Roland P-6 pocket sampler with FX, granular engine: here’s what to know
Roland's latest handheld boutique synth is a departure. Instead of a synth or drum machine, it was inspired by the SP-404. Here's the skinny on its onboard sampling, effect, and sequencer features,...
View ArticleDivSkip: multimode rhythmic processor from DivKid, Making Sound Machines
You've seen plenty of gate sequencers and Euclidean generators. DivSkip is something different: It takes four channels of triggers and transforms them via eight different musical, performative modes....
View ArticleRoland JUNO-D is a feature-packed mobile keyboard starting at $899
Roland's JUNO-D may not be flashy, but it runs off USB-C and has features from the company's flagships - ZEN-Core engine, sequencer, and Wave Expansion support - at a fraction of the price, starting at...
View ArticleDnipro x Sinevibes: Radiant stereo morphing processing module
It's a six-module multi-effects module with morphing. It's got a 3-band filter/isolator. It's a reverb. It'll reverse. In a world cluttered with clones and sameness, the all-Ukrainian collaboration of...
View ArticleStrange-R modules: navigate generative melodic contours
Stochastic Instruments has a preview of some tasty generative sequencer modules. Random walks meet music theory, and what you get is Melodic Contour Sequencing, navigated with knobs, voltage, and (on...
View ArticleLeak: Melbourne Instruments motorized MIDI controller?
Just when you need it most, here's a fresh idea in hardware. Gearnews leaks new motorized MIDI controller hardware from Melbourne Instruments, the Delia and Nina synth maker. The post Leak: Melbourne...
View Article1982’s PPG Wave 2 arrives in reimagined Eurorack form
It's been a long time since the PPG name graced hardware. That brand and its founder, Wolfgang Palm, laid the foundation for decades of wavetable synthesis. Now the PPG name is back via an officially...
View ArticleXaoc’s Samarkanda is a massive, patchable delay and audio mangler
It's a quad digital delay with a bunch of patch points in its sprawling 42HP. But Xaoc Devices' new Samarkanda and its audio buffer can transform into a lot more, from granulators to loopers to...
View ArticleIntellijel Multigrain, a stereo morphing granular sampler module
It's about time for a new granular dream module, and the Intellijel Multigrain could be a real contender. Available now, it packs stereo morphing granular powers into 20HP and US$479. (And yes, USA,...
View ArticleVela reverb, now in open beta, opens up rich reverbs you can reshape
Vela, a new reverb from Sonic Academy's Sonic Sounds line, is now in open beta. And yes, I'm here to tempt your RAS - Reverb Acquisition Syndrome again. The range of reverberation emulations here,...
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