A standard drum machine’s step sequencer divides each looped pattern into a set number of steps – typically 8, 16 or 32. By default, these steps are evenly spaced out, resulting in rigid ...

This year’s NAMM trade show has opened up its doors, so that means there will be a wealth of new musical doodads to lust over. Case in point? Polyend just dropped a hybrid device that combines the ...

At the instrument’s heart is a step sequencer, one of the earliest forms of assembling electronic music and drum patterns. Connect the OP-XY to outboard gear, as well as use the onboard synth engines ...