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“Make your music sound more like you”: Forever 89, the new company from Teenage Engineering and Ableton alumni, has released Visco, a flexible sample-modelling drum machine
By Ben Rogerson published
Sounds can grabbed, pushed and pulled using “the blob”

NAMM 2024: "The perfect practice partner"? Korg's cute new KR-11 drum machine's mission is to make beats for players, with minimum fuss
By Will Groves published
Battery-powered beat machine looks a lot of fun

Polyend Play+ review
By Martin Delaney published
Polyend’s Play was a thing of wonder but it missed one thing: synthesis. Now the Play+ comes along, with synths and a physical upgrade offer for users of the original

1010music Nanobox Razzmatazz review
By Simon Arblaster published
The Nanobox range gains a drum machine, but is it too small for making beats? We reach for our reading glasses

"It sounds like a drum machine instead of a machine playing drums - a sore disappointment": What critics said about the iconic Roland TR-909 drum machine on its release (and how they actually helped define dance music today)
By Andy Jones published
Best of 2023: If they hadn't panned the 909, you might now be dancing to a very different beat…

4 of the best new drum machines and grooveboxes in 2023
By Si Truss published
Roland's innovative, sequencer-focused SH-4d takes the crown this year, but who came runner up?

Roland’s TR-8S and TR-6S drum machines get CR-78 and 808 bass instrument sounds added for free
By Ben Rogerson published
These already excellent beatmaking boxes just got even better

Dubreq launches pocket-sized drum machine Stylophone BEAT
By Matt Mullen published
This retro-inspired beatmaker sports the same stylus-based interface as Dubreq's flagship Stylophone instrument
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