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These two stompbox amps may look superficially the same and do have quite a lot in common, but each one seems to have been optimised for a different type of user.
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These two stompbox amps may look superficially the same and do have quite a lot in common, but each one seems to have been optimised for a different type of user.

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A powerful bass synth with a sound source based around a vacuum tube oscillator. The volca nubass is the...

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Arturia’s colourful soft synth goes from strength to strength.