The Speak & Spell is reborn as a chaos monster and glitchy groovebox

You’ve heard the Speak & Spell. You’ve heard circuit-bent Speak & Spell. But are you ready to open a Hellmouth of total destructive speech chaos based on combining those into a massively powerful groovebox?

Nina, 12-voice analog polysynth with motorized controls, now in preorders

What’s new in analog synths? Melbourne Instruments has one answer – a luscious vintage-inspired poly that adds path recall and automation. That’s motorized automation. And now they’re accepting pre-orders.

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2022

Modul8, new synth magazine from Australia, packed with interviews and features – on paper

Miss the days of flipping through paper pages and dreaming of electronic music and synths? Stuck in Victoria’s COVID lockdown, Modul8’s co-founders decided to bring that era back.

Peter Kirn - July 28, 2022

The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials

Peter Kirn - April 20, 2021

Here’s the biggest guitar in the southern hemisphere, in a free sample library

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2019

Inside Melbourne rave history – including cyberspace, Julian Assange

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2018

Watch a talk explain perfectly why humans make music with technology

Peter Kirn - February 23, 2017

Robin Fox talks epic AV performances and rare synthesizer archives

Mantarlian - January 26, 2017

Concubine, the free album you need, has an app-made video to match

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2015

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