I've seen a lot of cool hardware for making music over the last couple of years, but none of it is quite as focused on the pure joy of playing an instrument like the Tembo.

Musical Beings launches Tembo, a digital sampler and sequencer with a unique and very analogue, wooden interface ...

Behold the awesome majesty of the Lego Sequencer MR II. This brilliant instrument is the work of Yoshi Akai, an avant garde artist/musician/audio mad scientist from Japan currently blowing the minds ...

Audio sequencers typically work the same way. Most of these tools, favored by DJs and electronic musicians, organize sound on a grid with time on the horizontal axis ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Audio sequencing technology has existed in some form or ...

Stick with us on this one… what if music sequencers were more like boardgames? Tembo is a new device bringing a draughts / backgammon aesthetic to electronic music-making. Described as “a playful ...

We are getting a major update to Apple’s free iOS music production suite today. GarageBand was already considered to be one of, if not the best, DAW’s available to mobile music makers, and now it’s ...

Apple has announced an update to GarageBand for iOS that provides even more creative options for making music on iPhone and iPad. For instance, it introduces a new GarageBand Sound Library, where ...

It's no secret that Elektron's Analog Rytm is one of the best analogue drum machines on the market; in our five-star review, we praised the Rytm's sound-shaping capabilities, flexible synth ...

Apple on Wednesday released a major update to GarageBand for iOS, the company’s app for digital audio creation. GarageBand 2.3 features a new way to download sound packs, new drum sounds, and new ...

[Yoshi Akai] built a sequencer that is part steampunk, part injection molded plastic. The LEGO sequencer MR II has eight steps in a loop that is manipulated by adding the colorful blocks to a green ...

It won't bring you the success or adoration that Brian Eno's enjoyed, but the Otomata sequencer could have you making noise like the Roxy Music alum in seconds. Way back in 1996, Eno espoused the idea ...