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Build quality is a big step up from the Monotron - everything feels tight/sturdy and ready for some serious abuse!

Korg Volca Keys

By Dan 'JD73' Goldman published

A first look at one of the eagerly awaited Volca Series synths

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The MPC Studio's brushed aluminium case looks slick and the pads feel much the same as the Renaissance and are no less responsive

Akai MPC Studio

By Dan 'JD73' Goldman published

Like the flagship Renaissance, the slimline MPC Studio wants to take control of the new MPC software

Analogue Synths
Barring the colour scheme, the XL+ looks virtually identical to its predecessor

Korg microKorg XL+

By Greg Scarth published

Can the latest incarnation of Korg's all-conquering microKorg range live up to its impressive family legacy?

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Akai has entered the world of the hardware-plus-software beat machine with the new MPC line

Akai MPC Renaissance

By Dan Goldman published

The latest MPC mates a hardware controller with new software

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The Arturia MiniBrute features two LFOs - one dedicated to vibrato another more flexible for broader modulation duties. It can also synchronise itself with the arpeggiator.

Arturia MiniBrute

By Bruce Aisher published

Arturia might be famous for software emulations of classic analogue synths, but no one expected it to release a 'real' one. We get noodling…

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The Leipzig-S's eight-step analogue sequencer is great for making filtered patterns, evolving textures, melody lines and clangorous noise fests!

Analogue Solutions Leipzig-S

By Dan 'JD73' Goldman published

Tom Carpenter's revised Leipzig now includes a sequencer. We get stuck in…

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The Lab is a great tool for idea creation.

Arturia Analog Experience: The Laboratory

By Future Music published

Don your white coat and grab your test tubes…

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Station X - clearly designed to be the main part of the X/Y equation.

Analogue Solutions Station X and Station Y

By Future Music published

We get stuck into a world of patch leads with two new mini-modular synth boxes

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The layout may look unconventional for a EQ plug-in, but it's a very impressive tool.

SPL Passeq

By Future Music published

The mighty Passeq gets the Analog Code treatment

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The Player's software offers 1,000 synth sounds.

Arturia Analog Experience The Player

By Future Music, Jono Buchanan published

Great synth sounds and a keyboard to play them on

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