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Final production on the Isla Instruments SP 2400 is still some way off as they are not estimating delivery until the end of the year. But they’ve decided to open up preorders for people who want to get their money down on this exciting evolution of “the greatest drum machine the world ever saw”. SP […]
We saw this powerful little beat making box at Superbooth and now you can have one of your own. The UNO Drum is cute, portable, easy going and available right now. UNO Drum IK Multimedia have aced it with this one. Most of the attention around drum machines focuses on the will-it-ever-arrive RD-808 and the […]
Following on from the A-Series of MIDI controller keyboards Native Instruments has introduced the Komplete Kontrol M32. It’s portable, compact and full of NKS magic. Komplete Kontrol M32 Into its very compact form they’ve squeezed 32 “synth-action” keys, 2 touch strips, 8 touch-sensitive control knobs, 1 extra knobby 4-way push encoder, a bunch of buttons and an […]
Fase Lunare has come up with an expandable DIY drum machine they are calling Shapeshifter. The Open Source, Teensy based project is also Open Hardware and has an integrated breadboard to encourage experimentation and the development of expansion boards. Shapeshifter With the basic firmware it features 4 voices and 16 samples per voice. Each drum […]
We saw this drum machine at Superbooth back in May. Tanzbar 2 contains both analog and digital drum sounds and a sneaky analog bass synthesizer all run by an advanced step sequencer. Tanzbar 2 The hybrid nature came about through a desire to build in more versatility. 7 analog drum sounds make it across from […]
New version 1.2 of Korg Gadget on the Nintendo Switch includes up to 4 players multiplayer composition mode and a cool new song transfer feature. Korg Gadget 1.2 They call it “Co-composing” or “competitive multiplaying”. The co-composing bit I get, but competitive drum machine programming? What’s that about? Anyway, with the 1.2 update you and […]
Without even the tiniest ripple of surprise Behringer announce their TR-909 clone, the RD-909 Rhythm Designer, on 909 Day. RD-909 Honestly, I’m glad someone pulled something out of the bag on 909 Day. I think we might have to give the whole 808 and 909 Day thing a rest, it’s become loaded with unhelpful expectations. Roland […]
Arturia has a new drum machine poised for announcement. Leaked ahead of the official release this Thursday, DrumBrute Impact is a compact version of their popular DrumBrute muscle-bound drum machine. It may be smaller but there’s no doubt that this thing is going to pack a percussive punch every bit as powerful as its bigger […]
In a slightly unexpected move, Google has released details of NSynth Super experimental physical interface for the NSynth algorithm. Unexpected in that I hadn’t imagined Google moving into hardware synthesis, but only “slightly” because they’ve demonstrated an interest via their work with Web MIDI in Google chrome and their various musically interactive Google doodles. So, what is […]
After a thankfully short tease campaign, Roland has revealed their latest AIRA device. I give you the welcome if not extraordinary TR-8S Rhythm Performer. Roland TR-8S Yeah, I know, I was hoping for something new and devastatingly exciting as well but instead, we get a sampler version of the TR-8. Don’t get me wrong, that’s awesome, […]