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Baby Audio’s Tekno drum machine gets a sequencer and iOS AUv3 version
Tekno from Baby Audio was easily one of my favorite plug-ins of last year — it’s a rich, “bend”-able, brutal box with the feeling of hardware drum synthesis. And now it gets a step sequencer, plus a ton of tweaks you might have missed in the first release. And one more thing: iOS users, there’s a mobile version with AUv3 version.
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Tekno, new bendable drum machine synth: we’ve got free patterns and kits
Baby Audio has built a software drum machine. And it feels like hardware — tweakable, bendable, hackable, hybrid hardware. Tekno is like a blend of different classic machines combined into its own, hard-hitting personality. I’ve been cooking up a free, CDM-exclusive collection of kits and MIDI patterns, including some reimagined classics.
Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025
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