UPVOTED ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS
Ready to drop a banger?Chris Rowlandsloops us in with the best tools for home beatmaking…
BEASTY BEATS
The rhythm rig
Native Instruments Maschine Mikro
Schubert never needed drum pads. Then again, dear Franz didn’t do trip-hop beats. If you’re more about Unfinished Sympathy than Unfinished Symphony, try this groovebox. Colour-coded pads help you compose percussion parts, while a Smart Strip lets you add effects.
£219
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The groovy grid
Novation Launchpad X
You need light and sound for a desktop disco. Luckily, this rainbow grid does both: like a dancefloor for your fingers, it has 64 velocity-sensitive pads that let you paint your tunes with RGB pixels. Designed for Ableton Live, it also works with Logic Pro.