to load two whole cards ...

This week on MusicRadar, we're stacking up hardware synths against their software counterparts as part of the Great Synth Showdown. In our second round, we're pitting the Roland JV-1080 sound module ...