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1010music Bento
“Designed to become the brain of your setup”: 1010music Bento is an all-in-one DAW in a box

By Si Truss Published

Superbooth 2025: The new flagship sampler features a touchscreen, onboard battery and plenty of I/O

Samplers
Erica Synths HexDrums
Hexinverter's analogue drum machine never happened, but Erica Synths' HexDrums is set to put that right

By Ben Rogerson Published

Superbooth 25: It’s infused with Mutant Drum DNA

Drum Machines
Ableton Move 1.5
Ableton drops 1.5 update for Move, adding sample slicing, improved MIDI I/O and a new Auto-Filter device

By Si Truss Published

Superbooth 25: The standalone Live companion gets its biggest overhaul since launch – join the public beta now

Digital Audio Workstation
Sonicware CyDrums
“Do you dare to ditch those ‘normal’ beats in favour of hands-on tweaking and extreme sounds? Of course, you do”: Sonicware CyDrums review

By Andy Jones Published

As many beats and blips as you need, and as much sound-design depth as you dare to dive into

Drum Machines
Maschine 3.1
NI update Maschine to 3.1 adding user chords, full screen mode, and clarifying compatibility

By Daniel Griffiths Published

Maschine has been expanding in all directions recently with not all users feeling the benefit. Now 3.1 aims to clear the way

Midi Controllers
GForce Software IconDrum
“The perfect environment for creating iconic drum sounds, which have scope to move beyond their original sonic remit”: GForce Software IconDrum review

By Roland Schmidt Published

In the return of an Iconoclastic instrument, GForce revisits one of the most influential drum machines of the ’80s, and beyond

Plugins
Cherry Audio KR-55C
"Potential for Aphex-style bleeps and mayhem": Cherry Audio KR-55C Software Drum Machine

By Roland Schmidt Published

Steppin’ Out with Cherry Audio’s post-punk beatbox that provides more than a few surprises

Plugins
Robin Gibb
How a lone Bee Gee became the first person to use a drum machine on a pop hit

By Andy Price Published

When it hit the chart in 1969, it was the first exposure the record buying public had to an electronic beat

Artists
arturia
Arturia's limited-edition DrumBrute Impact 1984 gives its analogue drum machine an '80s facelift

By Matt Mullen Published

Orange-accented off-white stylings reimagine this boisterous budget beatmaker, originally unveiled in 2018

Tech
rd-78
Behringer releases RD-78, a $199 Roland CR-78 clone that promises to "bring the magic of the '70s and '80s back to life"

By Matt Mullen Published

RD-78 squeezes the classic analogue CR-78 sounds into a modern, compact and super-affordable drum machine

Tech
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