Collection: Chicago Synth Exchange

Modulate, orchestrate, and program your way to unknown tones! With the Chicago Synth Exchange on your side, you've got the experts and the gear to help you set up your synths, tame that mysterious modular monster, and turn out terrific tone in no time. Call, click, or stop in today for all the news and new grooves to move to. We're your key to success.

Welcome to the
Chicago Synth Exchange

Chicago Music Exchange might have started as a shop geared toward a guitar-playing clientele—but, it has since outgrown that reputation to become a destination for the whole band!

Now, just as CME’s BASSment and Chicago Drum Exchange have grown into destination locations for their respective product categories—so, too, is Chicago Synth Exchange, for all things synthesizer!

Offering a wide range of products, including some of the most popular synth models available on the market—plus brand names you won’t find anywhere else in the Midwest—Chicago Synth Exchange carries everything from electric pianos and keyboards, alike, to Eurorack modules, MIDI controllers, drum, and everything in between! 

SHOP NEW SYNTH ARRIVALS

Shop By Category:

Shop Synthesizers
Shop Drum Machines
Shop MIDI Keyboards & Controllers
Shop Eurorack
Shop Digital Pianos
Shop Cases and Gig Bags for Synths and Digital Pianos
Shop Stands for Keyboards and Synthesizers
Shop Cables for Keyboards and Synthesizers

CHICAGO SYNTH EXCHANGE | GIVEAWAYS

CHICAGO SYNTH EXCHANGE | SYNTH 101

Now introducing the Chicago Synth Exchange - Synth 101 Soundboard Blog! In addition, to our ongoing Synth 101 series of in-store seminars hosted by our resident Synth expert, which covers everything from the basics of sound synthesis to the virtually endless variety of sounds and functionalities available from synth products in the store—along with an audio demonstration, so you can hear each of the sounds you can create, yourself—we’re devoting a section of CME’s Soundboard Blog to provide an additional online resource and reference for all musicians, on the fundamentals of sound synthesis!

READ SYNTH 101 ON THE SOUNDBOARD BLOG!

HELP US, HELP YOU!

Contact us today we can help find the perfect gear to add to your own collection! Our synth experts are standing by to help guide you through the process! 

Explore Chicago Synth Exchange On The Soundboard Blog!

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Tune In, Turn Up w/ Roland & BOSS at CME!

Starting today, through July 5, you can save on tons of top-selling products from Roland and BOSS now available at Chicago Music Exchange! Featuring Roland Boutique series desktop modules like the JD-08, flagship keyboard synths like the JUNO-X, electronic drum kits and percussion sampling pads like the SPD-SX, plus a whole slew of popular BOSS pedals—including the RC-600 Loop Station pedal, Waza Craft fuzz and distortion pedals, as well as tried-and-true classics like BD-2 Blues Driver and DD-200 Digital Delay—now you can get all these items, and more, for less at CME.

READ MORE ON OUR SOUNDBOARD BLOG!

Featured Synth Video

Looking to expand the sonic range of your music with an electronic synthesizer—without breaking the bank? Synth Expert Roland Chira gives a rundown of his “Top 5 Synths for Under $500,” to help guitar players and keyboardists, alike, find out what they're looking for! Here's what he chose:
1: Moog Mavis
2: Arturia Microfreak
3: Korg MicroKorg
4: Roland JU-06A
5: Roland Boutique SE-02 Designer Series Analog Synthesizer