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The DFAM used to be only obtainable if you built one yourself at a Moogfest DIY workshop. Now Moog will build you one for you and it could be the first in a line of "Mother" inspired synthesizers.
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I had no idea that the MIDI input paradigm that was missing from my life was mallets. The Pearl Drum MalletSTATION is here to change all that and it's got to be this season's must-have controller.
It's a box of noise, sequences and unexpected tones that modulate beneath your finders. Eowave are bringing the Quadrantid Swarm prototype we saw at Superbooth to Kickstarter.
BOSS has introduced a simple, cute drum machine designed to accompaniment players of acoustic instruments with organic-sounding percussion and simple grooves to get your song moving, the DR-01S.
Audiothingies have revealed their forthcoming DoubleDrummer drum synthesizer and sample player. 6 synthesized drum sounds alongside sampled kits in a neat desktop box.
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In the Apocalypse to come, they'll say it started with a plug-in. Axon 2, gifted with intelligence to birth new patterns, learned exponentially and soon all rhythmic decisions were taken out of human hands.
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Modal Electronics announce the CRAFTrhythm, an 8-track drum and percussion sampler in the same DIY form as the CRAFTsynth. Good, cheap, fun.
Roland's hardware has been faithfully translated onto the iPhone and iPad's screen and features a 16-step sequencer with song mode. Swing and tap tempo controls let you shuffle up the rhythms...
Rock up with this DR-01S rhythm box of tastefully designed grooves and percussion for your acoustic set, busking or just jamming along to. It doesn't have to be complicated to be groovy and useful.
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Digitakt is a sampling, sequencing, computer drumming, beat making powerhouse in a rather dull box. It's now available so check out the video for a tour of the workflow, then go buy one.
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Looks like there is a new MIDI guitar system on the block and this one is designed from the ground up. These two companies both know a thing or two about each end of the system, so will this be the one?
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Roland "redefine the future" again with 14 new product releases spread out over the next 5 weeks. With 2 new synths and 6 new guitar products, what do you think they could be launching?
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Erica Synths reveal a computerised, old-school, keypad driven 16 channel Drum Sequencer that will trigger your whole world. Love that keypad - classic!
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Dadamachines takes your MIDI performance and crashes, bangs, pokes and twangs it into the real world with the automat toolbox of motors and solenoids. On Kickstarter now.
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Get your groove on with the dynamic sequencing of 4 loop engines, effects and mixing in Rhythmology. But is it more than a loop library?
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A mysterious video appears on YouTube of a Rhythm Composer 808 in Eurorack. It's stunning, sounds awesome - tell us more!
