The best new gear of Superbooth 2025

Tom May 12th, 2025 9 minute read

News | Gear

Berlin’s FEZ centre played host to a mind-boggling array of new synths, Eurorack modules and studio gear last week for Superbooth 2025. Brands, dealers and musicians from around the world flocked to the...

Gear of the year 2024

Tom December 23rd, 2024 1 minute read

Gear

To round off a cracking 2024 in the world of music tech, we asked a few of our staff and some good friends of the store to pick their favourite pieces of gear of the year. Here's what they chose... ...

Don’t you forget about me: why ‘newer’ doesn’t always equal ‘better’ when it comes to gear

Luke September 26th, 2024 6 minute read

Gear

Electronic musicians are always chasing the new - not surprising in a genre that’s inextricably linked with innovation and new technology. At the same time, we’re obsessed with vintage gear and its...

Leibniz 101: a simple guide to Xaoc Devices’ binary subsystem

Tom September 5th, 2024 16 minute read

Gear | Tips

Eurorack boffins Xaoc Devices recently released Berlin, a digital oscillator with a difference. It’s part of their Leibniz binary subsystem: a family of digital modules that can create and share 8-bit...

Buyer’s guide: Eurorack cases and power

Luke August 15th, 2024 13 minute read

Gear | Buyer's Guides

So you’ve seen the walls of knobs and sliders, glimpsed the LEDs flashing through nests of cables, heard the siren song of bleepy bloops and decided that it might just be the time to get in on the...

The complete guide to matrix mixers

Tom June 22nd, 2024 15 minute read

Gear | Interviews | Tips | Buyer's Guides

A matrix mixer is one of the most powerful tools you can add to a synth or recording setup, but arguably one of the least well understood. So in this blog post, we’ll take a deep dive into the...

Superbooth 2024 roundup part 2: the best new Eurorack modules

Tom May 24th, 2024 6 minute read

News | Gear

The second part of our Superbooth roundup focuses on the beating heart of the show: modular synths. It’s become traditional for brands to save up their big releases for the May event, and this year...

Superbooth 2024 roundup part 1: the best new synths

Tom May 23rd, 2024 4 minute read

News | Gear

The 2024 edition of Superbooth was one of the busiest in recent memory for new product launches. The three-day extravaganza was packed with exhibitors showing off everything from Eurorack utilities to...

How to get started with modular synths

Luke April 18th, 2024 10 minute read

Gear | Tips

There are few journeys in the music-making world that are as hard to navigate as modular synths. The ultimate flexibility to design your own musical system comes with the caveat of seemingly endless...