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MIDI Polyphonic Expression has been updated with one powerful feature: better documentation

At the beginning of May, The MIDI Association quietly announced MPE 1.1. What's new? Absolutely nothing. It's the same spec....

Polyend Play looks like beauty in simplicity – for utterly fast grid-based music making

A grid, sequencing, standalone operation - Polyend's new Play, previewed at Superbooth, now looks like a familiar concept. But what...

Bastl’s delicious Pizza: waveshaping meets FM for a tasty modular oscillator

That'll be just the right toppings. The latest from our friends at Bastl Instruments is an 8HP digital oscillator with...

Hands-on tour of the Oberheim OB-X8 architecture, feature by feature, with Francis Preve

The first new Oberheim instrument in 35 years is something special. So let's get an exclusive tour of what this...

Oberheim is back with OB-X8, combining three 1980s legends into one analog polysynth

Do call it a comeback. Oberheim returns to the world of synthesizers – both for those who love the name,...

Roland’s AIRA Compact: bite-sized versions of TR drum machine, JUNO-60 synth, vocal FX

They're smaller and cheaper than the Boutique series and first-gen AIRA, they're battery-powered, and they pack a surprising amount of...

Percussa’s SSP Eurorack powerhouse does 3D, plugins, SDK – and kind of everything

It's a modular in a modular. It's a multitrack recorder. It's a multi-channel audio interface. It's a hub for CV....

Superbooth: SOMA Labs shows off microtonal TERRA synthesizer, packed with sensors

SOMA Labs has now revealed the outcome of some of the experiments they've been doing with pitch - the new...