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Elektron Analog Heat +FX: tweakable multi-effects, analog distortions, modulation
It’s finally a fully tweakable, Elektron-style effects box. The new Analog Heat +FX builds on the original – audio interface with multiple analog distortions – with new digital effects, rearrangeable routing, and expanded modulation.
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Game Boy Advance gets a new, free step sequencer, complete with p-locks
Dust off that GBA: it’s a groove box now. Stepper is a free and open source 16-step sequencer with full access to the onboard sound engine and per-trigger parameter locks, Elektron-style. (And this pairs well with Elektron gear, as the developer shows.)
Peter Kirn - May 1, 2023
Apps DIY + Unusual Gaming Music tech Pocket gaming Tech
Happy 404 Day: These sound tips reveal the SP-404MKII does more than you think
It’s 404 Day – in the more-overlooked of the Roland-themed faux holidays! And what way better to celebrate than with some sound tips from CDM editor-at-large David Abravanel. They add to the evidence that the SP-404MKII is capable of way more than lo-fi beats, just in case you weren’t already among the converted.
Sample machines in Elektron Digitakt 1.50: Repitch, Werp, Slice, Oneshot
Peter Kirn - March 1, 2023
Gear Music tech Tech
Elektron’s Song Mode is already making ambient music to chill out to; OS updates at a glance
Peter Kirn - October 4, 2022
Gear Music Music tech Tech
Elektron’s Syntakt, broken down: a box of goodness with synthesis, effects, sequencing
Peter Kirn - April 21, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Elektron Digitone 1.32 OS improves quality of life, in line with last summer’s Digitakt refresh
Peter Kirn - February 3, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
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