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Music Production Hardware

RD-88 by Roland

Roland’s RD pianos have been around for over 30 years in the music industry, and the choice of many professional keyboardists on stages all over the planet—and the RD-88 is no exception. Its design revolves around its famous RD legacy, but in a lighter, and more affordable housing. Many professionals and artists have trusted its…
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Roland JC-120

For over 40 years, Roland has set the bar for the best designed clean amps—and the JC-120 is no exception. These manufacturer’s amps are pure and transparent. They have a signature tonal sound that is hard for others to replicate. This device in particular has stereo amplification systems. Plus, it comes with a custom pair…
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Command Mesh Electronic Drum Set by Alesis

Whether you come from a rockband background, you’re into electronic music production, or an aspiring (e)drummer, the Alesis Command Mesh Electronic Drum Set is for you. It displays great versatility, sound quality, and durability. Each drum features a quiet and tunable mesh. As a result, each gives you the feeling of realism and customization. In…
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Music Production Knowledge

EWISOLO by Akai

The EWISOLO, by Akai, is an amazing and real wind instrument that performs and responds to the digital era. It has 200 integrated acoustic and synth sounds making it versatile and powerful. Packed with a great lithium-ion rechargeable battery, this device lets you play for more than 12 hours straight. On the bottom part of…
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Komplete Start Production Suite

The Komplete Start Production Suite has a vast array of high-quality samples, loops, effects, and instruments that you can load directly to your favorite DAW and trigger through your favorite MIDI keyboard controller. It has over two thousand customizable sounds, acoustic instruments, drums and percussions, synths effects, and more. In addition, it has over 6GB…
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ROMplers

In essence, ROMplers are ROM-based sample players. People use this term to refer to software sample players that involve a fixed group of waveforms. It comes from a slang term given to sound modules that feature stock presets that are based on samples stored in ROM. The term ROMpler is a combination of ROM and…
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Soft Synths (aka Software Synthesizers)

Software synthesizers, commonly known as soft synths, are speaker computer programs or plugins that produces digital audio. Over the years, there have been many advances in terms of processing speed. These have allowed them to achieve the same tasks with simpler hardware. In brief, today soft synths are more affordable, more portable, and easier to…
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Sampler (Musical Instrument)

A sampler is a digital or electronic musical instrument that resembles a synthesizer. The main difference between the former and the latter is that the sampler can produce new sounds with sound recordings of real or artificial instrument sounds, instead of with voltage-controlled oscillators. People call these sound recordings samples. The Sampler: a Brief History…
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Step Sequencer

Originally, a step sequencer was a hardware module that produced a limited number of control signals in a stable and pulsed sequence that was continuous while active. In it, you usually sent the output of the signal to an oscillator or an audio filter. When the step sequencer was active and the musician played a…
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Woodwind Instruments

Woodwind instruments are instruments made of metal, wood, plastic, ocarinas, or a combination of these. They have a great variety of forms, although they are all narrow cylinders or pipes with holes. In addition, all have an opening at the bottom as well as a mouthpiece at the top. Metal caps, known as keys, are…
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