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News | May 06, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

Remember the Adidas concept trainers inspired by Roland TR-808 drum machine that playback beats? Here's what they will sound like... and if you want a pair, have faith. These might become a reality.

Review | May 05, 2017 by Gary Hiebner

Tracktion's multi-platform DAW has had a bunch of upgrades as well as a name change. Gary Hiebner has the lowdown on everything that's new.

Tutorial | May 05, 2017 by G.W. Childs IV

Ever wondered how synth maestros Depeche Mode build their signature sound? Here's a look at how you can do it for yourself.

News | May 05, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

These 3 presets packs for Ableton Live 9 from Flatpack bring rich analog sounding synths and drum machines to your studio. And now you can buy them as bundle and save in the process.

Tutorial | May 05, 2017 by Hollin Jones

The best way to understand different skratch techniques is to see them broken down into their constituent parts - and that's exactly what Sara Simms has done!

News | May 05, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

Kenton is making managing multiple data streams simpler with an eight-input intelligent MIDI merge unit. It's available now and could become an integral part of your MIDI synth and hardware studio.

Review | May 04, 2017 by Liam Lacey

Fancy building your own MIDI controller without getting into soldering and writing code? OpenDeck might be just the thing you've been looking for...

News | May 04, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

What happens in Berlin doesn't need to stay in Berlin. In his second concert at the awesome synth event at Superbooth, Steve H explores soundscapes on his Buchla Music Easel being processed in Logic.

Tutorial | May 04, 2017 by Hollin Jones

RX6 isn't just for post processing, it has many more musical uses, such as fixing the dreaded squeaky kick drum pedal that can blight recordings. Here's how.

News | May 04, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

39 instruments and effects from AudioThing at a whopping 84% discount? That's almost too good to be true. Except it is true but for a limited time only. So act fast.

Review | May 03, 2017 by Hollin Jones

If you like the idea of building your own instrument but don't fancy one of the heavier desktop tools, Reactable Systems' ROTOR may be just what you're looking for.

News | May 03, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

The highly anticipated Deckard's Dream, the Yamaha CS-80 analog poly 1970/80s synthesizer is now available as a DIY kit, and as an assembled unit built to order. And the price isn't bad at all.

Tutorial | May 03, 2017 by Gary Hiebner

FL Studio comes bundled with a great video player. If you're wanting to sync your music and audio to video, then you going to want to know how to import videos into FL Studio.

News | May 03, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

These fab Mi Adidas concept trainers not only bring the Roland TR-808 design to life for your feet, but they also play actual beats too. Sonic shoes? We wonder if these will become "a thing"...

News | May 03, 2017 by Rounik Sethi

This complex matrix oscillator from Pittsburgh Modular does things that'll make other oscillator modules jealous. Here's more about it and demos of it in action at Superbooth 2017.