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Heavy Machinery

Heavy Machinery: Hardware synth, drum machine, keyboard, controller and other electronic music-centered gear reviews from 5 Mag.

Turntables are basically expensive paperweights now

Since Technics and Pioneer are pricing turntables like they're collectors items, you might as well get the emperor's clothes of record decks - the one that's invisible to the eye and makes incredible promises about its sound

Roland wins $4.6 million in tortuous patent lawsuit

The judgment against the parent company of Alesis covers electronic drum technology and might represent a renewed defense of its technology against product clones.
Donner B1 Syn Bass

Acid Redux: Donner debuts with a 303 clone

Chinese brand Donner's first synth is an inexpensive remake of the classic Roland TB-303. Is it worth it?

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