2026 playlist(s)

[echorec]

new from EQD--

Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter (with 8 user presets)

https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/towers (features, audio tracks for guitar & bass)

...is this the successor to the Transmisser? I don't want to say tamer, but it seems maybe smoother with broader appeal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtoPs9Th-gQ

[Gone Fission]

New portable standalone-capable Akai MPC Sample was retailer leaked for $400: https://synthanatomy.com/2026/03/akai-m ... c3000.html

Interesting entry. Competing with a company’s own ghosts is tough, and there are competitors near in price with differences in features and one presumes workflow.

[dubkitty]

curious about the EQD...i seem to get along with their reverbs better than any other part of their line.

[dubkitty]

i'm generally pretty agnostic about reverbs/delays with lots of added effects because i generally prefer to keep things separate, but i have to say that this Harp Lady demo of the Pollinator delay has some really nice sounds. i particularly enjoyed the backwards delay + tremolo, which would be BoC-esque with the mix 100% wet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4INqteJFYIw

[dubkitty]

very curious what the MPC sounds like. sampling is a capability i don't have other than recording stuff to the DR-07 and then loading it onto the 1440 looper.

[Gone Fission]

I think the really paralyzing thing for a person not already steeped in samplers and related devices is that there are a bunch of workflows and use cases, and I'm just a dilettante. I get that the SP-404 mk.2 is much deeper and more powerful than the old SP-202 I've got around and can do more things standalone or connected to a DAW. But dilettante. That's a lot to learn. The Sample looks potentially shallow enough to grok while complete enough to be useful. But then there's the reticence--is this the right device/flow? Maybe not, but that's a pretty cheap thing to find out from.

And then I feel dumb for not just doing the dive in a DAW or soft sampler environment. But again, shallow dilettante in that lane. Maybe a $400 device that I can bring on my long RTO commute gets my feet wet in a more meaningful way. Dunno. Definitely will be watching the release, though.