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Polyend Loop looper pedal
Polyend Loop is part looper pedal, part drum machine and comes stocked with over 100 effects

By Si Truss Published

The Polish brand’s latest is a four-track MIDI-syncable "idea machine" aimed at guitarists and electronic musicians alike

Guitar Pedals
Learn from a techno legend: Kevin Saunderson to give a Roland 909 workshop live from Detroit tomorrow

By Beth Simpson Published

Tutorial will include sequencing, sound shaping, and performance techniques

Drum Machines
1010music Blackbox 2
1010music Blackbox 2 adds a better screen, onboard battery and USB audio streaming

By Si Truss Published

Upgraded with better controls, new features and a “more elegant” workflow, Blackbox 2 is now shipping

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Roland TR-808
For 808 Day, 13 iconic Roland TR-808 tracks that made a legend

By Si Truss, Ben Rogerson Published

808-featuring cuts from boundary-pushing artists, from Kraftwerk and Marvin Gaye to Aphex Twin and New Order

Drum Machines
Vermona Drumding drum machine
Vermona drumDING is a hybrid drum machine designed to sample itself – and it’s available to pre-order now

By Si Truss Published

drumDING combines a single analogue drum voice with flexible internal sampling and sequencing – and it’s available to pre-order now

Drum Machines
GForce Software DMX
Want crispy, retro digital drum machine sounds? Here’s our top picks of the plugin options that emulate the pioneering classics

By Roland Schmidt Published

Despite low-quality sample rates, vintage digital drum machines remain a production constant. We hook-up three of the best, and recommend their plugin counterparts

Drum Machines
Roland 808
The best plugins for re-creating the grit and punch of classic analogue drum machines

By Roland Schmidt Published

If you love the sound of an analog drum machine, but don’t want to splash-out on vintage hardware, here’s our pick of the best vintage machines, in hardware and software form

Drum Machines
Akai MPC Key 37 G2
“The most powerful MPC we have built at these prices": Akai’s MPC One and MPC Key 37 get G2 upgrades

By Si Truss Published

The affordable MPC One and its keyboard counterpart get upgraded CPUs and more storage, but no MPCe pads

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Portrait taken on September 13, 1982 shows British singer and drummer Phil Collins. Phil Collins combined his career as a drummer and singer with the band Genesis and a successful solo career.
Phil Collins says that he gave away his Roland CR-78 then had to ask for it back

By Ben Rogerson Published

“It was very basic. It was really a cocktail drum machine, you know, for people that play piano in bars”

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Superbooth 2026: all the latest synth news from Berlin - LIVE!

By The MusicRadar Team Last updated

Knob tweakers, assemble! Europe's most exciting synth showcase is upon us

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