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"An exponential upgrade; not only does it double down on what made the original impressive, but it adds copious new capabilities": Elektron Digitone II review

Elektron's hardware FM synth was already a modern classic – but this update is still a significant upgrade

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Music technology gear of the year 2024: The 10 best new synths, samplers and drum machines

We count down our favourite music tech hardware from the past 12 months

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“The Teenage Engineering OP-1 has been dethroned”: Reverb publishes its list of the best-selling electronic music gear of the year - and after 5 years, there’s a new No 1

The online gear marketplace has delivered its yearly round-up of the most-purchased synths, drum machines, samplers and sequencers, but who came out on top?

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“Pull your sound through the prism and into a spectrum of dazzling tones”: Elektron’s Digitone II adds FM drums, phase distortion, comb filters and more

The FM synth-and-groovebox returns with double the polyphony, enhanced sequencing and new synth engines

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“Spreads those SidStation ripples even further”: Elektron’s Syntakt gets new sounds and a Euclidean sequencer

Elektron’s free 1.30 OS makes the hybrid groovebox more appealing than ever

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“It would be strange if we didn’t have [prototypes in development], since creating music machines is what we love doing”: Elektron seemingly confirms Tonverk leak is real, but don’t get too excited just yet

The rumoured hardware sampler may or may not see the light of day, but Elektron does “have other fun hardware things in the pipeline”

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Leaks appear to reveal Elektron’s new instrument Tonverk… but we have questions

Does this leaked image show Elektron's answer to Push and the MPC Live?

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How to use your drum machine as a controller

Trigger your DAW's internal sounds with your drum machine's sequencer, or hook it up to a synth or sampler

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Get to know your drum machine's sequencer: "If authentic-sounding ‘vintage’ drums are what you’re after, try using no more than two or three different velocity values for all of your drums"

Your machine’s features explained, and how you canmake the most of them

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The 5 instruments you need to know about at Superbooth 2024 – New synths, samplers and drum machines

Video and sound demos of some of the biggest hitters at this year's show, from Elektron, Arturia, Polyend, Oberheim and UDO

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"The next chapter in the story of this little box of magic": Elektron Digitakt II unveiled with stereo sampling, an expanded sequencer, more tracks and new effects

The next edition of Elektron's widely beloved sampler and drum machine might look similar, but it beefs up the OG's specs considerably

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Is this Digitakt II? Leak suggests successor to Elektron's popular sampler is on the way with "so much more power under the hood"

If the leak is genuine, Elektron's first hardware release in two years would bring stereo sampling, an expanded sequencer, more memory, more effects and more LFOs to the 'takt

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How SOPHIE and her Elektron Monomachine changed the sound of contemporary pop music: "Every single thing you hear should feel like something you've never heard before"

We celebrate the genius of visionary artist and producer Sophie Xeon, who passed away three years ago this month

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The story of Elektron in 10 synths, samplers and drum machines, from SidStation to Syntakt

How Elektron went from a school project to a global music tech brand beloved by everyone from Thom Yorke to SOPHIE

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What’s the biggest selling electronic music gear of 2023, we hear you ask? Reverb has the answer and it might not surprise you…

Teenage Engineering dominates, with the OP-1 topping the overall and used charts once again

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Elektron updates Analog Rytm MKI and II with new OS: five new sound engines, Euclidean sequencer and more

Both versions of the Swedish manufacturer's analogue drum machine receive a significant upgrade

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9 tips for losing the laptop and embracing DAW-less creativity

Whether you’re trying to minimise your DAW’s role or ditching it completely, maximise your creativity with these tips and ideas

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"Insane beat-machine from the future": This nuts beatmaking software has one of the most complex interfaces we've ever seen

2020 is a semi-modular sampler, sequencer and synthesizer that's now available for pre-order after seven years of development

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Show Us Your Studio #3: "You never know exactly how the Moog is going to sound until you start fiddling around with the patch cables"

It's time for the third edition of our weekly peek into our readers' home studios

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Isla Instruments S2400 review

The boutique box that harkens back to the golden age of samplers has gained many fans. We check it out

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Superbooth 2023: the best new synths, effects, modules and more

Gear highlights from Europe's biggest synth show

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Superbooth 2023: Elektron turns up the Analog Heat with a new +FX model of the acclaimed stereo distortion processor

Real circuitry meets a collection of digital processors

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Stepper is a free, Elektron-inspired step sequencer for the Game Boy Advance

A new music-making app for a 20-year-old handheld

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Elektron Digitakt 1.5

The Swedish brand’s widely-loved sampler gets a significant overhaul. We take a not-quite second look

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“Between synth lines, hard-hitting percussion and flexible, hands-on sequencing, it taps into precisely what we look for in a hardware groovebox”: Elektron Syntakt review

With the arrival of the OS 1.30 update, we revisit our review of the hybrid analogue and digital drum machine

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