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Modalics Beat Scholar: a new hyper-divisible drum machine plug-in made of pizzas

Beat Scholar promises to let you slice and re-slice with a built-in sampler and endless free subdivisions - without losing...

New Noise Engineering modules, new platform: multiband dynamics, drum kit

One of the most creative modular and software makers at the moment, Noise Engineering has two very desirable-looking modules hitting...

Liquid Sky UFO modules: wild sounds, enough space for your fingers, plant a tree

In this first teaser for Liquid Sky's instrument label, the makers promises gear that raises some great questions. Like, what...

Make Noise’s new analog oscillator comes in stereo: XPO, Stereo Prismatic Oscillator

Make Noise, the analog synth makers out of North Carolina, have always had a certain hankering for wild and wooly...

These custom keycaps give synth controls to your mechanical computer keyboard

Here is one tasty-looking custom keycap design, adding the faders, knobs, and synth-y visuals your mechanical keyboard so desperately wants....

MPC standalone updates look tasty: retro and vinyl FX and amps, probability, ratcheting, workflow

You're spoiled for choice in standalone drum machines. But Akai is leaning heavily on frequent updates - and there's plenty...

GEMA is a delay pedal effect-synth that rumbles like an earthquake, by Senyawa x Squaresolid

From Yogyakarta, Indonesia comes a glitchy, powerful delay effect unlike any other. It's a stompbox with an earthquake setting. And...

Dreadbox’s new 200€ Dysmetria kit is an insane amount of analog groove fun

My favorite thing from Superbooth, the one thing I'd pull out a wallet right away and get? It's none other...

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...