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.

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

The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]

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

Don Buchla Takes Owners of His Former Synth Company to Court

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2015

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