We’re not necessarily hardware averse here at Computer Music, but it has to be said, we’re typically inclined to let our sister title Future Music take on any new hardware drum and synth instruments that turn up at our door. Aside from saving on postage costs, we’re always keen to channel our focus to the onus of our magazine: computer music-making. But, when we took Nektar’s 16-pad drum controller for a spin, interfaced it with the versatile Nektarine plugin and sank into its incredibly fluid DAW integration, we realised that it was worth covering in detail.
