Back in the late 1960s, creating music anywhere was made much easier with a now iconic toy-like pocket synth called the Stylophone. Now Dubreq is aiming to do the same for beat makers with a portable ...

Kick, snare, clap and hi-hat - the basic elements of electronic drum production have, on the surface, changed little since the dawn of dance music in the 1980s. But technology has come on in leaps and ...

Can you hear that? It’s the ever-pacing tick-tock of change. Or is it a kick-snare beat? In modern music, it’s pretty obvious that the drums are an intrinsic part of any beat-led music’s success. Sure ...

We catch up with Ableton to get some tips on how to get the most out of the company's new hardware groovebox When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: As technology marches on, drum processing is another ever-evolving field. Once, engineers may have made their way with a stereo pair of microphones above the drum kit, as well as a ...

Beta Monkey Music — one of the most popular drum loops companies in the music business — is offering customers free drum loops, some new grooves and a completely redesigned Web site. As part of the ...

The music of Norwegian singer and multi-instrumentalist Farao (née Kari Jahnsen) is built on rhythmic intricacy. Grooves drift in and out of songs, unspooling underneath meticulously arranged ...

Sampling has quietly reshaped music over the past five decades. A snare hit here, a vocal yelp there, maybe a drum loop that ...