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Moog recreate their 70s Minimoog Model D as an iOS app
Knob for knob, detail for detail, the new Minimoog app looks like the original and models the model D circuitry. But the iPad/iPhone recreation also adds some new tricks.
Finally, a new controller for your feet, for software or hardware
Until we evolve more arms, foot controllers are very necessary. So it’s nice to see a new entry for both software and hardware control, in the form of the Nektar PACER.
Get lost in a Dasha Rush ambience, with hypnotic visuals to match
With all that sound out there, you’d better make your musical statement a strong one. And why not add the kinds of visuals we see when we shut our eyes and listen?
Make Noise are turning a classic 1972 synthesis book into a video series
Even as modular synths make a comeback, the definitive work on the topic languishes out of print since its 1972 publication. But now, one synth maker is translating its ideas to video.
From Argentina, spectacular custom controllers and a DIY platform
Latin America has long been a source of creativity in electronic music. But a bright spot in growing its own electronic hardware comes from Yaeltex, and their vision of unique custom instruments.
Universal Audio get two Neve preamps – in two knobs
Turn a knob, dial in a sound – that particular magic associated with specific hardware is showing up in software, too. Or such is the promise of the latest Universal Audio mic model.
Oi, Kant! is a raunchy, glitchy, out-of-control patchable groove machine
Artist Ewa Justka has built a drum/bass machine that’s as chaotic as our times – a dirty, feature-packed, mayhem generator. And you can buy or build one for yourself, too.
Upcoming Dreadbox Medusa combines analog synth, grid sequencer
The boutique maker of synths, effects, and modular are teasing something new for May. And it looks like this compact analog synth is getting a grid sequencer, too.
Watch a VU meter turn into percussion, control voltage
Here’s a fun hack: a vintage-style meter needle turns into a source of percussion and signal for a modular.