It’s a terrible time to buy memory, but a great time to buy synths

Yeah, it’s time for July-full moon in Capricorn-GAS shopping guide round-up. Ramageddon may have come for your game consoles and computers, but for now, your synths and drum machines and software have some discounts! Phew.

Pac-Man, Befaco RANDOM8, and more free modules of VCV Rack

Your sequencing gets upgraded — including cameos by Pac-Man and the LOGO turtle. You get even more secret weapons for drum synthesis. You get the hot new RANDOM8 collab from Befaco and Mylar Melodies, cloning their new hardware. There’s just so much goodness in VCV Rack that covering the free stuff has me dizzy. Here’s your June update, with some sound examples.

Peter Kirn - June 18, 2026

Kaximia on channeling aggression, soldering into survival; VCF giveaway

Behind the headlines, there is the reality of living through war. Our friend in Kyiv, Kaximia, (part of Tembra Modular, “Let’s explore modular synthesis”) is back to talk about how music can be an outlet. The past days and hours have been horrifying, from Tyre to Odesa, so I’m grateful to Kaximia for her reflections […]

Kaximia - June 1, 2026

The joy of Splines, a module that can make anything from curves

Peter Kirn - May 26, 2026

The best long weekend music gear deals you can get right now

Peter Kirn - May 25, 2026

Free: 4ms VCV Rack ROMplers put gobs of drums under voltage control

Peter Kirn - May 19, 2026

Listen to the analog BBD sounds of Morphor; Echon 6 poly is shipping

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2026

Schreibmaschine’s colorful Eurorack creations now do paraddidles, too

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2026

Wish granted: VCV Rack’s Plateau is now a Eurorack module from 4ms

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2026