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Combining onscreen gaming with the hard graft of learning to play an instrument can inject some fun into the process, but it could also help with creativity. To that end, Endlesss has launched the Beat Machine – a full-size arcade machine rocking its c… Continue reading Music creation gets its game on at the Beat Machine arcade
Roland has announced the launch of the FP-E50, a portable piano and creativity workstation that’s designed as an easy intro for beginners while including enough advanced features to keep the pros happy, including Roland’s flagship synthesis engine.Cont… Continue reading Roland makes flagship sound engine portable with FP-E50 digital piano
Synth wizards Critter & Guitari have launched a successor to the company’s first product – the Pocket Piano – in the shape of a portable music box called the 201, which sports six sound engines, a built-in speaker and a bunch of funky wooden keys.Conti… Continue reading Backpack-friendly synthesizer takes music creation portable
From the eerie tones of classic B-movie horror flicks to atmospheric warbling on modern music tracks, the Theremin is instantly recognizable. An open-source version called the Theremotion uses a Leap controller to add a new layer of expressive control…. Continue reading Theremotion brings complex gesture control to spooky non-touch instrument
A team from the Institute for Automation of Complex Power System (ACS) at RWTH Aachen University have been working for a while on the analysis of widely distributed power systems. …read more Continue reading A RPI HAT For Synchronized Measurements
Back in 2019, Nashville-based smart instrument creators Artiphon launched a Kickstarter to fund the production of a portable music machine with a gaming controller vibe and sliced orange dimensions. Now the second-generation Orba has been revealed.Cont… Continue reading Powerful music machine puts a world of sound within reach
Roland has announced the Juno-X programmable polyphonic synthesizer, which combines the power of the company’s Zen-Core synth engine with authentic recreations of the legacy Juno-60 and Juno-106 models for three powerful synthesizers in one.Continue Re… Continue reading Roland combines vintage and modern for 3-in-1 Juno-X synth
Moog celebrated the 100th anniversary of the invention of the theremin back in 2020 with the special edition Claravox Centennial. Now the company has returned to its original design book for a next-generation Etherwave Theremin.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Bob Moog’s final theremin design resurrected for modern players
Fender has released an ultra-versatile new guitar and bass into its Player Plus series. The Meteora HH will split opinions with its out-there, asymmetrical looks, but its all-new “Fireball” pickup system feels like an absolute classic in the making.Con… Continue reading Meteora HH review: Fender’s expressive, dynamic, versatile new guitar
When we picture the Medieval world, it conjures up images of darkness, privations, and sickness the likes of which are hard to imagine from our sanitized point of view. The …read more Continue reading Hacking When It Counts: Surgery Fit to Save a Future King