Audiomodern Playbeat 3

$62 audiomodern.com

Strengths

+ Super fast
+ Eight independently
editable sequencers
allow for deep tweaking
+ Encouragement to
create personalized
packs is a nice aspect

Limitations

- It's watching you..

It takes your breath away to think just how far music technology has come in the last 40-or-so years. Its many evolutions – from 8-track mixers to DAWs say, or hardware synths to soft synths – have proven beneficial for most musicians (particularly those wanting to reduce clutter!). But, there are still those who look back misty-eyed at the era when manual input machines were all the home