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Serum 2 vs Vital: Which Synth Should You Choose in 2026?
Serum and Vital have been compared for years because both are built around wavetable synthesis and use a similar visual approach to modulation, but with Serum 2 the difference between them has become much bigger. Vital is still mainly a wavetable synth with three wavetable oscillators, a sampler, spectral warp modes, two filters and a deep modulation system, while Serum 2 now combines wavetable synthesis with Sample, Multisample, Granular and Spectral oscillator modes, as wel
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Polyend Keys: A Mechanical Keyboard That's Also a MIDI Controller
Polyend just pulled the cover off something odd. The Polyend Keys is a mechanical QWERTY keyboard with a MIDI controller built into it, and the Polish company behind the Tracker and the Play showed it publicly for the first time this week at gamescom in Cologne. The number row and the function row together form a three-octave piano layout. The same keys you type an email with will play a chord into your DAW. The Polyend Keys prototype. Polyend says the colour could still chan
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