Sequential announces a new Prophet-5, a faithful reboot of one of the greatest synths of all time
“It’s not often that you get to revisit your past, retrieve some of its magic, and give it new life,” says Dave Smith
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Maschine+, Komplete 13 and Guitar Rig 6 Pro land in the Native Instruments shop, and there’s a free Maschine software update, too
It’s a busy day for NI
Teenage Engineering’s “magical” new product is the OB-4, a $599 radio and “media instrument”
Listen, record, rewind, timestretch and loop
Add wireless MIDI to your synths, drum machines and PC with Roland’s new Bluetooth adapters
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
Two new modes take your sounds to new sonic galaxies
Is Softube’s Model 72 plugin the ‘perfect’ Minimoog synth emulation?
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
Pre-order the light-up keyboard from 1 October
Zoom’s PodTrak P8 is a standalone mixer and recorder for capturing your group podcasts
You bring the chat and the contributors
Roland’s Zenology Pro plugin unlocks the Zen-Core synthesis system for sound designers
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
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
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”
"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
More than 6,500 presets from all manner of vintage synths and keyboard instruments
Sylvan Esso: "We know it’s not going well if we feel like assholes"
The US synth-pop duo on how a new studio, a love of modular and touring as a 10-piece band inspired their latest LP
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
Both get a new look and updated factory content
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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
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
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
Find out why 1988’s ‘poor man’s D-50’ was such a success
