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Arturia V Collection 11 hands-on: Pure LoFi, Jup-8000 join latest update
Arturia’s latest refresh of their sprawling V Collection is here today. In addition to updates across the Augmented line and the inclusion of the latest instruments, there are two surprises: a layered “lo-fi” synth and an instrument of the Roland JP-8000. Yes, really, the JP-8000: sometimes you want the 90s and 2000s and not only, like, the 70s and 80s.
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HyperSplash is glitchy hyperactive fun – $3 Max for Live from MIRA新伝統
If you don’t know the hyperfuturist post-anthropocene duo* MIRA新伝統 aka Honami Higuchi and Raphael Leray, you need to. But now for three bucks – $3!! – you can drop their absolutely addictive Max for Live mayhem into your Ableton Live set. Should you? You should.
Peter Kirn - April 23, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
OXI Instruments’ grid sequencer is about to get a big MKII upgrade
OXI ONE MKII is inbound, with preorders about to start. OXI Instruments is taking their packed grid sequencer and adding more of everything, while keeping the compact size. (Missed opportunity not to call this the “one two,” though!)
Peter Kirn - April 22, 2025
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Nasko’s completely free N-IRIS is a spectrum disperser – why that’s cool
Peter Kirn - April 21, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Knobula Monumatic, the 8-voice, multi-algorithm MPE polysynth in 12HP
Peter Kirn - April 16, 2025
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Benn Jordan’s AI poison pill and the weird world of adversarial noise
Peter Kirn - April 15, 2025
Music Music tech Tech Web
Vela reverb, now in open beta, opens up rich reverbs you can reshape
Peter Kirn - April 14, 2025
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