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eric asynths hexdrums
"The iconic essence of analogue electronic drums in a practical form factor": HexDrums, Erica Synths' "mutant" analogue drum machine, is available for pre-order

By Matt Mullen Published

"The industrial magic of Erica Synths techno weapons, fused with the DNA of Hexinverter’s mutant circuits"

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roland tr-808
With the TR-1000 Roland has given analogue purists what they want – so can we move on from X0X clones now?

By Si Truss Published

Roland’s latest drum machine looks great – and its ‘80s inspirations are undisputed classics – but can we agree we now have enough X0X emulations?

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Akai MPC Live III
“A truly go-anywhere production box that’s determined to keep you away from a laptop”: Akai MPC Live III review

By Si Truss Published

With massively upgraded power, expressive pads and new sequencing tools, Akai’s latest MPC is a DAW-in-a-box powerhouse

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Roland TR-1000 drum machine
Roland's TR-1000 combines analogue 808 and 909 recreations with the best parts of the TR-8S and more

By Si Truss Published

Roland's new flagship beat machine also offers stereo-sampling, loop slicing, probability sequencing and much more

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Elektron Tonverk
“Made for expansive sound design and immediate play”: Elektron Tonverk is real, and it's out now

By Si Truss Published

With automatic multi-sampling capabilities, deep sequencing and flexible track routing, Tonverk could become your new studio centrepiece

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Baby Audio Tekno
“The hardest hitting synthesized drums ever put in a plugin”: Baby Audio Tekno isn’t pulling its punches

By Si Truss Published

The US brand’s new plugin has 18 engines that combine FM, digital synthesis and circuit modelled VA

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Roger Linn MPC Live II
“Kudos to Akai’s software team”: Roger Linn uploads video that praises the MPC as “the ultimate looper”

By Will Simpson Published

He works up a track in just two minutes

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AlphaTheta Chordcat
"Inspiring sequencing ideas, paired with an underwhelming sound engine": AlphaTheta Chordcat first look

By Si Truss Published

AlphaTheta returns to the studio for a chord-focused sequencer and groovebox. We've had a preview, and have mixed feelings...

Drum Machines
Forever89 Visco 2
Visco 2.0 turns Forever89's boundary-pushing drum machine into a polysynth – hands-on

By Si Truss Published

Forever89’s free update adds a new tonal engine to its resynthesis-powered drum machine – we get hands-on

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Elektron Digitakt II
Digitakt II’s new firmware adds a major user-requested feature that sets it apart from the original

By Si Truss Published

OS 1.5 adds the long-awaited Slice machine, offering a new way to work with samples

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