Circuit Rhythm is Novation’s stab at a lofi hip hop machine

Posted on 09/02/2021 by Engadget

Novation just released the Circuit Tracks, an update to its portable and affordable all-in-one electronic music production station. But, it also quietly snuck out the announcement of Circuit Rhythm, an almost identical looking groovebox built around...

Novation Circuit Tracks is a worthy successor to a beloved groovebox

Posted on 09/02/2021 by Engadget

Novation’s Circuit groovebox is a pretty beloved piece of entry-level music making gear. And with good reason. Its two polyphonic synth tracks and four sample-based drum tracks give it a surprising amount of flexibility for something that’s only $329...

Liven XFM is a $199 groovebox for ’80s fetishists

Posted on 29/01/2021 by Engadget

Sonicware first broke on the scene with the ELZ_1 a few years back — a portable multimode synth that’s seemed to draw inspiration from Teenage Engineering’s OP-1. Then last year it announced the Liven 8-Bit Warps, a looping synth with a collection of...

Polyend Tracker review: A powerful but confounding groovebox

Posted on 20/01/2021 by Engadget

I’ve been sitting on this review for a long time.That’s partially because the Polyend Tracker wasn’t ready for the masses until recently. But also, frankly, I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of it.

Korg teases Drumlogue, a hybrid analog / digital groovebox

Posted on 20/01/2021 by Engadget

Korg is teasing the next member of the ‘logue family, the Drumlogue. We don’t have all the details right now as it’s still under development, but we do know it will be a hybrid analog / digital groovebox. Judging from the short teaser video, that mea...

Roland’s Verselab is a groovebox built for vocalists

Posted on 11/01/2021 by Engadget

Keeping track of Roland’s various drum machines and grooveboxes is getting tough. But its latest, the Verselab MV-1 is unique for a number of reasons. For one, it’s the company’s only instrument that combines the classic TR-style 16-step sequence wit...

Native Instruments crams its powerful music-making software in a standalone groovebox

Posted on 08/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Basically everyone in the music world right now is trying to break away from the PC. It’s not that DAWs and VSTs don’t have their place. But there’s a growing desire to put actual hardware in front of people and all the better if that hardware works...

Model:Cycles review: An affordable and approachable FM groovebox

Posted on 26/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Fair or not, Elektron has a reputation for making complex and kinda pricey electronic music gear. Last year though, it made a serious play for the entry level with the Model:Samples ($299), an affordable, sample-based groovebox that simplified...

Elektron’s Model:Samples groovebox is $100 off for the holidays

Posted on 29/11/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Elektron's synths, samplers, drum machines and grooveboxes are known for their top-notch sound and unique sequencing features. Once thing they're not known for, though, is being affordable. The Model:Samples is the big exception to that rule. And it'...

Roland MC-101 review: Beats, bass and batteries

Posted on 20/11/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you think Roland's nostalgia-infused music gear is a new thing, think again. As far back as the mid-'90s (and maybe beyond), the company was cashing in on the gravitas of some of its legendary instruments. In 1996, the company introduced the MC-30...

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