The best long weekend music gear deals you can get right now

It’s Memorial Day in the USA, Whit Monday in Germany and other parts of the West, and since what’s truly sacred is shopping, that means some deals running through the end of the day.

Wish granted: VCV Rack’s Plateau is now a Eurorack module from 4ms

It was bound to happen. Now Eurorack hardware is emulating your computer. How the tables have turned! Or, um, mesas. But if you haven’t experienced Plateau yet, get ready to find out why it’s an instant favorite reverb — and one that a whole lot of people will want in their Eurorack skiff, too. Plateau, meet 4ms Mesa.

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2026

Akai update makes the MPC Sample a satellite to the rest of the MPC line

Today’s MPC 3.8 software integrates the mobile MPC Sample with the MPC family. Bring your MPC Sample projects to your MPC or computer, load MPC tracks onto the MPC Sample, and use MPC Sample effects anywhere. This really makes the MPC Sample a mobile companion. Even if the MPC Sample is the only standalone device […]

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2026

Massive power, every format: the BB-777 brings back a boombox icon

Peter Kirn - March 27, 2026

Novation Launch Control finally brings back the smart, little encoder box

Peter Kirn - March 3, 2026

On 303 Day, acid bassline love abounds, and some freebies, too

Peter Kirn - March 3, 2026

Modor DR-2 – a delicious, overlooked drum machine – adds trig conditions

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2026

Best of show: walk NAMM with us in a gear-mas gallery

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2026

Soundbites: the music inventions of NAMM, Buchla and Friends

Nadia Says - January 30, 2026