Sample machines in Elektron Digitakt 1.50: Repitch, Werp, Slice, Oneshot
Elektron has a major update for Digitakt in 1.50 -- now with Machines, as Octatrack, Model:Cycles, and Syntakt. Those bring...
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Meng Qi’s new Wingie2 firmware is inspired by the late Rob Hordijk’s Blippoo Box
Dutch designer Rob Hordijk inspired many instrument creators before his death last fall. Meng Qi is one of those moved...
Sinevibes are teasing their dense KORG oscillator – with tape wobbling
What if a custom oscillator had its own chorus-y pitch drift tape wobble effect? So far, that sounds delicious. Sinevibes...
Endlesss is making a limited-edition Beat Machine full-sized arcade cabinet
Forget buying licenses, In-App Purchases, or subscriptions. The future is a fistful of quarters and heading down to the Music...
Top 5 Creative and Quirky VST Plugins
VSTs, also known as Virtual Studio Technology, allow producers to use virtual instruments, effects, and other software-based tools within their...
Roland SH-4d polysynth: 11 models in one knob-y box with tons of extras, drums – and motion
Roland has built one packed instrument to celebrate 50 years of the company's synths. The SH-4d sports eleven synth oscillator...
endorphin.es Ground Control is now standalone, desktop MIDI+CV+gate sequencer, too
The flagship CV/gate and MIDI sequencer from endorphin.es is now available in its own "ultralight" aluminum 42HP housing - atop...
A cheat sheet for all the wild things Noise Engineering’s Mimetic Digitalis sequencer does
This graphic will definitely not reassure folks who are afraid of Eurorack buttons that have multiple functions. But there is...
1977’s Bell Labs Alles synth demo came pre-Crumar, features Laurie Spiegel cameo
In 1977, the marriage of motion pictures and telephones somehow birthed Hal Alles' Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer - an experimental...
Neutral Labs Pip module: morphable, complex LFOs designed to be paired, open & DIY
Why work in modular? A good answer: modulation. And modules are increasingly departing from more utilitarian approaches to gesture recording,...
