Hands on Erica Synths Techno System, dream industrial modular

The modular world is replete with ideas – but what would a complete modular concept look like? Erica Synths’ Techno System is just that rare kind of concept, a modular made for dancefloors rather than chin scratching, and a total vision instead of just components parts. So we thought it deserved a proper techno test […]

You can make music with test equipment – Hainbach explains

Before modulars became a product, some of the first electronic synthesis experiments made use of test equipment – gear intended to make sound, but not necessarily musically. And now that approach is making a comeback.

Peter Kirn - June 13, 2019

Teenage Engineering has a record label and a pocket modular pop music video

Dear young Buster: why do you look so sad and lonely? Don’t you know that having a yellow Teenage Engineering pocket modular is all the love you need?

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2019

A Buchla synth repair turned into an LSD trip, and made the evening news

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2019

Harder software: Reason Rack Extensions, in actual hardware racks

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2019

Polyend puts presets in your modular – plus run on a battery, anywhere

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2019

Andreas Schneider on the significance of synths, just before Superbooth

Peter Kirn - May 8, 2019

Ableton release free CV Tools for integrating with analog gear, made in Max

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2019

Doepfer, the company that launched Eurorack, adds slim, affordable modules

Peter Kirn - May 6, 2019

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