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The Chompi sampler has been released into the wild - check out this demo from Hainbach and hear his initial thoughts
One of 2023’s most-talked-about new products has started 2024 with a bang
DJ Shadow on why he'll never go back to the MPC: "I got the newest MPC and I lasted about a day and a half. When you know what the possibilities are now and you try to go back in time, it doesn't work"
Best of 2023: The iconic crate-digger talks us through serendipitous needle drops, moving on from the MPC and the making of his latest project
Can you really upgrade Push 3 in less than 30 minutes? We put Ableton's new Upgrade Kit to the test
We go against the clock to find out how quick and easy it really is to transform Ableton's tethered MIDI controller into a standalone groovebox
Elektron makes some of our favourite samplers, synths and drum machines and you can save $100 on their most popular instruments at Sweetwater
Elektronauts, save a benjamin on Syntakt, Digitone, Analog Four and more this Black Friday
The gear that time forgot: 15 synths, samplers and controllers that could have been classics, but weren't
We take a backwards glance at the groundbreaking music technology products that never quite made it
Teenage Engineering’s new £299 EP-133 KO II sampler, sequencer and composer looks like a genuine knockout
All told, it’s the most excited we’ve been about a new TE product for quite a while
Torso Electronics’ S-4 Sculpting Sampler looks like the kind of next-gen 4-track recorder you always wanted
An old-school tape workflow meets endless sound mangling possibilities
Korg’s Kaoss Replay takes the classic XY effects pad and marries it to a fully-fledged pad sampler - can your SP-404 or MPC do all this?
It could be everything you need for live performance in one box
