In many ways the $2,059 Pērkons seems like the drum machine sibling of Erica Synths’ SYNTRX. It’s not just that they share a chassis and knobs. But they’re both pricey, niche instruments that focus on ...

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 ...

A modern drum machine built on old-school principles, the HexDrums offers the best of both worlds. Greg Scarth finds out more. The Erica Synths & Hexinverter HexDrums is a modern drum m ...

While there’s no shortage of music apps for the iPhone, Amidio’s newly released iHolophone app appears to be one of the more full-featured offerings. Not just a drum sequencer, not just a monophonic ...

You can write, record, edit, mix, and publish a song using nothing but a collection of apps on your smartphone, but musicians, even those producing electronic music, like physical instruments with ...

Here’s Pure Acid with a fetching gold makeover. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Pure Acid is a bass synthesizer and drum machine app for the iPad, and it might just be the best drum machine app ever ...

Earlier this year Propellerhead Software released a version of the classic ReBirth digital drum machine/synthesizer app for the iPhone. This week the company took the next step and released ReBirth ...

Erica Synths is no stranger to large, niche instruments. Just look at the SYNTRX — it's one of the most amazing and also impractical synths I've ever played. And the company's latest, Pērkons, ...