BOSS has unleashed the BR-800, a portable, battery-powered multitrack studio. The 800 features touch-sensor switches, SD-card recording media and four tracks of simultaneous recording. Whether you’re creating full songs or point-and-capture field recordings, the BR-800 makes the recording process fast and easy. Beginners will love the new EZ Recording mode...

Elektron has premiered the Octatrack, a sampler/sequencer that compliments the current Monomachine and Machinedrum products. The Octatrack is an elegant sampler, but Elektron claims the fun really starts once the samples are inside the machine. Loops are now completely elastic. They will always stay in sync no matter if they are pitch shifted or if the tempo...

Cakewalk has unveiled the V-Studio 20 recording solution for guitar players and singer songwriters. The V-Studio 20 combines the simplicity of a portable hardware recording system with the power, flexibility, and control of modern computer-based recording. Whether at home or on the road, customers can easily connect a guitar or mic to the V-Studio 20 hardware...

Roland has finally put “Mr. K” out to pasture with several executive moves in an effort to right the lilting ship that is now Roland. Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi is resigning from his current roles as Chairman and Director of Roland Corporation U.S. and will be succeeded by Dennis Houlihan, formally the President and CEO, who has been with the company...

It appears that the Monotron and Electribe Part Deux initiatives are part of some rogue, drug-cartel-funded, black ops unit operating inside of Korg that has somehow put the whammy on the company’s upper management in order to push through these boneheaded products, since the Japanese concern has also debuted the MicroStation. While we are not applauding...