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Modor DR-2 – a delicious, overlooked drum machine – adds trig conditions
Massive sound, lots of unique tricks, hard-hitting personality, onboard basslines — more people should be talking about the Modor DR-2. And amidst the blizzard of news last month, you might have missed that it now does trig conditions. OS014 landed at the end of December, so we may have missed it while we were all […]
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Pikimov, free Web visual tool, now has a classic editor for video editing
Pikimov, the community-supported free Web visual tool, keeps getting better. Pikimov 5 dropped today with a “classic” editor that makes it competitive with tools like CapCut — or any time you need a quick video edit. That joins After Effects-style motion tools, with surprising options like background removal and rotoscoping.
Best of show: walk NAMM with us in a gear-mas gallery
Who stood out at this year’s NAMM show, that festivus of gear that brightens our winters from Anaheim? We’ve given you some idea with NAMM and LA’s Buchla & Friends. Here, in images, are our favorites from NAMM, as captured by LA photographer Mehdi Hassine and veteran Berlin hardware guru Gösta Wellmer.
Peter Kirn - February 3, 2026
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Ukraine’s Tembra Modular continues workshops, gear despite attacks
Peter Kirn - February 2, 2026
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Soundbites: the music inventions of NAMM, Buchla and Friends
Nadia Says - January 30, 2026
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Cosmolab, open DSP development kit, in final hours of crowdfunding
Peter Kirn - January 29, 2026
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More Logic Pro 12 tweaks, MainStage 4 with Ableton Link: details
Peter Kirn - January 28, 2026
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