I've seen a lot of cool hardware for making music over the last couple of years, but none of it is quite as focused on the pure joy of playing an instrument like the Tembo.

Musical Beings launches Tembo, a digital sampler and sequencer with a unique and very analogue, wooden interface ...

The Woovebox micro music workstation rocks a stripped-back design reminiscent of Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operators, but has more to offer the mobile groove creator – packing in a synthesizer, ...

Stick with us on this one… what if music sequencers were more like boardgames? Tembo is a new device bringing a draughts / backgammon aesthetic to electronic music-making. Described as “a playful ...

Retailer Alto Music has leaked a new portable sampler by Akai that looks inspired by the company’s MPC60 and MPC3000, according to Synth Anatomy. The streamlined $399 Akai MPC Sample will pair 16 pads ...

Pocket-sized device packs in a synth, sequencer and sampler When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With its barebones design, it’s hard ...

Expert buying advice for hardware samplers, from pocket models up to full-blown workstations – including samplers from Elektron, Akai, Korg and Teenage Engineering When you purchase through links on ...

When I went hands-on with Roland's SP-404 MKII back in October I said it was "becoming" my favorite sampler. Fast forward a few months and it is firmly entrenched in that spot. Of course, no piece of ...