Here’s a gorgeous chill jam and the excellent 1.9 firmware for the Blackbox sampler

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ROLI hits reboot, files for administration, as it shifts to beginners and subscriptions

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Playtronica’s Orbita explores sequences on physical, kinetic turntable, launching soon

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Inside the Reese’s Puffs cereal beatboxes – and yeah, they made real instruments

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Cassette turntablism is a thing, and you need to watch more tape DJ videos from Japan

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Error Instruments’ Loopman is an experimental cassette Walkman instrument

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Lucifer is a dark FM oscillator for drones and drums and evil – Error Instruments does Superbooth

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Sequential’s Take 5 poly, revealed: a compact $1299 synth with the Prophet 5 filter

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DinSync.info RE-808 is a 1:1 replica so authentic, it’ll run the original OS

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Erica Synths – Sonic Potions LXR-02 drum machine review: deep dive

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