Find the right gear for you.
Patrick from Behringer put together a cool little video recreating the music from Michael Jackson’s Thriller using only Behringer gear. While talking about the drums he drops in a huge hint that Behringer could well be working on a clone of the LinnDrum drum machine that was famously used on the track. You’ll find the […]
Superbooth this year was packed with a bundle of inspiringly fabulous noise making machinery and sound shaping systems of synthesis. From those three days of chaotic, creative and very loud production demonstrations I’ve pulled my top 5 synthesizers. Soma Laboratories Pulsar-23 More drum machine than synth – or perhaps more environmental pulsating rhythm repeater than […]
Soma Labs is bringing their much anticipated Pulsar-23 drum machine to Superbooth in a couple of weeks. They’ve just released a video on YouTube to give us a flavour of what it’s about and to give us our first look at the finished product. It’s orange and awesome. Pulsar-23 I’ve been excited by the concept […]
While much of the focus has been on Behringers RD-808 clone of the classic Roland drum machine System80 released an awesome Eurorack version based on the same machine. This very cute 880 drum machine is now being developed into a desktop version. 880 Desktop System80 says that it will come with a strip of extras […]
Twisted Electrons is bringing us Deton8, a little drum machine that uses a mix of 8-bit samples and wavetable synthesis. Don’t be fooled by the size of the tiny box: It packs a lot of explosive power and comes with many good ideas. After the Crazy8 Beats sequencer and the hapiNES and uAcid8 mini synths, […]
The mysterious SP-2400 which has been chewing up bandwidth for the last couple of days has now emerged as a real product by a real company. Isla Instruments has finally come out as the people behind the renders and also has some early photos to show. SP-2400 It’s still early days and in many ways […]
Zoom’s new G1 Four and G1X Four multi-effects pedals manage to cram a boatload of effects into pedals that are, frankly, cheap as chips. These two new products may suit players on limited budgets or those looking to buy their first ever multi-effects unit. Zoom G1 Four and G1X Four After the Winter NAMM launch […]
It all feels a little bit too late but Roland has quietly registered the design and look of their classic TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 Bassline synth as trademarks. Legendary looks The look of the 808 and 303 are iconic and instantly recognisable. And that design has found itself in everything from t-shirts and mugs […]
Every once in a while, a cool-looking drum machine/rompler with a big ol’ sample library shows up in aid of producers struggling to nail their beats. TRAX by Producer Spot is 2019’s first of this kind, I think. And, tell you what, it’s a sweet-looking plug-in. Styled like a hardware drum machine, it comes complete […]
In an upcoming update to Serato DJ Pro, most new TR drum machines (TR-8, TR-8S, TR-08, or TR-09) will be able to automatically sync with the DJ software’s BPM. The post TR-SYNC: Serato DJ Pro Adding Roland Drum Machine BPM Syncing appeared first on DJ TechTools. Read More