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The wee workstation

IK Multimedia Uno

Making electronic music used to involve surrounding yourself with banks of giant modules like the captain of a very noisy spaceship. Now look at this iPad-sized beast. It’s fully analogue but programmable, comes with 100 presets, and includes an arpeggiator and 16-step sequencer.

€200 / ikmultimedia.com

The DIY demon

Teenage Engineering Modular 170

One day cool enough to make people grow a beard on the spot. Until then, we’ll have to carry on being seduced by gadgets like this, a self-assembly analogue squelcher with eight little patch cables and a built-in speaker round the back.

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