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  • Thoughts on the OctaTrack (after a year)

    Thoughts on the OctaTrack (after a year)

     The OT’s place…within the larger evolution of the “live-groovebox” control Swedish electronic music-instrument maker Elektron gets (and deserves) a reputation for having uniquely powerful groove-boxes with a unique workflow. Classic groove-boxes worked by layers, specifically “tracks,” where a track was not just a unique sound (made from some synthesis or sample playback source), but also…

  • The MIDI Pile get to 3.0 (with switchable FX BUSSing )

    The MIDI Pile get to 3.0 (with switchable FX BUSSing )

    the PILE of rhythm robots gets (yet) another upgrade with even more flexible mixing