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Roland AIRA P-6 Creative Sampler
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Roland AIRA P-6, new compact creative sampler with granular synthesis

September 12, 2024 Synth Anatomy 9

Roland AIRA P-6 is a new compact, battery-powered creative sampler with live sampling capabilities and granular synthesis. Roland has not been at Superbooth for the last three years. However, in the past two years, they […]

Akai Pro Stems MPC
Grooveboxes

Akai Pro MPC STEMS now available for MPC hardware

July 11, 2024 Synth Anatomy 6

Akai Pro will supercharge its MPC hardware and software lineup with built-in stems separation technology in the sampler engine. Finally, the day is here. After the MPC Steam functionality was initially only available for the […]

Zeptocore
Hardware

Infinitedigits Zeptocore, open-source breakbeat handheld sample player gets new firmware 3.0

June 20, 2024 Synth Anatomy 3

Infinitedigits Zeptocore is a new, affordable, open-source handheld sample player with a built-in sequencer and colorful effects. Shortly before the start of Superbooth 24, I reported on the exciting open-source project Zeptocore. It’s a Pocket […]

Jomox Alpha Base MKII
Drum Machines

Superbooth 24: Jomox Alpha Base MKII, analog drum Synthesizer gets a new version

May 24, 2024 Synth Anatomy 7

Superbooth 24: Jomox has showcased the new Alpha Base MKII, the successor of its popular analog drum Synthesizer/drum machine, with new features and improvements. Analog drum synthesizers/drum machines with a big feature set beyond 808/909 […]

Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave Sampling
Hardware

Superbooth 24: Groove Synthesis turns the 3rd Wave Synthesizer into a sampler

May 14, 2024 Synth Anatomy 2

Superbooth 24: Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave, the mighty multi-timbral wavetable Synthesizer, now supports sampling.  The Superbooth starts this Thursday and I can already tease you so much: there will be a firework again with the […]

Roland Fantom EX Series
Hardware

Roland Fantom EX series: Synthesizer workstation in familiar clothes but with new engine

April 25, 2024 Synth Anatomy 9

Roland Fantom EX series: new flagship Synthesizer workstation with familiar clothes but powered by the new EX engine with next-gen ACB. In November 2023, Roland released the Fantom EX software update for their flagship Synthesizer […]

Roland SP-404MKII 4.04
Hardware

Roland SP-404MKII 4.04: new loop capture, Koala app integration, and more

April 4, 2024 Synth Anatomy 0

Roland has released the SP-404MKII 4.04 firmware, a massive update with new loop capture functionality, Koala app integration, synth engine and more. Regular updates for hardware products are welcome. Some time ago, Roland was less […]

Blipblox myTRACKS
Grooveboxes

Blipblox myTRACKS, Playtime Engineering’s sampling groovebox for kids is around the corner

March 26, 2024 Synth Anatomy 2

Blipblox myTRACKS, initially a NAMM 2022 news, is a sampling groovebox for kids and beyond from Playtime Engineering, the devs of the Blipblox synths—soonish on Kickstarter. Playtime Engineering does one thing differently than all other […]

Elektron Digitakt no longer in production
Hardware

Elektron Digitakt is no longer in production, says Thomann, MKII for Superbooth 24?

March 14, 2024 Synth Anatomy 13

Elektron Digitakt hardware sampler groovebox is no longer in production, says Thomann, will we see a MKII version for Superbooth 24? In January 2017, Elektron unveiled the Digitakt, an 8-voice digital sampler, at NAMM 17. […]

Polyend Tracker Mini 1.1
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker Mini 1.1, new firmware with better stereo sampling and more

March 7, 2024 Synth Anatomy 0

Polyend has just published Tracker Mini 1.1, a new free firmware update that brings stereo line-in recording, extended sampling times, and more. The Tracker Mini is a Tracker-based portable, battery-powered groovebox with sampling and synthesis. […]

Critter & Guitari Kaleidoloop new
Hardware

Critter & Guitari Kaleidoloop, portable hardware looper retruns in a feature-richer version

March 7, 2024 Synth Anatomy 4

Critter & Guitari has released a new version of its cute portable looper Kaleidoloop with extended features, including new playing modes and more. The Organelle, 201 Pocket Piano, and the EYSEY are all synthesizers from […]

Tempera 1.5 firmware update
Hardware

Tempera 1.5, touchy hardware polyphonic granular synth gets a big update

February 19, 2024 Synth Anatomy 5

Tempera 1.5, a new firmware update for the touchy hardware polyphonic granular synth is available now and a third batch is ready for pre-order. At Superbooth 23, the makers of the Vector synth introduced Tempera, […]

Leak
Grooveboxes

Akai Pro MPC Key 37 Synthesizer workstation is finally official

February 6, 2024 Synth Anatomy 29

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 […]

Waldorf Quantum Iridium 3.2
Hardware

Waldorf Quantum and Iridium firmware 3.2, new digital former goodies, now in beta

December 22, 2023 Synth Anatomy 3

Waldorf has released Quantum and Iridium firmware 3.0, adding eight more digital voices, new wavetable effects, and more.  There is also good news from Waldorf before the Christmas holidays. In the official beta group, you […]

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field 1.5
Hardware

teenage engineering OP-1 Field 1.5, new firmware adds terminal FX and bouncing

December 15, 2023 Synth Anatomy 4

teenage engineering released the OP-1 Field 1.5 firmware with a new terminal bit-crusher FX and track-bouncing functionality. The OP-1 Field is the successor to the modern white legend OP-1. The release caused heated discussions. A […]

Deluge open-source community firmware
Grooveboxes

Deluge groovebox just got a first open-source community firmware update

December 5, 2023 Synth Anatomy 1

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 […]

Analog Cases XTS
Drum Machines

“Analog Cases XTS are unauthorized knockoffs of the Utility M1”, says KVgear

November 14, 2023 Synth Anatomy 19

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 […]

Korg KAOSS Replay
Effects

Korg KAOSS Replay, comeback of the iconic KAOSS dynamic effects sampler

November 9, 2023 Synth Anatomy 11

Korg KAOSS Replay brings the iconic creative KAOSS effects back in a new performance-optimized pad sampler.  Korg has a long, successful history in the music tech world. This started in the 60s with the Mini […]

Fantom EX Upgrade Roland
Hardware

Fantom EX Upgrade, Roland’s flagship synth workstation gets an ACB boost

November 8, 2023 Synth Anatomy 6

The Fantom EX Upgrade supercharges the Roland Fantom Synthesizer workstation series with ACB technology, new synths, pianos, and more. In 2019, Roland introduced the next generation of its Fantom Synthesizer workstation. A newly developed hybrid […]

Lilla Audio Sampler
Hardware

LILLA is a Teensy-based desktop multi-timbral polyphonic sampler

October 31, 2023 Synth Anatomy 15

LILLA is a new desktop multi-timbral polyphonic sampler with 16 voices powered by a Teensy 4.1 microcontroller.  Most musicians buy their instruments in a music store, online or offline in the city. Don’t forget platforms […]

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