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Are software synths now better than hardware - and does it matter?

Grab your favourite softsynths and let us take you on a journey into their evolution. Learn how to get more out of them and see how they stack up next to the pioneers that inspired them

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Roland’s new premium digital pianos look like uprights, but are designed to sound and play like acoustic grands

LX-9, LX-6 and LX-5 use a range of technologies to make them feel mighty real

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"A kit with some surprising tricks up its sleeve": Donner Backbeat review

A feature-packed mid-range electronic drum set, but are the light up pads a pointless gimmick?

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"As a proof-of-concept, it’s hard to fault, even if we’d need to sell some organs to buy one": DWe review

Forget your drum module - DW’s jumping head-first towards the deep end of computer-based drum sounds, and its acoustic-electronic hardware is our life raft of familiarity. Let’s hope it’s not a washout…

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‘Synth map of the world’ reveals that Roland and Behringer dominate other brands when it comes to Google searches

Roland is number one in 73 countries, while Behringer leads the way in 33

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The producer's guide to the Roland TB-303 (and its clones)

TB-303 Day special: Iconic and influential, but notoriously awkward to program. Let’s explore the ins and outs of coaxing acid lines from a 303 – whether real, cloned or emulated

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"Fine for off-the-cuff sequencer basslines, otherwise you have to plan what you're going to do before even switching it on": Here's what the reviews said when the dance-music-defining Roland TB-303 was released in 1981

Happy TB-303 Day! Grab your time travel machine, because back then it only cost a couple of hundred bucks

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Speedy J on the 30th anniversary of ambient techno classic Ginger: "My approach was to take more time for tracks to develop - be less focused on the impact of the drums, and give everything a bit more space"

Recently celebrating its 30th birthday, Speedy J tells us about the making of his 1993 Warp Records debut

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10 of the best Roland TB-303 tracks of all time: Fatboy Slim, Voodoo Ray, Aphex Twin and more

Celebrate TB-303 Day with these squelchy bassline classics

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SampleRadar TB-303 Day special: 252 free 303-style acid samples

Celebrate 303 Day with a killer Roland TB-303 sample pack - absolutely free

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"I heard Portishead’s Dummy on the radio and thought to myself: ‘I can make that'": Air's Moon Safari is 25 years old, but still sounds like it will be made in 25 years' time. Here's the story of the greatest chillout album ever

And why you should see them play the whole album live this year…

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Daniel Avery on Drone Logic: “I was taking synthesizers and drum machines and putting them through these effect pedals - it was techno with a shoegaze aesthetic”

Avery talks us through the making of his recently-reissued 2013 experimental electronica debut Drone Logic

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10 mistakes every beginner keyboard player makes

There are many pitfalls waiting to stymie the beginner keyboard player, from choosing ill-suited gear to practicing the wrong pieces. We’ve made the worst blunders so you don’t have to – here’s our guide to the mistakes every novice should avoid

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TAL's latest plugin emulates the '80s synth behind the classic rave hoover sound, Roland's Alpha Juno 2

TAL-Pha expands the original synth's capabilities with contemporary features and a more user-friendly interface

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The producer's guide to the Roland RE-201 Space Echo: "It can cover everything from simple saturation to wild, out-of-control and bizarre self-oscillation"

Here's how to master one of music's most beloved effects boxes, used by dub producers and experimental electronic composers alike since the early ’70s

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How Laurie Anderson made the experimental classic O Superman: "The lyrics are a one-sided conversation, like a prayer to God. I wanted it to be like a Greek chorus – not just one voice – so I used a vocoder"

As the unlikely 1981 hit goes viral on TikTok, we tell the story of Laurie Anderson's strangely compelling masterpiece

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Aaron Horn: "My dad banned me from all the studios as a little kid. Every kid just wants to hit a load of buttons, don’t they?"

Stepping out of the shadow of his legendary father, Trevor, Aaron Horn has charted a unique course across the music industry, from producing for Doja Cat to mastering sound meditation

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How a lightning storm fried Richie Hawtin's gear and created the sound of F.U.S.E.'s Dimension Intrusion: "My equipment glowed and then shut down. After that, there was something wrong with my Wavestation; it was even more distorted"

Hawtin talks us through the electrifying story behind the making of his 1993 ambient techno classic

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"Is our music abstract and weird? To us it's not! Maybe if you've only listened to pop music, then yeah, it's weirder": How Autechre's radically inventive music-making turned experimentation into electronica

We explore the genius of the divisive, Warp-affiliated duo that has spent three decades boldly exploring the potential of music technology

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It’s coming in the air tonight: Cherry Audio releases its first drum machine, a plugin emulation of the Roland CR-78, as used by Phil Collins and Hall & Oates

We can go for this

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Roland teams up with streetwear brand Supreme on special editions of JU-06A and TR-8

The Supreme-branded versions of Roland's Boutique synth and drum machine form part of the brand's Spring/Summer collection for 2024

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Roland Cloud is the easy, affordable way to get your hands on classic synths, drum machines and more

More than 50 years of Roland history in your DAW

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How to master your synths: "If you really want to get to know a synth, the best thing you can do is read the manual, test out each element and get a feel for how each feature affects the sound"

Let’s go beyond basic oscillators and simple modulation, to explore the more esoteric, adventurous sides of synth sound design

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“When it’s good, it’s very good indeed, and we have to remind ourselves that we’re playing on a sub-$/£400 kit”: Alesis Nitro Max review

With all-mesh heads, sounds from BFD and wireless connectivity, the Alesis Nitro Max looks set to take on the beginner e-kit market

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NAMM 2024: "We've fired up the first complete prototype - what an amazing moment": Behringer delivers updates on some of its biggest synth and drum machine projects

The latest news on Roland, Oberheim and Casio-a-like synths and drum machines from our favourite clone trooper

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