Deals of the Week: Elektron, Sennheiser, and Roland
A range of discount offers on studio and music production gear.
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In this installment of Deals of the Week, we’ve got offers on music production gear from top brands like Elektron, Sennheiser, and Roland.
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Deals of the Week
With the holiday season steadily approaching on the horizon, the timing couldn’t be better to get yourself a new creative groovebox for your music production setup. This week, we’ve got an exciting little selection of deals that you shouldn’t miss.
Deals of the Week: Elektron Model:Cycles
If you’ve always wondered about the hype cloud that seems to follow Elektron instruments around, the Model series grooveboxes provide an affordable entry point into this realm without the steep learning curve associated with some of the more involved Elektron boxes. The Model:Cycles is a six-track FM-based groovebox with six different sound-generating engines.
This allows you to build your kits across the six channels and choose between the Kick, Snare, Metal, Perc, Tone, and Chord engines for each sound. Although the sound shaping controls for each voice are not as extensive as the average FM synth plugin, the interface provides a smooth and cohesive workflow for creating beats and musical sketches.
What’s more, each of the six tracks can also be used to send MIDI to an external device. With a total of 96 patterns per project, this allows you to use the Model:Cycles sequencer as the central hub of your DAW-less setup, as you can use its intuitive sequencer to control other synths, samplers, and drum machines in your studio.
Deals of the Week: Sennheiser HD-490 Pro
Because we do almost everything inside a DAW these days, mixing on headphones has become more relevant than ever. What’s more, it’s far easier to access a reliable headphone mixing setup than to build an acoustic space and navigate the unfathomable range of studio monitors available on the market.
The HD-490 is a modern iteration of Sennheiser’s renowned open-back dynamic headphones, drawing from the manufacturer’s prestigious heritage with the HD series headphones and equipping them for the music production environments of today. With a relatively low impedance rating (130 ohms), you should be able to get decent performance from the HD-490s with consumer or professional audio devices.
What’s particularly interesting about the HD-490 Pro headphones is that they come with two sets of earpads, one designed specifically for mixing and the other for music production applications. This means you can configure them for your needs to get the best results in these areas.
Deals of the Week: Save up to 25% on Roland Grooveboxes and Samplers
Alongside the legendary designs from Roger Linn and Dave Rossum, Roland has led the way for groove-based music production instruments for decades. Each of the TR, MC, and SP series has become an intrinsic part of modern music in its own right, shaping the way we think about and make music.
From intuitive drum machines with immortal sounds like the TR series, to the performance-orientated versatility of the MC series, Roland has cemented its philosophy inside our minds with some truly amazing sequencer-based instruments. In many cases, the instruments evolved far beyond the original intention of their designs, becoming something new in the hands of creatives.
A prime example of this is the SP-404, which began as a DJ sampler and effects unit, and has become a portable music creation tool synonymous with lo-fi and Hip-Hop beat production. In this case, the limitations of the instrument became a catalyst, harnessed by phenomenal artists like Madlib, providing a platform of out-of-the-box thinking.
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