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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.
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Instant percussion joy with DFAM-inspired Vertex for Max for Live
This has got to be one of the quickest routes to sheer drum happiness inside Ableton Live ever. Meet the pay-what-you-want/donationware Vertex by aorist (aka Tom Duncalf). It’s a bit like a Moog DFAM, but in the Live idiom, with a bunch of extras. You just need this one. Trust us.
Peter Kirn - August 13, 2025
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ALM’s new MCO mk2 packs a studio of classic digital synths into 6HP, VCV
You won’t fit more synths into 6HP of Eurorack (or VCV Rack module) than the newest ALM/Busy Circuits module, MCO v2. It’s a wavetable synth, an additive synth, a Roland JP8000 voice, a vocoder, a 90s VA, a bass and drum synth, and a SID chip emulation all in one.
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2024
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Bastl Instruments Crust drum voice is free in VCV Rack, too
Peter Kirn - November 5, 2024
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Polyend Tracker Mini 2.0: synth engines, PERC drum synth, more of everything
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2024
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Polyend Tracker+: stereo everything, USB audio, more engines, more
Peter Kirn - May 13, 2024
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Visco is a warped drum machine that lets you squish sound like goo [hands on]
Peter Kirn - March 20, 2024
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ALM/Busy Circuits’ first plugin is an FM drum synth with step sequencer
Peter Kirn - February 19, 2024
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Erica Synths LXR Drum and Pērkons HD-01 each get big updates
Peter Kirn - November 28, 2023
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