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Polyend Synth is a $499 polysynth with grid and a ton of synth engines
If what you crave is not so much a groovebox/sequencer as a synthesizer, behold the latest from Polyend. Simply dubbed Synth, it’s a 499 $/€ instrument packed with playable synth engines. And you could see it as the first dedicated synth instrument from the company since their original flagship Medusa.
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Polyend Tracker Mini 2.0: synth engines, PERC drum synth, more of everything
Right after the major Tracker+ release, Polyend has a big update for the little Mini: now with Synth Engines, PERC drum engine, USB mass storage, more MIDI tracks, and other enhancements. And there’s a big sale on now, this week only.
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2024
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Stripped down, raw, polyrhythmic, acidic: Toktok’s Tweng and remixes
When you want some of techno’s rawest forms mixed with the genre’s fun illegitimate third cousins, look no further than Germany’s Toktok. Tweng was an impossible-to-categorize Weird Dance Music gem from earlier this year, and now its remixed companion is out, with some contributions of a few of us fortunate to get to bend it into still new territories.
D16’s Drumazon 2 review: a must-have 909-inspired drum machine plug-in
Peter Kirn - November 2, 2023
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Acid in your browser, free: generate acid patterns and MIDI with this Web tool
Peter Kirn - August 23, 2023
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Donner’s $199 B1 bass synth – sequencer just got song mode and randomization
Peter Kirn - August 17, 2023
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Acid Hit generates 30-second 303 tunes in your browser
Peter Kirn - September 26, 2022
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