Hardware grooveboxes news
Akai Pro MPC Key 37 Synthesizer workstation is finally official; here are all the details you should know, including pictures and first videos. Almost endless leaks have occurred about the upcoming MPC Key 37 from […]
Dirtywave has announced the M8 Tracker Model:02, a hardware refresh for its groovebox with a new design, screen, and built-in mic. There has been a tracker renaissance in recent years. We got the Polyend Tracker […]
Spherical Sound Society Ono-Sendai is a new portable DIY Synthesizer powered by the Mutable Instruments Braids oscillators. Etsy is a paradise for DIY projects and small business products. It is also the platform if you […]
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 […]
Sonicware melts the LIVEN LoFi-12 and SmplTrek elements in the new LoFi-12 XT, a portable, 8-track sampling groovebox with creative features. The last two days of the Sonicware Sonicware LoFi-12 XT Kickstarter campaign have begun. […]
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. […]
Lambda Synthetics PolyPulse, previewed at Superbooth 23, is a unique groovebox powered by algorithmic sequencing, synthesis & sampling. Now on Kickstarter. Every year, Superbooth 23 is the biggest celebration of synthesizers. With tons of new […]
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 […]
Woovebox is a new portable groovebox that squeezes a heck of synthesis and sampling features in a tiny cardbox groovebox. With the Novation Circuit, a new era of groove boxes began in 2015. Small, affordable, […]
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 […]
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