New, playful arpeggiator features for Sequential Take 5, Oberheim TEO-5

The 5-voice Sequential and Oberheim hybrid analog/digital synths each got an OS update last week, and their playful new arpeggiator features are a reminder of why we love both brands. Think ten new arp modes and a dizzying new feature called “whiplash,” plus other new firmware features.

Moon from Landscape, Mystic Circuits: a bonkers 4-channel drum machine

In case you missed Noon, the first collaboration was a brain-bending, organic, and exquisitely unpredictable analog drum machine. Its 4-channel sibling Moon has opened to preorders, and in this new compact descendant, it’s even more apparent that this is like a breathing, squawking lifeform of a device.

Peter Kirn - November 3, 2025

A new Bucket Brigade Delay chip just dropped, the first in decades

Wake up! A new BBD just dropped. It’s an analog delay circuit, but a new-generation design — the first such genuinely new chip design in decades. And that means you could argue the biggest announcement of this year in music technology is the smallest. Meet the SSI2100 from Sound Semiconductor, coming soon to music gear new you.

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2025

What to know about the Roland TR-1000, from voices to slicing to samples

Peter Kirn - October 1, 2025

The making of Sequential’s all-analog, polyphonic, expressive Fourm

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2025

A 1970s DIY modular from Elektor Magazine just got reborn

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2025

Aircraft Designs is putting a full analog mastering suite into Eurorack

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2025

The all-new Moog Messenger: a tour with synth legend Erik Norlander of Moog

Peter Kirn - June 4, 2025

MD1: classic drum machine kits for Ableton Move, Note, and more

Peter Kirn - May 28, 2025

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