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What’s new on Roland SP-404MKII sampler, spec for spec; 404 timeline and hands-on roundup
The buzz online makes it clear – plenty of people still want the immediacy of the Roland SP-404 sampler. An MKII has been long anticipated – not to mention leaked – so let’s get directly into what’s new, and find out what else you want to know.
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Review: MOD Dwarf is a lush, bottomless portal to effects that keeps getting better
If you love software, if you love the imaginative and compositional choices it affords, at last hardware is embodying that same freedom. Few devices do that more elegantly than the MOD Dwarf. MOD’s place in the sound galaxy You know the story as far as need. You like having all those choices of different effects […]
Polyphonic noise generation from Indonesia, in squaresolid’s Chaosbyte synth
We live in a chaotic world; only Chaosbyte and – I think that might be a wind-up chicken etched into the front – can truly express the entropy.
Peter Kirn - September 24, 2021
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Into the woods: impressions of Superbooth’s weird wonders in Berlin
Peter Kirn - September 20, 2021
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Waldorf are back to the future with M wavetable synth
Peter Kirn - September 14, 2021
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Moog Sound Studio is now a triple-decker combo of semi-modular analog for $1999
Peter Kirn - September 14, 2021
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Retrokits RK008 is a pocket calculator for MIDI sequences, inspired by classic Alesis MMT8
Peter Kirn - September 7, 2021
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