From Éliane Radigue to West Coast, Homework is a patchable wonder

It’s a modular week, yes, but here are things you can never have too much of: great food, open beaches, modular environments, and Giorgio Sancristoforo sound playgrounds. So here’s Homework, a 4-track cassette recorder, retro effects including granular processor and tape echo, and modular synths inspired by Buchla and ARP. It’s all you need to recreate some Éliane Radigue-inspired drones and float away on a sea of noise.

Nitecaller has made a gorgeous analog reimagining of ARP 2600, Odyssey

Naarm/Melbourne’s own Nitecaller is making dreamy sounds- and now has the home-built dreamy synth to match. Meet the T-16 semi-modular synth, recreating and expanding on the analog circuits of classic ARPs, built by Nitecaller and his brother.

Peter Kirn - March 11, 2025

Early Black Friday: the best deals on synths, machines, and software

Black Friday, it seems, is not so much a day now as a state of mind. Whatever we’re calling it, we’ve got some terrific early deals from the KORG ARP 2600M at an all-time low price to stuff from Soundtoys, AAS, Plasmonic, Shaperbox, and some of the stores, and the big holiday week hasn’t even hit yet. Here are some hand-selected deals.

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2023

May the 4th: KORG reissues ARP 2600 FS in limited run, for your R2D2 sounds (Gallery)

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2023

1978’s synthesis-stuffed ARP Quadra gets a plug-in; here’s Nadia Struiwigh to show it to us

Peter Kirn - November 24, 2021

Find zen-like calm with these perfect miniature synthesizer videos

Peter Kirn - January 6, 2021

Cherry’s CA2600 is a perfect ARP 2600 for $25 – here’s a tour

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2020

Voltage Modular 2.0 – more features, more modules, more friendly – plus how to use it, free

Peter Kirn - May 25, 2020

ARP/KORG reissue the ARP 2600 semi-modular synth – and an ARP documentary to watch, too

Peter Kirn - January 10, 2020