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Not as much going on this 808 Day as we'd hoped but we do get a good sound demo of the forthcoming RD-808 with some hints at pricing and release date. Will we see an RD-909 on 909 Day?
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If Steve McQueen in The Great Escape was a DJ then Oddball would be his beat making weapon of choice. Bounce the ball, make beats, repeat. It could also be an interesting physics-based MIDI controller.
Atlas is an AI-powered tool which maps out your drum samples, analyzes them, categorizes them, and constructs makeshift drum kits that are ready to go inside your DAW. It looks like an useful tool for ...
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An immense analogue drum machine is being cooked up in Soma Laboratories called the Pulsar-23. It's like plummeting through the beating heart of a planet, while on fire and having your soul modulated. I like ...
3 years after Arturia introduced Spark 2, their uber-versatile software/hardware drum machine, it crawls up to version 2.4 with some bug fixes and a reminder that it's still good.
Aiming for fast, simple workflow, Beatformer has only four knobs named Boom, Punch, Squash, and Air. Each knob triggers a set of pre-defined algorithms that do something to your drum mix.
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There's talk of loops and beat production, pattern editors, chords, seamlessness, sampling and advanced virtual instruments. That's a lot to pack into the new version 4 of Studio One.
This week saw four releases in the free plug-ins microcosm! These are the Sitala drum plug-in, Bark of Dog 2 EQ, Border LP/HP filter, and the Wider stereo widener developed in collaboration with Infected ...
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Now with 6 classic virtually modelled analog Roland TR-606 style drum sounds the R606 MKII packs some classic vibes into a space saving 4hp Eurorack module.
The synth is organised around two YM2413 emulations which comprise the main synth engine, and a new synth "core" dedicated to drum sounds. This allows for creative layering possibilities.
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Upping the ante on the Tanzbar 2 by adding 8 channels of sampling next to the analogue drum tracks, a bass synth, analogue filters, LFOs for every channel, multiple outputs and up to 64 steps of sequencing.
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Endorphin reveals BLCK_NOIR an awesomely dark 7 channel analogue drum synth that uses digital noise with spectrum animation injected into analog circuits to generate the sounds. Updated with more info and ...
Twisted Electrons try to beat Teenage Engineering at their own game with these cool minisynths. HapiNES is all about chiptune and uAcid8 has your acid bass covered.
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QD gives 4 channels of sample or modelled drum sounds with shaping controls, metering, internal mixing, muting and panning. Ideal companion to the Euclidean Circles or any other trigger sequencer.
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FingerSonic are having a stab at the easy-to-use FM based groove box with internal and external sequencing, 3 drum tracks and two arpeggiators to run this cool 6 operator, 8 voice synthesizer.
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A desktop beat making machine with 8 tracks of CV and trigger, two ports of 8 tracks of MIDI and a ton of probability in a neat and desperately cool looking box. You can even stick it in your Eurorack.
