Reader Peter Forrest relates his delightful tales of woe.

A list of "classic" analogue synths could not be complete without Oberheim's OBXa. Peter Forrest reminisces about an instrument that won the hearts of many musicians.

Yamaha CS80

Once infamous as a roadie's nightmare, the CS80 has settled in synth history as an instrument of almost unmatched character. Peter Forrest rediscovers the pain and the pleasure.

It should have been the prince of polysynths, but it flopped. Peter Forrest looks back at the disappointment that accompanied the Polymoog and offers the '90s perspective.

Moog Multimoog

In trying to follow the immortal Minimoog, Moog produced a series of innovative mono synths. Peter Forrest & Tim Goodyer revive two of the best.

In the days before Roland established their reputation for consistently delivering the goods, they turned out some weird and wonderful synths. Peter Forrest lifts the dust cover on the old SH7 monosynth.

Moog Series III

Moog's musical mountain - re-appraised

The missing sync?

The vintage advantage

The Clavinet revisited

Sound Module

Take 20 classic keyboards into the shower? Now you can just trigger and go with E-mu's Vintage Keys sound module, provider of sampled keyboard sounds from the Minimoog to the Mellotron. But who would you have in goal?, asks Peter Forrest

Bob Williams has one of the finest collections of analogue synthesisers in the world, and cherishes them with a care that would make the Science Museum blush. Peter Forrest crosses hill and dale to Cornwall to take a long, loving look, and uncovers a whole network of Moog and Mellotron devotees. Whatever next - 'The Antique Rhodes Show'?

Looking for the hardest, heaviest, thickest and fattest analogue synth line? Strictly monophonic? Step this way, because Peter Forrest is about to unveil his unique guide to the analogue synthesiser’s unique feature: Unison Mode, in which all the oscillators gang together and hit you over the head

Introducing MT's unique encyclopedia of analogue synthesisers: part 1, Akai to ARP

Part 2, ARP to Buchla. Buchla? Yep, Buchla

Edited by Mark Vail, Miller Freeman Books

Vintage Synthesizers edited by Mark Vail. An American book celebrating the classics

Part 3, Chadacre to Crumar

This month: the Crumar Roadracer to the Dubreq Stylophone! Peter Forrest is your guide

This month, Electronic Dream Plant to Elka.

This month, Elka Eminent to Everitt Orgatron.

filter bank

The filters that launched a thousand analogue synth lines.

This month: Farfisa to Fuller.

Part 8 - GEM to Groove Electronics.

Part 9 - Hammond to Hanert.