The biggest music gear news and best videos to watch from NAMM

The US musical instrument show NAMM dropped the usual amount of gear news on us – now here’s the highlights reel.

Pioneer’s new 6-channel DJ mixer could be a producer and live act favorite

Its expanded mixing and EQ section have already inspired memes, but live acts will sure be happy to see it in the booth. Pioneer, of course, faces an ongoing problem. Having taken over the world, there’s not much left to conquer. At the entry level, the strategy isn’t hard – there’s an expanding market of […]

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2020

KORG has a sneak peak of a new DX7-like FM synth – the opsix

Imagine a DX7, but with more parameter controls via extra faders – and it’s a KORG. That’s the best we can tell about the new opsix.

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2020

Moog’s Subsequent 25 synth is here, and it’s got an animated film to go with it

Peter Kirn - January 16, 2020

Roland has a new 88-key keyboard, and it means MIDI 2.0 has arrived

Peter Kirn - January 7, 2020

Here are some of the weirdest musical instrument ideas from NAMM

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2019

The synth modules of winter: your Eurorack radar

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2019

Buchla’s pioneering Thunder touch controller is back, on Sensel Morph

Peter Kirn - January 23, 2019

APC as standalone hardware? Leaked Akai APC Live

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2019

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