In October 2014, Native Instruments Company released Traktor Kontrol S8, which is a follower of Traktor Kontrol S4. With 2 built-in high-resolution displays, S8 looks like a huge step forward. Its dimensions became much larger than those of S4, and the...
The Swedish company Elektron has an excellent reputation on the drum machine market. The first drum machine Machinedrum got many fans among beat-makers and musicians. The latest model Machinedrum SPS-1 UW mk2, released in 2008, is a micro-evolution of...
In 1984 Oberheim tried to assemble a modular system in a relatively small housing with the ability to quickly and easily integrate with other devices. The result was Xpander which combines the flexibility of a modular system with the ease of controlling...
After Remote 25 MIDI controller was released, in 2004 Novation launched X-Station 25. The instrument is very similar to Remote 25 and shares a lot with it, particularly knobs, sliders and keys. It also has the same silvery-gray matte color. However,...
The Korg R3 is a synthesizer and vocoder released by Korg in 2008. It is a virtual analog synthesizer that combines the features of a synthesizer, vocoder, and effects processor into one unit. It features a 37-key semi-weighted keyboard, 8-band vocoder,...