Hardware for the masses: The Aira Compact polysynth is inspired by the legendary Roland SH-101, capturing the sound of Voodoo Ray in a compact AIRA compatible tweak synth.

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What can you expect from a $100 MIDI controller? It's small, it's compact, but the MiniLab 3 is made by Arturia and that counts for a lot.

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Since Technics and Pioneer are pricing turntables like they're collectors items, you might as well get the emperor's clothes of record decks - the one that's invisible to the eye and makes incredible promises about its sound

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The judgment against the parent company of Alesis covers electronic drum technology and might represent a renewed defense of its technology against product clones.

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Chinese brand Donner's first synth is an inexpensive remake of the classic Roland TB-303. Is it worth it?

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