Akai Pro takes on the standalone groove box market with a sampling, clip launching, sequencing, effecting, pitch shifting, time stretching, audio recording Force to be reckoned with.
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Kilohearts has expanded their Snapin system of effect chain modules into a completely modular hybrid virtual synthesizer. Use sound sources as Generators, add Modulators and load on the Snapin modules
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The performance pad controller is back with a sampling audio engine, on-screen editing, triggers, 9 velocity sensitive pads and audio looping in a device that you beat with sticks.
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Is it too soon for a sample instrument featuring the Behringer Model D, IK Multimedia UNO and Arturia MiniBrute? Not according to Tracktion. Meet LoFreq: Classic and Modern synthesizers sampled.
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Sequential officially announce the Prophet XL which is slightly larger than the Prophet X and contains all the same features but brings with it a 32 voice mode.
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Tanzbär 2 brings 8 channels of analog and 8 channels of samples into its advanced step sequencing eco-system. It includes a little bass synthesizer, 3 sample voices with analog filters and 10 sample ...
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SampleRobot 6 sucks in sounds and spits out sample library. Connect up any hardware synth, or loopback any virtual one to automatically generate multisampled instruments. Now available on MacOS and Windows.
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I was so frustrated that the JUNO-DS61 felt a little small and yet the JUNO-DS88 was too many notes for me to cope with. With the new 76-keyed JUNO-DS76 I couldn't be happier.
Kontakt 6 brings new sounds, new effects, a wavetable synthesis engine and the ability to design, build and script your own instruments. Does the upgrade tick enough boxes for your Kontakt wish list?
8 classic sampled 808 drum sounds packed into a compact R808 4HP Eurorack module at a spectacular price for one day only. Get some 808 into your rack this 808 Day.
Tracktion Corporation has released Retromod LEAD, 106 and FAT, some meticulously sampled instruments based upon 6 Clavia Nord instruments, a handful of Roland Junos and a big bunch of more modern Moogs.
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Arcade is subscription based, looks fabulous, sounds awesome and has a wonderfully intuitive synthesizer engine to manipulate loops. You'll get new content every day, forever provided you keep paying your $10.
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More groovebox action from Denmark's Gotharman's Musical Instruments. This time the deFormer 3 includes 16 light-up buttons for easier step sequencing of the multiple synth, sampler, noise and audio tracks.
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.
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So often your tracks start with a beat and bassline. Native Instruments TRK-01 focuses on making this ridiculously fun and easy with a Kick and a Bass sequenced and modulated to within an inch of its life.
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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.
