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
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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
Vote now for the greatest synth player of all time!
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
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
12 synths that could have been classics, but weren’t
Inventive and potentially inspiring, these are the often-innovative electronic instruments never received the love they deserved
‘Leaked standalone Push 3 controller’ image is fake, says Ableton
Company says that it doesn’t recognise the ‘photo’ that’s doing the rounds
Buy iZotope’s Breaktweaker drum machine plugin for less than €10 (and get Trash 2 and Carbon thrown in for free)
That’s quite the deal
Behringer takes the Sequential Prophet-600 synth “to the next level” with the Pro-800 reboot
It loses the keyboard but gets extra voices and new features
Roland’s Fantom 2.0 synth workstation update lets you sample directly to the keyboard
Plus, new effects, sequencing options and performance features
deadmau5 gets his own signature Subpac strap-on subwoofer
Limited-edition bass vest promises “enhanced vibratory field and impact”
