A drum machine as a stick figure navigating a colored, pixellated grid with three rows.

10,000 Drum Machines is full of wild, weird, free Web music devices

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2025

Alpaca interweaves code and pattern, from music to textile to dance

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2025

The Blaster Beam, a massive instrument invented by Captain Kirk’s nephew

Peter Kirn - September 17, 2025

A poetic, open-source video made on 1979’s Apple II+ and BASIC

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2025

Daedelus and Takuma Matsui talk Tinge, a painterly color wheel arpeggiator

Peter Kirn - September 13, 2025

Your iPad and iPhone just became a portal to endless DX7 sounds

Peter Kirn - September 11, 2025

Elektron’s Tonverk is a 16-track polyphonic multisampler powerhouse

Peter Kirn - September 10, 2025

Mute on your Push like it’s an Elektron — Push:Mute Mode

Peter Kirn - September 10, 2025

909 Day: freebies, sales, and celebrations

Peter Kirn - September 9, 2025

CDJ-3000X: first CDJ to go online; expanded usability, sound quality

Peter Kirn - September 9, 2025