While there are times when you'll want to work with drum samples, drum synthesis can be a much quicker, creative and fun way to cook up new and unique sounding drum parts and complete kits. There...

It looks like Japanese manufacturer Roland have a busy year ahead of them as they celebrate their 50th anniversary. To kick things off they've launched a new website - Roland at 50 - which is well...

There are lots of free VST synthesizers out there and several worthy contenders for my pick of the best free VST synth 2022 but recent workflow improvements and updates to the open source Surge synth...

Roland's 2021 reboot of their classic SP-404 sampler was one of the big music gear stories of 2021 and it looks like Roland have a hit product on their hands but how does the new SP-404MKII stand up...

So you want to make techno beats without a computer and DAW and you want the same kind of drum sounds as some of your music producer idols? What you're looking for then is a standalone drum machine...

While it can be fun to spend hours sculpting the "perfect" kick drums, tweaking snares and fussing over every detail of your hats, sometimes us producers and music makers are really up against the...