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MD1: classic drum machine kits for Ableton Move, Note, and more
MD1 is the full library of famous and obscure hardware drum machines your Ableton Move needs – plus a bunch of Drift presets and tonal samples, to boot. It’s optimized for Ableton Move, and comes with well-organized sample files you can use anywhere.
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SchneidersKeller brings Berlin synth landmark to London
The new Berlin is… London? Today is the opening of SchneidersKeller, the new Denmark Street outpost of the legendary SchneidersLaden, appropriately situated in the basement of Rough Trade. (It broke my hipster dosimeter!) And you’ll like the shopkeepers: the store is opened by our friends Edd Butterworth (London Modular, Sonic State) and Jean-Marcel Fricke (son of Manfred, MFB Berlin).
Peter Kirn - March 21, 2025
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RIP Berlin synth, drum machine legend Manfred Fricke of MFB
Manfred Fricke was democratizing analog machines for music and pioneering Berlin electronic invention over 5 decades – years ahead of this city becoming known for such things. We’ve lost him this month.
Peter Kirn - June 29, 2021
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‘Hope’ is the uplifting retro synth anthem jam we need right now
Peter Kirn - November 23, 2020
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MFB have a killer live drum machine + synth in the hybrid Tanzbär-2
Peter Kirn - May 4, 2018
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Watch Octave One demonstrate their elaborate, hands-on live rig
Peter Kirn - May 22, 2017
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