New MPC One+ standalone: wireless and more storage, $699 – and runs AIR’s new Juno plugin

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2023

GForce Oberheim SEM, perfect £30 plug-in of a 1974 gem, made with Tom and Marcus

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2022

Polyend Play looks like beauty in simplicity – for utterly fast grid-based music making

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2022

That new MPC 2.10 update proves to be a big hit with users, packed full of features

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2021

OB-Xd 2.0: Open Oberheim-inspired synth for Mac, Windows, Linux adds loads of improvements

Peter Kirn - August 4, 2020

One big, open standalone grid for playing everything: dadamachines composer pro

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2019

Akai Force: hands-on preview of the post-PC live-in-a-box music tool

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2019

Master your Roland TR-8S drum machine settings with a plug-in editor

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2019

What could make APC Live, MPC cool: Akai’s new software direction

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2019

APC as standalone hardware? Leaked Akai APC Live

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2019