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Polyend Play 1.3
Grooveboxes

Polyend Play+, firmware 1.3 adds new Dirt synth engine for filthy sound explorations

November 13, 2025 Synth Anatomy 25

Polyend Play+, new firmware 1.3 adds a new warping and waveshaping Dirt synth engine and more to the groovebox The Play+ is a groovebox that places a strong emphasis on its sequencer. It’s very versatile […]

Teenage Engineering EP-40 Riddim Supertone
Grooveboxes

Teenage Engineering EP-40 Riddim Supertone & EP-2350 Ting: reggae-inspired groovebox and FX mic

November 4, 2025 Synth Anatomy 3

Teenage Engineering has today released the EP-40 Riddim Supertone, a new reggae-inspired groovebox and matching EP-2350 FX microphone. It’s no secret that new Teenage Engineering products are on the verge of release. After initial leaks […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Elektron Digitakt II OS 1.15
Grooveboxes

Elektron Digitakt II, new OS 1.15 update adds slice machine to the hardware sampler

June 25, 2025 Synth Anatomy 18

Elektron has just released OS 1.15 for its Elektron II sampler, featuring the long-awaited slice-machine mode.  Since the release of the Digitakt II, Elektron has added numerous new features via free updates. These include a […]

Synthstrom Audible Deluge retail
Grooveboxes

Synthstrom Audible Deluge groovebox is no longer New Zealand exclusive but goes retail

October 22, 2024 Synth Anatomy 7

Synthstrom Audible Deluge, a hardware groovebox with an open-source engine, previously New Zealand exclusive, now goes retail. The Deluge is one of the most comprehensive and creative hardware grooveboxes of recent years. Since the firmware […]

Donner MEDO
Grooveboxes

Donner MEDO, new portable battery-powered sampling groovebox available now

August 20, 2024 Synth Anatomy 11

Donner MEDO is a new portable battery-powered sampling groovebox playable via touch; it’s available now. Last year, I reported on the development of the Donner MEDO groovebox, which was successfully funded via Kickstarter. The concept […]

teenage engineering EP-1320
Grooveboxes

teenage engineering EP-1320, best-selling groovebox sampler goes the medieval route

August 6, 2024 Synth Anatomy 16

teenage engineering EP-1320 Medieval takes its users to the sounds of the Middle Ages with the power of the EP series groovebox sampler. After many high-end priced devices, teenage engineering surprisingly returned in November 2023 […]

Polyend Tracker Black Friday
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Black Friday Deal: save 33% OFF on Polyend Tracker groovebox

November 17, 2023 Synth Anatomy 3

Deal: Polyend smashes out its Tracker hardware groovebox with granular synthesis, sampling, and more with an up to 48% OFF discount for a limited time.  UPDATE: that was a fast comeback. The Polyend Tracker deal […]

Polyend Tracker Mini NAMM 2023
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker Mini is available now, is it already Bad Gear?

August 11, 2023 Synth Anatomy 12

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 […]

Akai MPC One Plus
Grooveboxes

Akai MPC One +, new standalone sampler and sequencer, full details

May 30, 2023 Synth Anatomy 8

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 […]

Leak Akai MPC One +
Leaks, Rumours...

Leak: Akai MPC One +, hardware standalone music production center

May 30, 2023 Synth Anatomy 1

According to the leak, Akai will soon unveil the MPC One +, an updated version in red and with more internal storage. There was a big leak in mid-February. Including the Akai MPC XL with […]

Grooveboxes

Akai MPC X SE, more power, storage and a retro design

April 26, 2023 Synth Anatomy 4

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 […]

Muse Ovation BeatWarp
Drum Machines

NAMM 2023: Muse Ovations BeatWarp, new groovebox with a unique, colorful concept

April 17, 2023 Synth Anatomy 4

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 […]

Polyend Tracker Mini NAMM 2023
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker Mini, the handheld version of the Tracker for NAMM 2023

April 12, 2023 Synth Anatomy 4

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 […]

Polyend Play firmware 1.2
Audio & MIDI

Polyend Play 1.2 firmware brings customizable global master FXs

January 20, 2023 Synth Anatomy 4

Polyend has published firmware 1.2 for the Play groovebox/MIDI sequencer bringing customizable global master FXs.  With the Play, Polyend presented a sample-based groovebox at Superbooth 22, which is also a very versatile multitrack MIDI sequencer […]

Behringer Groove Key
Audio & MIDI

Behringer Groove Key, a Keystep Pro inspired groovebox and MIDI CV sequencer

December 20, 2022 Synth Anatomy 25

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 […]

Grooveboxes

Novation Circuit Tracks 1.2 firmware adds save mute states to scenes

December 16, 2022 Synth Anatomy 0

Novation has updated its Circuit Tracks hardware groovebox to firmware 1.2 adding save mute states to scenes. In early November, Novation released firmware 2.0 for its Circuit Rhythm hardware groovebox. An update with which they […]

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