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Roland Boutique TR-09 Is The 909 Complete With ACB, USB Audio & USB MIDI

Here's what Roland have officially told us about their new, reimagined TR-909, in the form of the ultra portable Boutique TR-09 synth drum machine. Plus here's a video review by Kosmic Sound included.

Roland SYSTEM-8 Synthesizer, Full Details Revealed

With an eye on bringing the old into the new Roland have announced their expandable synth with next-gen ACB technology, Direct-Access Controls, and advanced features. Here's all the official info.

Review: Magix Sequoia 13

A DAW that costs just under $3,000? Matt Vanacoro puts Magix's high-end Sequoia 13 to the test and finds out who it's aimed at and what it brings to the table more consumer-based DAWs miss out on.

Working with Vocal Pitch Correction in Propellerhead Reason

Changing the pitch and timing of vocals used to be something you could only do in a top end studio. Now thanks to Reason it's at your fingertips!

Roland & Serato Usher In New Era of DJing With DJ-808?

Fancy DJing with a built-in drum sequencer, a voice transformer, low latency platters and Serato DJ integration? Then you're going to find the new Serato & Roland DJ-808 a blast.

Focusrite Introduce New Clarett OctoPre With AIR Mic Pres

Offering eight '˜Air''"enabled mic pres plus 192 kHz A'"D/D'"A Focusrite tell us their OctoPre is the ideal I/O expansion kit for Clarett or any interface with ADAT I/O.

Watch Roland 909 Day 24 Hour Event Here

909Day is finally here. If you want to stream live from the different events being held worldwide by Roland to celebrate 30+ product and service launches, then you can do it here on AskAudio.

Review: M-Audio AV42 Monitors

There are more monitor speakers coming to market for the home studio/bedroom studio music producer than ever before. M-Audio's latest offering, the AV42, are compact, well balanced and economical.

First Look Video: NI Maschine JAM

2 weeks back the NI team gave me a private demo of the Maschine JAM... I came away mind blown and pretty excited by this sequencer instrument. Here's our first look video of the new Maschine JAM.

Realtime Audio Stretching in FL Studio 12.3

Get time-stretching (in real-time) in FL Studio 12.3 with this useful guide by Gary Hiebner.

Keith McMillen Instruments Brings K-MIX To Windows

The Keith McMillen K-Mix audio interface, programmable mixer, and control surface has just had an update to make it Windows compatible. Read more below.

Review: Korg electribe 2 and electribe 2 Sampler

With the release of the red and blue electribe 2 and electribe 2 Sampler Korg have updated the software to 2.0 bringing a number of useful features to these machines. G.W Childs shows his favorites.

Music Studio Construction: Making A Quiet Room

Home or project studios are certainly convenient, but not always well-designed spaces. If you're interested in taking your home studio to the next level here's how to make the room nice and quiet.

Mixing Piano EQ Tips With SSL Duende Native Plug-In

In this video Alex Solano uses the SSL Duende Native's filters to clean up the low end and high end of a piano. Then he explains the different E and G series EQ modes and demonstrates them in action.

Focusrite Plug-In Collective Offers Monthly Deals

Focusrite's Plug-In Collective brings monthly plug-in deals to registered customers. So, if you're a Focusrite customer this month you can get the Eventide Stereo Room Reverb for free (normally $199).