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REVEALED: 14 | Vintage Vibes

The hottest new drum gear for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: From vintage-inspired acoustic kits to cutting-edge electronics, here's 2023's big hitters

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Issue 396 of Future Music is out now

The secrets of songcraft – an electronic musician's guide to music theory. Plus: James Holden, Octave One, Lewis Thompson, Roland Jupiter X & much more!

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Essential pianos and home keyboards for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Top keyboards and pianos, from budget to five figures (and six colours)

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The hottest new samplers, grooveboxes and drum machines of 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Essential beat, groove and sample boxes coming out this year

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GEAR EXPO 2023: The best new hardware synths for 2023

The must-have new synths you need to be playing

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The expensive truth behind a free piano: 3 reasons they’re usually too good to be true

We explore whether a free piano from classifieds ads - Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree, Craigslist et al - is really a great opportunity to bag a new instrument, or more hassle than it’s worth

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Tame Impala reveals his favourite synth and weighs in on the analogue vs digital debate: "I love analogue synths, but I'll never argue they sound better than a digital clone"

The Australian psych-rocker praised the Sequential Pro One in an interview with Synth History: "It had this sound that I fell in love with. It sounded like crying in outer space"

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Roland’s updated Jupiter-4, Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 plugins come with a Circuit Mod feature so you can play at being a synth technician

Vintage instrument emulations promise to look better than before but sound more analogue than ever

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NAMM 2023: NUX gets in on the all-in-one guitar rig game with the feature-packed Trident multi-effects unit

Onboard effects, a built-in looper, an IR Loader and 27 amp models powered by an ultra-powerful, newly developed algorithm headline NUX's tank-like unit

Guitar World

Best starter keyboards for beginners in 2025 to help you learn to play

The key to scaling up your musical ambitions

Evening Standard

Roland SPD-SX Pro review

Roland delivers the goods on the long-awaited follow up to its popular SPD-SX sample pad

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Turn your Roland MC-202 into a 21st century groovebox with the MC-2oh2 upgrade kit

The SH-101, TB-303 and MicroComposer mash-up gets even more features

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Roland’s Zenology Pro plugin hits version 2.0: more sounds and a refined user interface

The Zen-Core-powered soft synth gets an update

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Cyber Monday electronic drum set deals 2024: This year's savings are (mostly) over

Cyber Monday might be over, but this is your place to find still-live e-kit deals on Roland, Alesis, Yamaha, EFnote, Zildjian and more

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Cyber Monday drum deals 2024: The sales have ended, but these deals are still live

Looking for a great deal on drum gear? You've missed the biggest opportunity to save, but there are still a few offers kicking about for drummers

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Thomann Black Friday deals 2025: The early Cyber Week sale is now live!

Black Friday is nearly upon us, but Thomann has started slashing up to 69% off already

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Black Friday electronic drum set deals 2025: save big on e-drums from Roland, Alesis, Yamaha and more in the biggest sale of the year

Black Friday isn't quite here yet, but the deals definitely are! Shop my pic of the most excellent electronic drum kit bargains from all the major brands, whether you're a beginner or pro drummer

The Guardian - UK

Dave Smith: the synth genius who made pop’s instruments work in harmony

Smith, who died this week aged 72, changed the course of music history by championing unity and collaboration, while his synths lit up Madonna, Radiohead and more

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"An already incredibly capable product that keeps on finding ways to surprise us at every turn": Roland SP-404 MKII review

UPDATED: read our thoughts on the latest v5.0 OS update of this modern cult classic

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