Latest about Drum Machines
With the TR-1000 Roland has given analogue purists what they want – so can we move on from X0X clones now?
Roland’s latest drum machine looks great – and its ‘80s inspirations are undisputed classics – but can we agree we now have enough X0X emulations?
“A truly go-anywhere production box that’s determined to keep you away from a laptop”: Akai MPC Live III review
With massively upgraded power, expressive pads and new sequencing tools, Akai’s latest MPC is a DAW-in-a-box powerhouse
Roland's TR-1000 combines analogue 808 and 909 recreations with the best parts of the TR-8S and more
Roland's new flagship beat machine also offers stereo-sampling, loop slicing, probability sequencing and much more
“Made for expansive sound design and immediate play”: Elektron Tonverk is real, and it's out now
With automatic multi-sampling capabilities, deep sequencing and flexible track routing, Tonverk could become your new studio centrepiece
“The hardest hitting synthesized drums ever put in a plugin”: Baby Audio Tekno isn’t pulling its punches
The US brand’s new plugin has 18 engines that combine FM, digital synthesis and circuit modelled VA
“Kudos to Akai’s software team”: Roger Linn uploads video that praises the MPC as “the ultimate looper”
He works up a track in just two minutes
"Inspiring sequencing ideas, paired with an underwhelming sound engine": AlphaTheta Chordcat first look
AlphaTheta returns to the studio for a chord-focused sequencer and groovebox. We've had a preview, and have mixed feelings...
Visco 2.0 turns Forever89's boundary-pushing drum machine into a polysynth – hands-on
Forever89’s free update adds a new tonal engine to its resynthesis-powered drum machine – we get hands-on
