Akai takes care of those who may need any where they are a device to record or practice some lines, specially drummers who can’t carry the drum kit everywhere, with the Akai XR20 Beat Production Station that can produce almost any instrument or vocal sound using only its controls, you also have a jog wheel [...]
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One of the missed Winter NAMM products is this new drum machine by Alesis released after the more than 15 years success of the SR-16. The Alesis SR-18 Drum Machine sound range covers almost any kind of music and has some interesting drums, hits, electronic drums, percussion and bass sounds.
The Alesis SR-18 Drum Machine features [...]
Akai introduced at Winter NAMM some interesting products, one of them is this drum machine specially designed for hip hop and R&B musicians, the Akai XR20 Beat Production Station. This device has the classic features of a drum machine but includes Chronic Music sounds, effects to improve your patterns and some more interesting options.
The specifications [...]
One of the most interesting devices lately released is the drum machine developed by Roger Linn and Dave Smith that was formerly known as BoomChik and now known as the Roger Linn LinnDrum II. Both designers, after some delays, get to introduce 2 different models of this device, the LinnDrum II Analog, that has some [...]
This is not really a new release, but its good to know that Elektron has updated all their products to MKII version, this update doesn’t mean a firmware update or the devices now have a bunch of new features but there are some things improved. The updated products are Elektron Monomachine and Machinedrum synths.
The MKII [...]
This is a very interesting release, Roger Linn has unveiled the new version of the amp modeling and effects processor AndreaLinn, the Roger Linn Design AdrenaLinn III. This new model has some improvements like the built-in drum machine and the possibility of synchronize the buil-tin effects to the beat of the drums.
The Roger Linn Design [...]
Alesis released at Summer NAMM a very similar device to the Control Pad released in the last year show, the Alesis Performance Pad. This drum pad includes a built-in classic drum machine and could be a very helpful tool to record your own drum tracks in your home studio or to mount it as an [...]
When you don’t have space enough in your room or studio for a full-size drumkit, mechanic or electronic, you need a compact digital drumkit. Yamaha has just released a new one, the Yamaha YDD-60, that belongs to the digital electronic drum machines series and is playable with your hands or with a drumstick, with many [...]
MFB is a German company founded in 1976 which products are mainly drum machines, MIDI drummers, etc. Now they have released the MFB-503 Drum Machine, the last addition to the 50x Series.
The MFB-503 Drum Machine features analog origined kick, snare and toms instruments, sampled cymbals (crash and ride) and hi-hats (2 different types), this samples can be [...]
