Roland P-6 pocket sampler with FX, granular engine: here’s what to know

Roland’s latest handheld boutique synth is a departure. Instead of a synth or drum machine, it was inspired by the SP-404. Here’s the skinny on its onboard sampling, effect, and sequencer features, direct from the source.

Hands on: Cong Burn’s Stacks plug-in and iOS app synths, loops, and layers

From the creator of Strokes, Stacks is a unique 4-voice wavetable morphing polysynth combined with a 4-track granular looper. But that description doesn’t really do it justice: modeling and digital grunge combine to make a raunchy instrument that behaves like an experimental studio.

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2024

Machinedrum, repatched: Cycling ’74 doing fun stuff with RNBO

Take a Raspberry Pi, add a delicious web editor in RNBO, and then – go nuts controlling the iconic Elektron Machinedrum. Cycling ’74 is having a lot of fun with RNBO, their Max patching solution for targeting hardware, plug-ins, and the Web.

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2024

Bitwig Studio 5 is all about modulation, curves, and envelope shapes; now in beta

Peter Kirn - April 12, 2023

Massive Roland TR-8S + TR-6S updates: new FM models, probability, editor refresh

Peter Kirn - August 31, 2022

mlre is an expanded version of the classic monome mlr, focused on performance

Peter Kirn - August 3, 2022

Superbooth preview – Making Sound Machines does shuffled beats in voltage

Peter Kirn - April 20, 2022

Blackbox 2.0 is here for 1010music’s excellent sampler – the stable build

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2021

Polyend Tracker 1.4 brings massive new features; updated distribution, production, pricing

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2021

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