Novation’s Launchpad Pro is unique among controller hardware: not only does it operate in standalone mode, but it has an easy-to-modify, open source firmware. This mod lets you exploit that to transform it into a 32-step sequencer.

DesignByPaul brings us a new iOS audio SynthDrum Kick. You may know DesignByPaul from other apps like S-Modular, SynthDrum Pads, and more. Now there’s SynthDrum Kick, a new audio unit v3 drum synth that looks very cool

unklepop DRUM has the strangest name for an AUv3 I’ve seen, but I’ve no idea what it’s like. Sure, I like drum machines, who doesn’t, so perhaps I’ll take a look

Scythe, the wavetable synth app for iPad now comes to your iPhone. Scythe for iPhone arrives now and packs many of the same features as the iPad app

Most of us never got to know Leon Theremin (Lev Termen) or hear him play live. But we can take in his great grandson continuing the tradition of playing his invention – and Peter Theremin’s music is just as hauntingly human.

The story of electronic music making is ultimately a human one, even as those humans work with machines. So as the Bob Moog Foundation plans a Moog museum and expanded education, we share seven images from the archives that follow a thread through that history.

Universal Audio’s Apollo flagship audio interface and DSP platform is getting a big generational refresh and Thunderbolt 3. There’s a lot here, but maybe the most significant development is that 5.1 and 7.1 surround monitoring support is coming later this year.

Native Instruments just dumped a whole bunch of product news today – almost too much to follow. Here’s all of it in a nutshell. Spoiler: a new Massive synth is coming, TRAKTOR 3 is here, and it’ll cost less to get into their DJ, Maschine, and keyboard ranges.

DJing techniques are all built around moving turntables – around record players. The biggest news from Native Instruments today is that the company is finally bringing that tactile, kinetic experience to a digital controller you might actually go and buy. Meet the TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 MK3.

2 more from 4Pockets. As they’ve already delivered a good suite of iOS audio unit plugins since late August, and now they’ve added two more, a panning delay and a stereo EQ