Erica Synths LXR Drum and Pērkons HD-01 each get big updates
Drum machine November continues. Erica Synths also dropped big updates for not one but two of their drum machines. Here's...
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D16’s Drumazon 2 review: a must-have 909-inspired drum machine plug-in
Polish software house D16 has been cooking something special for its flagship 909-inspired drum machine, Drumazon 2. It's an emulation...
TR-8S owners can get a free sound pack from Underground Resistance’s Recon X
If you want to be inspired to discover more futuristic potential lurking inside your everyday Roland machine, where better to...
New MPC One+ standalone: updated CPU wifi and storage, $699 – and runs AIR’s new Juno plugin
The MPC One Plus now adds WiFi and Bluetooth, 16 GB of storage, and brings this entry-level standalone up to...
Here’s Bruce McCulloch and a BOSS DR-660 for peak 90s drum machine vibes
"Check it out." It's just The Kids in the Hall's Bruch McColloch and a BOSS DR-660, "the hottest drum and...
Happy 404 Day: These sound tips reveal the SP-404MKII does more than you think
It's 404 Day - in the more-overlooked of the Roland-themed faux holidays! And what way better to celebrate than with...
This drum machine turns children’s heartbeats into music, raising visibility of kids’ heart defects
Teenage Engineering and designer Love Hultén worked together on the design for the CHD-4, a drum machine based on electrocardiograms....
Make your own drum machine: a $70 DIY creation built on Teensy
Albert Nyström shares their DIY creation - 3 months of work, one $30 Teensy 4.1 microcontroller / USB brain, a...
Elektron’s Syntakt, broken down: a box of goodness with synthesis, effects, sequencing
Syntakt, launched today, promises to be something special - all the kinds of stuff you love about Elektron boxes, with...
dublab and Elektron release a producer-packed mix, all made on — (redacted)
It's called "new sounds from a new place." It's a mix by Swedish music machine maker Elektron with LA's dublab....
