Thump One is a hard-hitting wavetable-kick-supersaw synth – and it’s free

What if you could take the essence of a melodic 808 kick, a wavetable synth, the thick supersaw from a JP8000, and an edgy percussive synth and mash them all together into one magical lead-kick-synth? And then what if you made that free? Well, that’s just what Toybox has done with the Thump One. It’s the deluxe banana split covered in whipped cream dessert treat of synthesizers – and you deserve it.

Roland just added a CR-78 and 808 bass to the TR-8S/6S [hands-on]

Just when you thought the Roland TR-8S (and its little sibling, the 6S) couldn’t do any more – there’s this. Surprise: Roland’s drum machine for the rest of us just packed in new CR-78 and chromatic 808 bass models, plus a ton of new content, and a compact UI for the TR Editor. I’ve been playing with the release candidate firmware and – yes, indeed. Happy 1209 day, everybody!

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2023

Arturia goes 303: Acid V bassline synth hands-on – all the tweaks and extras

An Arturia emulation of the classic Roland TB-303 was all but inevitable. But with plenty of bassline plug-ins out there, can this one bring something new to the table? Let’s get our hands on the new Arturia Acid V.

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2023

Roland V-Synth at 20: discover its history and sonic secrets in this video

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2023

loopop’s great hands-on review of the Oberheim OB-X8 doubles as a sound design tutorial

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2023

808 Day round-up: music, deals, downloads and … a Roland BMX bike?!

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2023

Intellijel Tangrams takes the dual ADSR module concept – and pluses everything

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2023

Recreating The Prodigy’s synth sounds on the original hardware – full of great tricks

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2023

TR-8S owners can get a free sound pack from Underground Resistance’s Recon X

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2023

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