Hardware grooveboxes news
The Deluge groovebox, sampler, and synth open-source since SB 23, now got a first community firmware update with tons of new features. New products are published. Depending on success and budget, developers will provide updates […]
Elektron has released firmware 1.70 for the Analog Rytm hybrid drum machine/groovebox featuring new machines, sequencer mode, and more. Small update to the Analog Rytm firmware 1.70 article. At the same time, Elektron has lowered […]
Akai Pro has released Force 3.3, a new firmware update that includes three new free effects plugins, previously released for the MPC series. Two weeks ago, precisely at the end of October, I reported on […]
Analog Cases has announced the XTS Stands, a new, neat, resizable desktop stand lineup for synths, drum machines, and pedals. In an update, I reported that a reader contacted me about a similar product by […]
Akai has released the new MPC firmware 2.12.2 with four new AIR effects plugins, including chorus, multi-tap delay, and more. Looking back at the beginning of the new MPCs, you didn’t have a good feeling. […]
Boochow Instruments has released Delay Lab, a free delay plugin for Korg drumlogue created for chorus and flanger effects. With the drumlogue, Korg dipped its hybrid architecture into the drum machine/groovebox area for the first […]
Sonicware has released its firmware 3.0 for its SmplTrek sampler/groovebox with a new performance mode, project looper, and more. The market for small portable grooveboxes has grown constantly in recent years. Especially those that have […]
Audio Enjoyer XR-1 is a new upcoming groovebox with a built-in 909-style drum sequencer, sampling, and synths powered by a Teensy 4.1 Next Saturday, Machina Bristronica, a synth event, will take place in Bristol (UK). […]
Polyend Tracker firmware 1.7, with new features and workflow improvements, is out, still on 48% OFF sale, and no discontinuation plans. Update: It looks like the Polyend Tracker Sale is done. At Thomann, the Tracker […]
Polyend Tracker Mini battery-powered groovebox, initially announced at NAMM 2023, is available now worldwide, is it already Bad Gear? Looking back at NAMM 2023, the big US music tech event was rather weak, especially in […]
Zynthian v5: the Raspberry Pi and Linux-based hardware plugin host goes in the next round with a completely redesigned hardware. VST plugins belong on “in-the-box” computer systems and not in DAWless setups. Not necessarily, there […]
Akai MPC One + is the successor of the MPC One standalone sampler and sequencer with more internal storage (16 GB), and more. At night there was a leak on the new MPC One Plus […]
Ableton unchains its MIDI controller with the release of Push 3 and goes standalone with an all-new hardware, including MPE, audio interface, and more. There have long been calls for an Ableton Push standalone with […]
Akai MPC X SE is the successor to the MPC X with more power (4GB), expanded storage (48GB), and in a new retro design. Last February, I reported on a leak that previewed a new […]
Sonicware has published the firmware 2.0 for its SMPLTREK hardware sampling groovebox with various new features, improvements, and bugfixes. More than a year ago the Kickstarter campaign for Sonicware’s new SMPLTREK was launched. The sampler […]
NAMM 2023: Muse Ovations has introduced BeatWarp, a new fascinating audio/MIDI groovebox with a unique, colorful concept. NAMM 2023 is officially history. Saturday was the last day of the biggest music fair. There was some […]
NAMM 2023: Polyend Tracker Mini is a new handheld version of the Tracker hardware groovebox with a built-in sampler, granular synth, and more. That was a short leak. Tonight (Europe Time), Polyend officially launched the […]
LEAK: Akai is working on the release of the new Akai MPC XL with 4GB RAM, a new MPC One, a 3.0 software update, and more Before musical instruments or general electronic devices can be […]
Korg drumlogue 1.1 update is out now, adding chromatic MIDI recording, more latch functions, new Nano synth parameters, and more. In mid -September 2022, Korg released the drumlogue, a hybrid drum machine featuring four analog […]
Behringer’s answer to the Keystep Pro is called Groove Key and is an upcoming multi-engine groovebox and MIDI-CV sequencer. With the announcement of the Swing MIDI controller in 2020, Behringer caused heated discussions in the […]
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