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Sonicware Launches Kickstarter For SmplTrek Portable Production Sampler

Sounds can be recorded with or without effects, edited, and then quickly assigned to pads for sequencing. Once you have created the samples you want, you can use them to build complete songs.… Read More Sonicware Launches Kickstarter For SmplTrek Portable Production Sampler

March 31, 2022April 1, 202227 Comments

Configuring The Elektron Workstation

This series of videos discusses the idea of ‘The Elektron Workstation’ – using an Elektron device as the brain of a complete music-making system.… Read More Configuring The Elektron Workstation

March 6, 2022Leave a comment

Free Update Doubles Isla Instruments S2400 Polyphony To 16 Voices

Isla Instruments has released a free firmware update for their S2400 sampler that doubles the polyphony from 8 voices to 16, adds assignable outputs and more. … Read More Free Update Doubles Isla Instruments S2400 Polyphony To 16 Voices

March 4, 20223 Comments

Sampling & Chopping The Amen Break

The video starts with the original, then demonstrates how to program the break from scratch, and then sample and chop it.… Read More Sampling & Chopping The Amen Break

January 22, 2022January 23, 2022Leave a comment

Blue Monday, And The Bizarre History Of That Awesomely Weird Choir Sound

A rat’s nest of generation loss gives the iconic choir sound the artifacts of most of the audio recording formats of the 20th century. … Read More Blue Monday, And The Bizarre History Of That Awesomely Weird Choir Sound

January 17, 2022January 22, 202210 Comments

BOSS RC-505 mkII Loop Station In-Depth Review

In his latest Sonic Lab review, host Nick Batt takes a look at the new BOSS RC-505 mkII – a major update to the popular Loop Station design.… Read More BOSS RC-505 mkII Loop Station In-Depth Review

November 18, 20212 Comments

Free Novation Circuit Rhythm Sample Expansion Pack Features 550+ Royalty-Free Samples

Novation has released an awesome freebie for Circuit Rhythm owners that features 550+ samples to twist, chop & mangle…… Read More Free Novation Circuit Rhythm Sample Expansion Pack Features 550+ Royalty-Free Samples

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021Leave a comment

SP-1200 Reissue Now Available To Pre-Order

The Rossum SP-1200 reissue is engineered by the original designer and built and tested in the United States to his standards.… Read More SP-1200 Reissue Now Available To Pre-Order

November 3, 2021November 3, 202152 Comments

Rossum Electro-Music Bringing Back The Classic E-Mu SP-1200 Sampler

It looks like Rossum Electro-Music is planning to reintroduce the classic E-Mu SP-1200 drum machine and percussion sampler.… Read More Rossum Electro-Music Bringing Back The Classic E-Mu SP-1200 Sampler

October 30, 2021October 31, 202145 Comments

Akai S900 / S950 Vintage Sampler In-Depth Demo

This video, via Tonelab, takes an in-depth look at the Akai S900 / S950 sampler from 1986, a hybrid digital + analog sampler.… Read More Akai S900 / S950 Vintage Sampler In-Depth Demo

October 23, 2021October 24, 20214 Comments

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