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Casio Sampler
Hardware

Casio previews the SXC1 portable standalone sampler at NAMM 2026: new demo

January 23, 2026 Synth Anatomy 13

NAMM 2026: Casio previews a new portable standalone sampler with 16 pads, real-time recording, a sequencer, and more. Updates: new video demo, and according to Rich Formidoni, it’s called Casio SXC1 or SX-C1 NAMM 2026 […]

Akai MPC 3.7
Grooveboxes

Akai MPC 3.7 firmware brings new features and Spitfire Audio coming to the MPC

January 20, 2026 Synth Anatomy 1

NAMM 2026: Akai has released MPC 3.7 firmware with new features and improvements, and Spitfire Audio sounds are coming soon to the MPC. After numerous leaks in recent weeks, the Akai MPC XL has been […]

Akai MPC XL
Grooveboxes

Akai MPC XL: new flagship model is the most powerful MPC ever made

January 20, 2026 Synth Anatomy 7

NAMM 2026: Akai MPC XL is the new flagship model of its standalone MPC series with more power, memory, hands-on control, and more. Perhaps the worst-kept secret of the past few weeks was the new […]

Stylophone Voice
Hardware

Stylophone VOICE, a $50 portable multi-sampler with effects

January 16, 2026 Synth Anatomy 7

NAMM 2026: Stylophone VOICE is a new portable multi-sampler with 12 built-in real-time effects in the form of a Stylophone. At the last NAMM shows, the British company Dubreq, better known as Stylophone, brought a […]

Leak Akai MPC XL
Hardware

Leak: Akai MPC XL: new details of the upcoming MPC flagship groove workstation

January 12, 2026 Synth Anatomy 19

A new leak from Squarecable.com reveals new details of the upcoming Akai MPC XL flagship groove workstation ahead of its release. Just before Christmas 2025, Guitar Center leaked information about the new Akai MPC XL. […]

Fazer FX
Hardware

teenage engineering OP-1 Field 1.6: amp synth engine, multi-channel USB audio… + secret Fazer FX

December 18, 2025 Synth Anatomy 1

teenage engineering OP-Field 1.6 update features a new amp synth engine, multi-channel USB audio, and more. A new update for OP-Field was released on Tuesday. In addition to the new amp-synth engine and excellent multi-channel […]

1.2 Update
Hardware

Elektron Tonverk 1.2: new OS update adds new effects to the multi-track polyphonic sampler

December 17, 2025 Synth Anatomy 11

Elektron Tonverk is a new 16-track performance polyphonic sampler with multi-samples and with the potential to be the spiritual Octatrack successor: Firmware 1.2 out now Elektron’s OS 1.1 update for Tonverk, released at the end […]

1010music Bento
Hardware

1010music Bento multi-track sampler: new firmware 1.3 adds Fireball wavetable synth: out now

November 27, 2025 Synth Anatomy 9

1010music Bento is a portable, battery-powered creative multi-track sampler with granular and more: new firmware 1.3 adds Fireball wavetable synth. Good news from 1010music. The new firmware 1.3 for the Bento multi-track sampler is out […]

Beetlecrab Audio Tempera 2.2
Hardware

Beetlecrab Audio Tempera 2.2: granular synth now with poly aftertouch pads, and more

November 20, 2025 Synth Anatomy 8

Following 2.0 and 2.1, Beetlecrab Audio Tempera 2.2 is out now, adding polyphonic aftertouch to the pads of the multi-timbral granular synth and more. The Tempera from the young Czech company Beetlecrab Audio is a […]

MYWOFI sample generator
Hardware

Kiviak Instruments Wofi keyboard sampler: firmware update 1.5 news and free Texturer plugin

October 9, 2025 Synth Anatomy 15

At SynthFest France 2025, Kiviak Instruments announced the sample generator for the WOFI keyboard sampler and its platform MyWOFI. WOFI, from the French company Kiviak Instruments, is a hardware sampler inspired by the Casio SK-1 […]

Akai MPC Force 3.6
Grooveboxes

Akai MPC & Force 3.6 update introduces MPC Pro Pack with premium features, time signature & more

October 2, 2025 Synth Anatomy 8

Akai MPC & Force 3.6 firmware update is out now with project time signature support, a new drum articulation engine, new MPC Pro Pack plugins, and more. Akai today introduced the new MPC Live III, […]

Akai MPC Live III
Grooveboxes

Akai MPC Live III, groove workstation with more power, hands-control and 3D sensing technology

October 2, 2025 Synth Anatomy 17

Akai MPC Live III is the next generation of its MPC standalone groove workstation with more power, hands-on control, and all-new 3D sensing technology. With the MPC OS 3.0 update, Akai delivered a massive free […]

Hardware

Rainy Day Cumulus, hardware sampler turns your input into multi-layer loopscapes

September 6, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Knobcon 2025: Rainy Day Cumulus is a new battery-powered hardware sampler that turns your samples/loops into fully-controllable multi-layer soundscapes. Otem Relik has launched numerous exciting hardware synthesizers in recent years, which sold out in a […]

Woovebox 2.0
Grooveboxes

Woovebox 2.0, the mini sampling and synthesis groovebox gets even more features

August 30, 2025 Synth Anatomy 8

Woovebox is a new portable groovebox that squeezes a heck of synthesis and sampling features in a tiny cardbox groovebox: update 2.0 adds even more to it. Two years ago, a new developer released a […]

Sonicware LoFi-12 XT 1.5
Grooveboxes

Sonicware LoFi-12 XT retro sampling groovebox: update 1.5 with new features

August 28, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Sonicware melts the LIVEN LoFi-12 and SmplTrek elements in the new LoFi-12 XT, a portable, 8-track sampling groovebox with creative features. Great news from Sonicware. They have today published a major free update, version 1.5, […]

Bastl Instruments Kastle 2 Wave Bard
Hardware

Bastl Instruments Kastle 2 Wave Bard, new update adds USB MIDI to the semi-modular sample player

August 26, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Superbooth 2025: Bastl Instruments Kastle 2 Wave Bard is a new pocket sample player with an inspiring engine that invites to long experimental jams. At Superbooth 2025, Bastl Instruments presented the second new device from […]

wunderkammer WoO.1
Hardware

Wunderkammer WoO.1, battery powered portable sampler and looper for on-the-go Line Input update!

August 26, 2025 Synth Anatomy 19

Wunderkammer WoO.1 is a new battery-powered portable sampler and looper for on-the-go, launching this week on Kickstarter. A few days ago, the Kickstarter campaign for the Wunderkammer WoO.1 sampler launched. It almost wouldn’t have been […]

Critter & Guitar Organelle S2
Effects

Critter & Guitari Organelle S2, a more powerful version of the music computer

August 13, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Critter & Guitari Organelle S2 is the latest version of its beloved music computer with a more powerful CPU, and more. The Organelle by Gritter & Guitari is a small, portable mighty music computer with […]

Lambda Synthetics PolyPulse
Grooveboxes

Lambda Synthetics PolyPulse, algo-rhythmic synth and sampling groovebox is available now

August 5, 2025 Synth Anatomy 4

Lambda Synthetics PolyPulse, previewed at Superbooth 23, is a unique groovebox powered by algorithmic sequencing, multi-synthesis synthesis & sampling. It’s now available. At Superbooth 2023, the Dutch company Lambda Labs unveiled the PolyPulse, an algorithmic […]

Erica Synths Pikocore XL
Hardware

Erica Synths Pikocore XL DIY, Infinite Digits’ Lo-Fi sample player with creative audio mangling in beautiful back in stock

August 1, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Superbooth 2025: Erica Synths Pikocore XL packs Infinite Digits’ fascinating Lo-Fi sampler player and audio mangler into beautiful clothes. Update: Back in stock! On the World Wide Web, you can find countless lovely open-source projects […]

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