BOSS DS-1W is the DS-1’s first solid-state distortion pedal update in decades

BOSS’ signature DS-1 from 1978 is still in production today. But for the first time since the late 80s, the DS-1 has got a new, entirely solid-state analog update.

Celebrate your Blue Monday with the choir sound from New Order – and Kraftwerk’s Orchestron

Expect there are quite a few blue Blue Mondays in the house, so this is topical – our friend Alex Theakston dives down a rabbit hole straight to Kraftwerk’s very own Vako Orchestron.

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2022

Dave Smith himself tours the Prophet-5 in a six-part series, one year later

Who better to revisit Prophet history – and its latest iteration – than the synth legend and Sequential founder himself, Dave Smith? Dave’s got a six-part series on the instrument, and… I’m writing this right next to one of the 1978 original designs if anyone has an idea for what to do with it in the next couple of days!

Peter Kirn - November 16, 2021

An evocative album draws from Ukrainian sci-fi, in Cluster Lizard’s “Star Corsair”

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2021

KORG have recreated 1974’s MiniKorg-700 in software – here’s your deep-diving guide

Francis Preve - August 20, 2021

A 1970s Swedish modular you probably never heard of was meant for every music school

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2021

Yamaha may revisit its legendary 1970s CS-80 polysynth

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2019

The 1976 Polymoog film reminds us of when polysynths were new

Peter Kirn - October 9, 2018

The amazing touch-controlled synth made in 1978 China

Peter Kirn - April 20, 2018

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