Georgian-made Ambient audio is bringing home-grown modular to the Caucasus

Buy local: the world of gear for musicians is opening up to independent makers in more places. That includes Tbilisi-based Ambient audio, who are making everything from glowing and recycled patch cables to modular kits.

Noise Engineering’s latest Versio is Yester: three-tap delay with tons of controls

Yester Versio adds a bunch of sound-shaping and performance controls to a three-tap delay it what looks like a promising package. It’s the latest addition to Versio, their stereo module line that lets you swap firmwares at will – meaning you might just get this for free when it arrives this week.

Peter Kirn - March 22, 2023

Dozens of recipes on Mutable Instruments Plaits, for your Eurorack kitchen

Artist Rochefsky has been busy cooking up a ton of Mutable Instruments Plaits recipes – which seems just the thing to share on a Sunday. Plus even if you don’t have the module (or like me are on a train at the moment) you can give this a go for free in VCV Rack in software (with the Macro Oscillator 2 module).

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2023

Moog updates Matriarch with performance tweaks, releases patching book and videos

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2023

Here’s what happens when you let ChatGPT make Eurorack patches for you

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2023

A cheat sheet for all the wild things Noise Engineering’s Mimetic Digitalis sequencer does

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2023

PicoADK is a complete DIY board to build your own sound inventions – coded in Vult DSP

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2023

Neutral Labs Pip module: morphable, complex LFOs designed to be paired

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2023

Endorphin.es Ghost review: a landmark reverb, distortion, dynamic, multi-FX module

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2023

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