136 Results for "percussion"

A Phil good Christmas: How to sound like Phil Spector

Making a timeless Christmas album is a little more challenging than you might think at first. We find out how to sound like Phil Spector!

Roland SPD-SX PRO: Ultimate sampling pad that raises the bar

Roland releases a new level of sampling pad in the SPD-SX PRO. With a bunch of road-tested professional enhancements for the most demanding gigs.

Midweek Modular: Percussive voices, power sources and starvation

This week we've seen some beautiful new modules to elevate your modular and one that's determined to starve your system to destruction.

Noise Engineering Tymp Legio and Polydactyl Versio

More DSP-based modules from Noise Engineering. Tymp Legio is a percussion module with "Wackitude", and Polydactyl Versio brings multiband dynamics.

Pittsburgh Modular Elephant and Narwhal: Percussive modules with tusks

Series 5 of Pittsburgh Modular's experimental modules takes us on an analogue ride with the Elephant Drum and the Narwhal Cymbal percussion modules.

Unknown Devices Raiju: Percussive synth sent to bring punishment

Raiju combines a complex digital oscillator, an ADSR envelope and an analogue lowpass gate to produce thunderbolts and lightning in percussive form.

Samples of the week: MEGA Sampler, Resonate, ZX Spectrum, Freebies

Samples of the week is here with products by Plugin Alliance, Spitfire Audio, Soundpaint, BeatSkillz, Heavyocity and others!

Best free plug-ins this week: HZ Delay, Ymer and Crystal Harp

This week’s collection of free plug-ins includes a delay with saturation, a distortion effect and a unique sampled Crystal Harp instrument.

Best free plug-ins this week: B4ss Nation, VS Conga and KranchDD

This week’s collection of freebies includes a full-blown software synth, some latin percussion and a gnarly distortion and filter plug-in.

First look review: Clipmode DRoOM! – the DIY Drum FX System

Clipmode DRoOM! is a unique beat construction kit that invites you to layer samples recorded in different rooms. We've tried DRoOM! for ourselves.

METRO: Underground busker inspired 6-channel Eurorack drum module

The METRO from Magerit is inspired by the sort of DIY drum kits you see buskers play on the subway. METRO is a drum synthesizer and rhythmic sequencer in 13HP.

TAKT & TON: Flame Instruments live performance sequencers

Impressive looking machines are emerging from Flame with TAKT taking the rhythm and TON taking the melody complete with D-Beam interaction.

EuroPi Consequencer: Grids and Turing Machine inpired sequencer

Consequencer is a gate and stepped CV sequencer inspired by Mutable Instruments Grids and the Music Thing Turing Machine for elegant patterns of randomness.

Chasing Lights: 3-channel analog rhythm sequencer from ST Modular

Chasing Lights offers 3 channels of analog 8-step trigger sequencing with channel chaining and clock dividing in a 22HP Eurorack module.

Behringer update on the Syncussion development

News from Behringer on the development of the Syncussion drum synthesizer and problems with chip shortages. Looks like 2022 is going to be slow.

Faselunare VEGA digital drum module available for preorder

But you've got to be quick because the first production run is for only 15 VEGA modules at a special price for delivery at the end of January.

Check out Dopesonix Beat Machine 3, an affordable drum rompler for (nearly) all genres

Whatever niche rap, dance and/or electronica you might be into, chances are you will find some usable drums in Dopesonix Beat Machine 3.

Behringer EDGE: A percussion synth companion for your CRAVE

Behringer spins the Moog DFAM into the colourfully semi-modular EDGE to run alongside their CRAVE synth with dual VCOs, sync and FM.

Tyso Daiko: Dual 12-Bit Digital Wavetable Drum Voice

Two independently triggered wavetable voices that share pitch, envelope and morphing and then split one voice into a tilt EQ and the other through a wavefolder for maximum versatility.

Superbooth 2021: Erica Synths PERKONS HD-01, with demo video!

We've got the official details on the leaked PERKONS drum machine. It's also a synthesizer, looks completely epic and is definitely something to do with THUNDER! Update: Now with video!

Superbooth 2021: 6m0d6 – TR-606 inspired drum module from Tubbutec and LPZW

6m0d6 is a relatively compact 5 channel percussion module that pulls heavily on the feel of the Roland TR-606 while taking it to completely new places.

Superbooth 2021: Plankton Electronics ZAPS percussion module

An analog voice from Plankton Electronics with digital control from Winter Modular and design from Meegl; ZAPS is looking quite fascinating.

Faselunare Vega: 4 voice Eurorack drum module

Previewing at Superbooth 21, Vega is the first release from Faselunare and offers 4 identical digital drum voices in a colourful 6HP module.

United Plugins Urban Puncher: The ultimate one-knob drum fattener?

United Plugins Urban Puncher adds punch and fatness to your drums and loops with just a few simple controls. Are you ready to hit the Destroy button?