The latest news, buyers' guides, tips, interviews and more from the world of synths, Eurorack modular and electronic music.
The Signal Sounds Festive Gift Guide 2025
Buyer's Guides
If you’re wondering what to get the synth-lover in your life this festive season, look no further than our gift guide! We’ve pulled out some of our favourites in a range of categories to...
November events: Arturia masterclass & synth DIY workshop
Events
For our final in-store event of 2025, Arturia’s Tom Lewis (who you may remember from the excellent Buchla event we hosted last year) will deliver a masterclass in sound design featuring...
Roundup 30 October | Polyvera, Four Seas, Time Slice and more
News
There’s a lot going on as we head into the busy season (don’t mention B**** F*****!). There are some great deals around already, including a whopping saving of £750 on the Melbourne Instruments...
Buyer’s guide: Drone synths
Buyer's Guides
When it comes to discussing the merits of drone synths, I could go on and on and on and on… But seriously, drone-focused devices do occupy a very different territory from your typical synthesiser....
Roundup 16 October | Workshop System, Vamp, No Bounds and more
News
It’s been a busy couple of weeks here, with plenty of tasty new gear arriving and loads of shop-related events on the go. Tom and Luke took a road trip to Rotherham at the weekend to set up a Signal...
Signal Sounds at No Bounds festival in Rotherham
Events
Last weekend, Luke and I took a road trip to Rotherham to set up a synth showcase as part of the No Bounds festival. Our friends Mark Fell and Rian Treanor curated a full day of music, workshops, food and...
Building community through electronic music: a conversation with Mark Fell and Rian Treanor
Interviews
Rotherham-based father and son Mark Fell and Rian Treanor are renowned musicians and artists responsible for a vast catalogue of sound art projects and installations worldwide. Their musical output spans...
Signal Sounds vs Paul Maguire: Reach for the Lasers
Events
Our next in-store event is something a little different - a visit from local artist and good friend of the shop, Paul Maguire, who’ll be presenting his MIDI2Vector software and showing how it can...
Roundup 2 October | New Make Noise, Natural Gate in stock
News
It’s all go this week with two major new products from our friends at Make Noise and a host of exciting stuff to digest from Machina Bristronica! Half the team were down in Bristol at the weekend for the...
Roundup 12 September | 3rd Wave 8M, Vostok Hive and more
News
Well, the response to Instruo’s Pocket SCION has certainly exceeded our wildest expectations - we haven’t shipped this many orders for a single product for quite some time! Stocks are just...
Signal Sounds vs ATOV | 1 October
Events
Our in-store events programme continues with a visit from our good friends Arthur and Chris of Berlin’s ATOV, makers of the lx-euclid trigger sequencer, Dual Harmonic Oscillator and 16n Faderbank,...
Roundup 28 August | Pocket SCION, new ALM & more
News
Today sees the launch of Instruo’s awesome new Pocket SCION portable biofeedback synth! Built in collaboration with Modern Biology, this lets you use small changes in the bioelectricity of organisms...