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Roland TR-1000 1.5: keyboard mode, seamless kit switching, more
Roland has one more announcement — a 1.5 update for its flagship TR-1000 drum machine. That includes note sequencing, a must-requested keyboard mode for playing bass and melodic parts on the gear, the ability to swap patterns and kits with effects on without a hitch, and a lot of tweaks and UI improvements.
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Polyend’s Tracker Mini adds stereo sampling features, clock improvements
Polyend’s Tracker Mini got a big firmware update today, including stereo line-in sample recording and other stereo sampling features, and much-anticipated internal clock accuracy improvements. Mod import is back in beta, too.
Peter Kirn - March 8, 2024
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Elektron drops surprise free update for all Analog Rytm owners
There’s new groove machine hardware out this week, but Elektron has an update for the gear you might already own. Both MKI and MKII editions of Analog Rytm now get an update with a Euclidean sequencer, scales, improved tuning, and more.
Peter Kirn - November 22, 2023
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Mac updates: M3 performance gains, including raytracing, shading
Peter Kirn - October 31, 2023
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Everything you might have missed in Apple’s latest announcements
Peter Kirn - June 5, 2019
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This low-latency OS could change how music gear is made
Peter Kirn - January 30, 2018
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New Elektron Octatrack OS is here, and trig conditions are awesome
Peter Kirn - November 3, 2017
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