Every product reviewed over the last 11 issues of Computer Music (plus a few from even further back than that) gets summerised and rated here, so you can make informed decisions before you part with your cash...

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Software Synths
Platform	Product	Price	Distributor	Tel	Web	Score	Issue
PC	Dream Station	$89	Audio Simulation	n/a	www.audio-simulation.de	9	22
	A powerful, flexible, high quality soft synth and sequencer at a ridiculously low price ó unmissable!
Mac	MetaSynth 2.6	$299	UBI Software	014156264045	www.uisoftware.com	7	22
	A soft synth that converts images to sound. Fairly complex but can generate some truly fascinating noises
PC/Mac	ReBirth	£149	Arbiter	02089701909	www.steinberguk.com	8	23
	On the most-used list of many computer musicians, ReBirth is still the program against which all other soft synths are measured
PC	SynC Modular	$49	n/a	n/a	www.mtu-net.ru	5	20
	Very versatile in theory but in practice extremely confusing ó it takes hours to build a synth from scratch. For die-hards onlyÖ
PC	Tassman	$399	Applied Acoustics	n/a	www.applied-acoustics.com	8	22
	Easy to use modular synth with superb sounds, but could be a bit more sequencer-friendly