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    Focusrite Novation Spring Sale audio interface instrument synthesizer sale

    Focusrite & Novation Spring Sale

    Save up to 30% on selected hardware

    Focusrite and Novation have announced the launch of their Spring Sale, with discounts now applied to a range of audio interfaces, MIDI controllers, and synthesizers until the end of April 2024.

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    Yamaha SEQTRAK all-in-one production instrument drum machine synth sampler

    Yamaha SEQTRAK: all-in-one production system

    Compact unit combines drums, synthesis, sampling & more

    SEQTRAK is a lightweight, portable production system that packs in a range of drum programming, synthesis, sampling and sound design capabilities. 

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    Polyend Play+ sequencer synth groovebox

    Polyend unveil Play+ groovebox

    Now features built-in synth engines

    Play+ retains the same external design as its predecessor, but with an upgraded processor that enables stereo sample playback, multitimbral polyphonic synthesis and more.

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    Sonicware LIVEN 8bit warps firmware synthesizer sequencer

    Sonicware LIVEN 8bit warps firmware upgrade

    Limited edition model also announced

    The lastest firmware for the LIVEN 8bit warps adds some new effects and expands the capabilities of the onboard sequencer. 

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    LoneLady Soundworlds | Podcast

    Punch-and-crunch electro

    Created on sequencers, synths and drum machines in a basement bunker beneath Somerset House, London, LoneLady talks to Caro C about the making of her third studio album Former Things.

    People May 2023
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    Sync Outside The Box

    Keeping Synths & Grooveboxes In Time

    Going DAWless presents many challenges — not least keeping all your gear in sync...

    Techniques Jan 2023
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    Novation 30th anniversary giveaway competition win synths studio equipment

    30 years of Novation giveaway

    Company's biggest ever prize bundle

    Novation are celebrating their 30th year with a series of artist videos and a huge equipment giveaway.

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    Elektron Song Mode update Digitone Keys Digitakt Syntakt

    Elektron introduce Song Mode feature

    New functionality for Digitakt, Syntakt and Digitone instruments

    Latest OS update brings a much-requested Song Mode feature to Elektron's Digitakt, Syntakt, Digitone and Digitone Keys instruments. 

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    Akai Professional instrument history book kickstarter campaign

    The Rise of Akai Professional

    Kickstarter campaign to fund Akai book

    David Caulfield has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of a book detailing the development of the Akai Professional products that put sampling and sequencing into the reach of musicians. 

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    Akai MPC Key 61 workstation

    Akai launch MPC Key 61

    New workstation combines MPC drum pads with a 61-key synth/keyboard

    Akai's latest instrument combines an MPC with a keyboard/synthesizer, and offers a complete standalone production environment. 

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    Superbooth 2022 - Eventide Misha

    Video report

    Eventide give us all of the details on Misha, their new interval-based Eurorack sequencer/instrument. 

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    Roland AIRA Compact instrument range

    Roland unveils AIRA Compact range

    Authentic Roland sounds in new pocket-sized instruments

    New line-up includes T-8 Beat Machine, J-6 Chord Synthesizer and E-4 Voice Tweaker.

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    Polyend tease Tracker

    Stand-alone sequencer, synth & sampler

    The term ‘tracker’ describes an early form of sequencing that originated on the Amiga computer and they may yet make a mainstream comeback, thanks to this intriguing new device from Polish synth-makers Polyend.

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    Elektron Model:Cycles groovebox top panel view.

    Elektron's six-track FM Groovebox

    Model Behaviour

    Swedish groovebox maestros Elektron have announced the Model:Cycles, a six-voice FM synth and sequencer.

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    Elektron debut Digitone Keys at Superbooth 2019

    New Friedrichstrasse studio hosts launch of keyboard version of 2018's Digitone

    The Digitone Keys adds a 37-note keyboard, individual outputs and real-time controls to 2018's Digitone performance groovebox.

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    Arturia unveil MiniBrute 2S analogue sequencing synth

    MiniBrute 2 sibling features triple-layer sequencer 

    It was only yesterday that Arturia announced their brand new MiniBrute 2 analogue monosynth, now they’re announcing...

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    Reon Drift Box series synths - SynthFest UK 2017 (Video)

    Mono Synth, Step Sequencer, Four-voice Synth, CV & Audio Mixer

    Korg UK demonstrated these compact but powerful synth boxes from Reon.

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    Novation Circuit Mono Station available now

    Sequenced paraphonic analogue synth out now

    Novation’s Circuit Mono Station — first announced back in April — is...

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    Novation Circuit update makes sequences more expressive

    Latest version 1.5 firmware adds fractional gate and instant patch preview

    The Circuit groovebox has certainly proved a hit — we were particularly fond of it...

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    Novation announce Circuit Mono Station analogue synth

    Paraphonic analogue synth now built into groovebox

    For a first stab at the renascent groovebox genre, the Novation Circuit got an awful lot right. Portable,...

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    Q. What’s a modern equivalent to the Quasimidi Polymorph?

    I'm an ambient musician looking for an addition to my synth collection. I'm interested in the Quasimidi Polymorph, yet they...

    Sound Advice Jul 2013
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