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The LepLoop is a minimalist electronic music live performance analogue groovebox with 4 rhythm tracks and one capacitor-based analogue sequencer track. Now with video!
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The long-awaited, semi-leaked Polyend Play is here! 8 sample-based tracks and 8 polyphonic MIDI tracks with an awesome grid interface. Let's Play!
Syntakt is official! Elektron's new 12-track hybrid digital / analog groovebox is available now, priced around EUR 950.
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Sonicware has just revealed the SmplTrek Sampler on Kickstarter and its handheld, groovy nature could give the Roland SP-404 MKII a run for its money.
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An unannounced machine from Polyend was briefly glimpsed in an Instagram story. Is it a groovebox, synth or tracker? Here's the current speculation.
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Twisted Electrons turned FM chips from 90s SoundBlaster audio cards into the Blast Beats groove box. We put a prototype through its paces.
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New in the LIVEN range of musical groove boxes comes Bass&Beats that combines a wavetable bass engine with a library of EDM focused rhythm sounds.
AKAI dishes out a feature update for its Force groovebox, adding 3 new instruments, 7 new insert effects, USB audio, and other good stuff.
Running out of ideas? In a creative cul-de-sac? Here are some valuable pointers and ideas for gear that will get you composing again.
The control software is unofficial, but it works a treat and is sold cheaply which makes it a no-brainer upgrade for your Novation groovebox.
NI's standalone groovebox that launched at around EUR 1300 is now selling for EUR 1039 with a fresh software update adding further value.
Native Instruments partnered with Swiss designers Dinamo for a limitedrun of Maschine MK3 units paying homage to the formative years of sampling.
AKAI is megadosing vibe into its MPC One groovebox with a facelift that harkens back to the days of gray MPCs in smokey project studios.
Sampling, beat-making and performance are the cornerstones of the officially revealed Circuit Rhythm but we won't see it until the summer.
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The time has arrived for Novation to fully reveal the new version of their popular groovebox. Does the Circuit Tracks have something new to offer?
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Cool, compact and clever: VERSELAB MV-1's new approach to music production has it all: patterns, sounds, effects and vocal recording. A new standard?
The standalone Maschine dream has finally come true with the announcement of Maschine+: NI's first standalone groovebox. Quite a follow-up to Komplete 13!
An image emerged of the back of what could be the Ableton Push 3. There appeared to be audio in/outs and MIDI connections that got us all excited but it turns out it was a fake - Oops!
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Sinevibes says its Groove custom engine for the Korg Logue SDK compatible synthesizers is the most complex and sophisticated yet - get yourself some multi-timbral bass and drum machine of grooviness!
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Is Behringer working on an MPC-style sampling groove box named Jam? On the same day as the AKAI MPC Live II announcement, the company has posted a render on Facebook that suggests so.
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Gianluca Herbertson of Herb and Stones was demonstrating his Liquid Foam dual sequencing groovebox on the Hainbach Superbooth stream. He has some more interesting boxes coming soon.
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Rhythms, noises, feedbacking patterns and modulation are the bread and butter of Strokes and version 2 brings in intelligent trigger manipulation, note rotation and Push 2 support.
model:cycles is Elektron's new machine, or should we say one of the machines which the Swedish manufacturer wants us to meet on February 26. It's an FM groovebox!
A standalone unit with a 7-inch multi-touch screen, the MPC One looks no less slick than its famed predecessors inside the studios of the rich.
