Sequential announces a new Prophet-5, a faithful reboot of one of the greatest synths of all time By Ben Rogerson “It’s not often that you get to revisit your past, retrieve some of its magic, and give it new life,” says Dave Smith
Maschine+, Komplete 13 and Guitar Rig 6 Pro land in the Native Instruments shop, and there’s a free Maschine software update, too By Ben Rogerson It’s a busy day for NI
Reason’s Europa synth is the first third-party plugin for Amped Studio, the online DAW By Ben Rogerson Another step forward for web-based music production
Roland adds the TR-6S and TR-06 to its drum machine line-up, and offers a TR-606 plugin as well By Ben Rogerson A little brother for the TR-8S and software and hardware emulations of an ‘80s classic
Teenage Engineering’s “magical” new product is the OB-4, a $599 radio and “media instrument” By Ben Rogerson Listen, record, rewind, timestretch and loop
Add wireless MIDI to your synths, drum machines and PC with Roland’s new Bluetooth adapters By Ben Rogerson The WM-1 and WM-1D could help you to cut down on your cables
Valhalla DSP Supermassive updated: stellar free reverb plugin is now even more out of this world By Ben Rogerson Two new modes take your sounds to new sonic galaxies
The super-cute Prophet-mini looks like a downsized Prophet-5, but will we be able to buy it? By Ben Rogerson 4 voices, 37 mini keys, battery power and built-in speakers
Is Softube’s Model 72 plugin the ‘perfect’ Minimoog synth emulation? By Ben Rogerson Is Softube’s Model 72 plugin the ‘perfect’ Minimoog synth emulation?
ROLI’s Lumi MIDI keyboard is finally set to go on sale: learn to play and use it as a polyphonic aftertouch controller By Ben Rogerson Pre-order the light-up keyboard from 1 October
Zoom’s PodTrak P8 is a standalone mixer and recorder for capturing your group podcasts By Ben Rogerson You bring the chat and the contributors
Roland’s Zenology Pro plugin unlocks the Zen-Core synthesis system for sound designers By Ben Rogerson Plus, Zenbeats 2.0 arrives with a new mobile-ready synth
Moog goes back to black with new Dark Series Grandmother and Matriarch semi-modular analogue synths By Ben Rogerson If you didn’t like the patchwork styling, try these
Behringer is considering turning classic guitar effect pedals into Eurorack modules and selling them for $29 each By Ben Rogerson Would that please guitarists, synthesists or no one at all?
House legend Derrick Carter is selling his 808, 909, 303 and a whole lot more: "I'm not a mad scientist anymore” By Ben Rogerson "I want my life to be less cluttered, less incidental, less interstitial, just more intuitive to who I am now," he says.
Save 50% on Arturia’s Analog Lab 4 plugin: get this classic keyboard anthology at an amazing price By Ben Rogerson More than 6,500 presets from all manner of vintage synths and keyboard instruments
Elektron’s Analog Four MKII synth and Analog Rytm MKII drum machine have been ‘refined, rewrought, and reborn’, but don’t call them MKIII models By Ben Rogerson Both get a new look and updated factory content
Vote now for the greatest synth player of all time! By Ben Rogerson Whose electronic keyboard prowess do you rate most highly?
No, that’s not a TR-909 you’re looking at, but it might be as close as you can get if you want to buy one By Ben Rogerson Steda Electronics’ SR-909 drum machine comes in kit form
AOM’s Nu Compressor plugin gives you a different program for every week of the year By Ben Rogerson Each of the 52 has different behaviours and sound characteristics
This free plugin version of the Kawai K1 keyboard now runs on PC, Mac and Linux By Ben Rogerson Find out why 1988’s ‘poor man’s D-50’ was such a success
Avenue Beat on having a viral TikTok hit with F2020: “If you’re sharing great music, you’ll get the fans” By Ben Rogerson “I did it in my bedroom on a random afternoon on my laptop in like an hour”
‘Leaked standalone Push 3 controller’ image is fake, says Ableton By Ben Rogerson Company says that it doesn’t recognise the ‘photo’ that’s doing the rounds
Kylie Minogue on teaching herself Logic Pro in lockdown: “If 11-year-olds can do this in their bedroom, I can figure this out" By Ben Rogerson Pop legend was forced to up her DAW game
Buy iZotope’s Breaktweaker drum machine plugin for less than €10 (and get Trash 2 and Carbon thrown in for free) By Ben Rogerson That’s quite the deal
