Vintage Max patches revived: free downloads, Leafcutter John and Suren

Suren Seneviratne (My Panda Shall Fly) has been painstakingly cataloging lost software, oldschool patches, and retro musical practices, reviving old machines and software and breathing new life into them. But now, we get some classic Max patches, remade for the current era of Max patches. Download them for free, and listen in as Suren interviews Leafcutter John and John interviews Suren.

photo of the artist Gigi Masin

Gigi Masin on Movement, the age of sampling, and thinking analog

Forty years on from Wind, the Venetian ambient original makes his Sacred Bones debut with the surprisingly rhythmic Movement. In a written exchange, Masin talked about keeping ambient music from staring at itself in the mirror, being heavily sampled, the reel-to-reel he calls an old brother, and why human thought is analog.

David Abravanel - July 31, 2026

The Bob Moog Foundation Archives just added 4489 items from inMusic

500 schematics, 700 letters, vintage synths, publications, personal effects from Dr. Bob, prototype models, and more: thanks to a major gift from inMusic, the Bob Moog Foundation has massively expanded its collection. It makes the history that much more whole. Here are some images to give you a glimpse.

Peter Kirn - July 27, 2026

Detroit legend John Jammin Collins has passed

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2026

NI after NI: which brand is where, and who owns whom

Peter Kirn - July 17, 2026

Celebrate Terminator 2’s 35th with the T-1000 VFX BTS and DJ T-1000

Peter Kirn - July 16, 2026

With audio and VST3 support, Isadora is now a complete interactive canvas

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2026

Logic has new granular, Beat Breaker features; here’s how to use them

Peter Kirn - July 13, 2026

POST playlist: a mix of new music for sleepless nights

Peter Kirn - July 8, 2026