Spatial sound, Suzanne Ciani, a free workshop online, and the joy of quad, with KamranV

With the likes of Apple pushing the concept, spatial audio is fresh again. KamranV connects past, present, and future and talks to us about how we can get quadraphonic when we work, in advance of a free workshop online this Friday.

Novation Circuit Rhythm is here – and it’s the one that actually samples; full details

If you were waiting for a Novation Circuit that can record samples right onto the hardware, this is the one – with a full eight sample tracks to play and packed with features.

VS Visual Synthesizer responds to your music, with shader and layer powers (Mac, Windows, iOS)

VS from Imaginando could be the visual synth you’ve been waiting for, thanks to a ton of layer and shader features that make it playable like a synthesizer.

Go read this amazing story on the design of the Roland JUNO oscillators

What makes the Roland JUNO oscillators special? Engineer Thea Flowers has written a lucid, deep article for beginners and electronics experts alike, complete with animated illustrations and clear prose.

Live sound adventures from Frank Bretschneider, Stanislav Glazov, Trnsm::n Berlin

Watch live sets from Frank, Stas, and myself as we prepare for a new season of Transm::on Berlin – this is streaming of the strange, experimental, glitchy, industrial, and electronically weird sounds from a crew who lives and breathes them.

Learn Push Hacker to transform Ableton Push, plus Max for Live plug-in shortcuts, too

Don’t settle. These Max for Live creations can open up tons of extra ways of working with Ableton Live, including the deep Push customization you’ve always wanted.

Hammerhead for iOS brings back a 90s drum computer legend for a new generation

In time for its 25th anniversary, Hammerhead is back – and this version has a real bite, even if you’re using it for the first time.

Elektron Digitakt 1.30 adds tons of new sound features – guide to everything you can do

Elektron has been busy lately – a massive 1.30 OS update for Digitakt brings external audio mixing/sidechaining, a second LFO, filter features, workflow improvements, and more. Here’s a look:

monome, the grid that launched them all, gets “new and the same” edition; preorder now

There’s a new monome, same as the old monome, pre-ordering this summer: “we’ve redesigned the grid, again. but this time almost everything is new, even though we added nothing.”

One artist is making insane, impossible, hilarious KORG volca mock-ups

None of this is legal or licensed… or real. Some of it is straight-up impossible. But this fanciful library of fictional KORG volca series mods is ridiculous enough that you may find yourself wanting some.