Kicking things off in fine style this year is Japanese manufacturer Sonicware, best known for its highly affordable synths, samplers and grooveboxes, who has just released a fantastic-looking drum ...

We’re sticking to instruments too – hardware synths, samplers and drum machines. Check out our regularly updated buyer’s guides at the links below for the best interface, monitors, mics and headphones ...

READ MORE: MusicRadar's best VST plugins What is it ... it can sequence beats using Drum Racks, as well as playing sampled instruments and synths based on some of Live’s stock devices.

CyDrums is a drum synth and sequencer built around a dual-oscillator wavetable synthesis engine equipped with 64 proprietary wavetables. Though it arrives with 520 preset sounds and 128 drum kits ...

We’re sticking to instruments too – hardware synths, samplers and drum machines. Check out our regularly updated buyer’s guides at the links below for the best interface, monitors ...