The Polyend Tracker represents a remarkable achievement in music technology: a modern hardware implementation of the classic tracker workflow that dominated computer music-making in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Trackers originated on home computers...
The Polyend Tracker Mini is a portable, battery-powered sequencer and sampler that reimagines the company's 2020 desktop Tracker in a compact, handheld form factor. This first revision transforms the tracker concept into a go-anywhere music production...
The Polyend Tracker+ represents the latest evolution in Polyend's hardware tracker revolution, building upon five years of continuous development since the original Tracker's 2020 release. Marketed with the tagline "Not new, but better," this sampler,...
The Roland JSQ-60 is a polyphonic tabletop sequencer built around the Digital Communication Bus (DCB) standard, enabling direct integration with DCB-equipped synthesizers like the Juno-60 and Jupiter-8. The unit features a compact, well-defined design...
The Roland MC-500 MicroComposer is a disk-based MIDI sequencer that quickly established itself as an industry standard following its release. Housed in a greyish creamy blue case that some have compared to a cash register, the unit measures 12" × 3¾" ×...
The Roland MSQ-100 is a dedicated MIDI sequencer designed as a budget-friendly, scaled-down version of the MSQ-700. This compact unit serves as an ideal solution for computer-shy musicians seeking a standalone sequencing solution without the complexity...
The Elektron Syntakt is a hybrid tabletop groovebox that masterfully combines analogue and digital synthesis in a compact, immaculately built unit. As the third addition to Elektron's 'Digi Trinity' alongside the Digitone polyphonic digital synthesiser...
The release of MC-505 took place in 1998. Groovebox is based on the same core as the JV series instruments are, and shares a lot with the JV/XP synthesizer lines. MC-505 is designed for aggressive genres of music, like techno, and for this purpose the...
The Yamaha RS7000 Music Production Studio represented in its time a groundbreaking approach to electronic music production, being the first groovebox to successfully integrate a sampler, synthesizer and sequencer with comprehensive real-time control in a...
