Back in the late 1960s, creating music anywhere was made much easier with a now iconic toy-like pocket synth called the Stylophone. Now Dubreq is aiming to do the same for beat makers with a portable ...

When you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. While software-based plugins and instruments continue to offer incredible flexibility and convenience, there's something undeniably ...

Roland has released a lot of new hardware in recent years that trades on the brand’s heritage. This year’s SH-4d stands out against this backdrop though; while its look and many of the onboard sounds ...

As 2025 draws to a close, we look back on another exciting year of new music technology gear, packed with characterful synths, hard-hitting drum machines and cutting-edge software. In our two-part ...

Our hacker [Moritz Klein] shows us how to make a minimalist analog drum machine. If you want the gory details check out the video embedded below and there is a first class write-up available as a 78 ...

You can write, record, edit, mix, and publish a song using nothing but a collection of apps on your smartphone, but musicians, even those producing electronic music, like physical instruments with ...

Replay: The legendary Linn LM-1 drum machine came out in 1980 and only 525 were ever made. What makes this long discontinued drum machine so unique that top producers and engineers are still using it ...

Here’s Pure Acid with a fetching gold makeover. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Pure Acid is a bass synthesizer and drum machine app for the iPad, and it might just be the best drum machine app ever ...