Inexpensive, portable hardware for electronic music usually comes short on the features. A beginner 25-key MIDI keyboard, for example, isn’t going to get you very far towards making big music, even if ...

MIDI sequencers are surprisingly expensive, making them an excellent target for [RH Electronics] who has created a sixteen-step device. It supports up to eight playable parts per step, which can be ...

ISLA Instruments have created a new MIDI chord generator which also can be used as a step sequencer and arpeggiator that takes the form of the KordBot, which allows you to store thousands of chords ...

Already, it's clear that standalone hardware step sequencers are going to be one of the trends of 2015. Korg has the SQ-1, Arturia is bringing us the BeatStep Pro, and now Squarp Instruments has ...

Tech "It's the most influential drum machine ever created – and has likely featured on more records than any other": A history of Roland drum machines, from the TR-77 to the TR-1000 Tech AlphaTheta ...

Step sequencers are fantastic instruments, but they can be a little, well, repetitive. At it’s core, the step sequencer is a pretty simple device: it loops through a series of notes or phrases that ...

Korg’s SQ-1 is a bit under appreciated. It’s a simple and affordable two track eight step sequencer. It can play nice with Korg’s analog and semi modular fair like the MS-20 Mini as well as eurorack ...

For hardware synth and drum machine enthusiasts, there are two controllers that stand above most of the competition: Arturia’s KeyStep and BeatStep Pro. Their combination of USB, MIDI and control ...

A physical (8 x 6) step sequencer that uses marbles to trigger samples. A physical (8 x 6) step sequencer that uses marbles to trigger samples. Ball Beats: great little device, less than stellar name.

With the aim to penetrate new markets and gain market share of the DJ production segment of DJ industry in India, the home-grown in-car entertainment systems company Pioneer India Electronics has ...