ReasonBanks has released Analogue Monsters 3, a ReFill based on 5 GB multisamples of these analog synths:

Alesis Andromeda A6
Korg MonoPoly
Korg MS-20
Korg Poly800 MKII
Moog Prodigy
Oberheim Matrix-1000
Roland Juno-60
Roland Jupiter 4
Studio Electronics SE-1X
Waldorf Microwave XT

Analogue Monsters 3 Features:

Combinator bank: 200 patches in 9 categories.
NN-XT Bank: 1243 patches in 11 categories.
NN-19 Bank: 606 patches, for compability reason.
Redrum Kits: 12 [...]

Arturia has created a interesting video on the CS-80 and its history. It looks at the synth’s features, famous users, CS-80 recordings, and uses this as a starting point for introducing Arturia’s CS-80V.

2007 Winter NAMM Show: M-Audio announced the new Virtual String Machine software instrument developed by partner GForce. The new virtual instrument brings the sounds of over a dozen vintage string synthesizers to today’s Macs and PCs.
GForce could have called this the “G-String”…..but they must have thought that “Virtual String Machine” just sounded a lot more [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Arturia announced the Jupiter-8V, a software recreation of Roland’s famous Jupiter-8 which was in production from 1981 to 1984.
The Jupiter-8 was a synth that not only inspired a generation of musicians ranging from Prince to Howard Jones, from Depeche Mode to Moby, it was also a unique machine that offered [...]

Puremagnetik has gone back to the golden age of string synthesis and recaptured the sounds of 4 legendary instruments. String Machines contains over 250MB of lush sounds recorded directly from the classic stringers of the 1970’s. But it doesn’t stop with strings. These analog legends had amazing organs, lush choirs, brass and pianos - all [...]

NAMM 2005: Way Out Ware introduced the TimewARP 2600 plug-in, a virtual recreation of the Arp 2600. The first release of the TimewARP 2600 is an RTAS plug-in and runs under Digidesign Pro Tools 6.1 and later versions, on either Apple OSX or Windows XP and is available at http://www.wayoutware.com.
Future platforms including TDM, Audio Unit, [...]

One of the most unique releases of 2004 for vintage synth fans is GMedia’s Vintage Synth Trumps, a card game that features 52 classic synths.
GMedia calls Vintage Synth Trumps a deadly serious card game for vintage synth enthusiasts. The deck featuring 52 classic instruments and lets you test your knowledge and settle those arguments once [...]

Synapse Audio has introduced Poly-850, a virtual instrument for Windows VST and DXi hosts. The Poly-850 is a VSTi / DXi synthesizer plug-in, which started out as an emulation of a vintage synth, but went beyond that by adding a several improvements and new features over the original.
The concept of the Poly-850 is simple: 2 [...]

Korg has introduced the Legacy Collection, a virtual instrument/effects pack that offers software synthesizer versions of classic hardware synthesizers. It includes virtual analog versions of the popular MS-20 and Polysix analog synthesizers, and the Wavestation advanced vector synthesizer. The coolest feature, though, may be the special-edition MS-20 Hardware Controller.
Korg’s CMT (Component Modeling Technology) models the [...]

What can you do with some worthless old computer equipment when you have too much time on your hands?
This site shows that you can do a lot, if the worthless old computer is a Commodore 64. Back in the days, the Commodore 64 was one of the first personal computers. They were popular before Apple [...]

by Mark Vail
There are many books about synthesizers and electronic music, but Mark Vail’s Vintage Synthesizers is one of the best.
Vintage Synthesizers collects articles originally written for Keyboard magazine by Vail and others. The articles cover notable synthesizers and the companies behind them. In doing so, Vail tells the stories of the people that created [...]