Terrence O amp 39 Brien

When I first got to see the Expressive E Osmose way back in 2019, I knew it was special. In my 15-plus years covering te...

Everyone needs a hobby. And chances are there’s at least one person on your holiday shopping list who fancies themselves...

If you've read any of my music gear reviews on Engadget, then you probably know that I love all things broken and l...

In 2022 Polyend announced the Play, a fascinating sample-based groovebox and MIDI sequencer that was pretty much univers...

I am, primarily, a guitarist. Dabbling in keys and synths has always felt a bit unnatural from a physical standpoint. A ...

There's a moment, a little over a minute into the announce video, where Chroma Console finally starts to make sense. Up ...

Roli was an early poster child for the emergence of MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression). The company has had its share of s...

Image Line continues to admirably stick to its guns, delivering free updates for life to FL Studio users. And every upda...

Austrian Audio is not exactly a household name. It was formed in 2017 following the closure of AKG's offices in Vie...

Earlier this year Splice launched a new mobile app called CoSo that used AI to build what it calls "Stacks" collections ...

Last year Meris took its digital effects prowess and built a ludicrously powerful guitar pedal, the LVX. Now the company...

It's always good to see companies delivering updates and new features to devices long after they've launched. ...

What exactly constitutes “high-end” when it comes to a Polaroid camera? At least for the modern incarnation of the compa...

I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what would be the next vintage synth to get the Arturia emulation treat...

I wrote my first synth review for Engadget in 2019. At the time I thought it might be a one off. Maybe it would afford m...

Safari might not be the most exciting part of macOS, but Apple isn't giving its web browser the cold shoulder. The ...

We're only two and a half years into Apple's transition to its homegrown CPUs, but things have advanced reason...

We’ve finally fully emerged from winter and dad might be feeling a little cooped up. (I know I am, at least.) Now that t...

Playing guitar and growing up when I did, basically means I am legally required to worship Tom Morello. So when I got wi...

Arturia's KeyLab Essential series is kind of the sweet spot in its lineup. It has most of the same core features as...

Rumors have been swirling around Ableton’s Push 3 for years. Arguably the best hardware controller for one of (if not th...

Roland’s synth lineup seems a little odd at times. It doesn’t really offer much in the midrange. Its only two pure synth...

The idea of an acoustic synthesizer might sound like an oxymoron, but it's exactly the sort of unexpected concepts ...

Last year during Superbooth Roland unveiled the Aira Compact series – its first true competitors to Korg’s wildly succes...

I routinely state that the Arturia MicroFreak is one of my favorite budget synths. But honestly, I’m doing it a disservi...

Just about one year ago Arturia launched the first entry in its Augmented series of hybrid instruments, Augmented String...

Easily one of the most fascinating devices I've had the pleasure of reviewing is the Polyend Tracker. It's har...

Universal Audio only got into the hardware guitar effects game about two years ago with the Golden Reverberator, Starlig...

Vinyl has been on a resurgence for some time, and the pandemic somehow only accelerated that. It’s got many out there lo...

Standalone sequencers are something of a luxury in the modern music-making landscape. These days, even the cheapest synt...