Listen to the analog BBD sounds of Morphor; Echon 6 poly is shipping

You know what would be a crazy idea? Making a polysynth out of analog BBD (bucket brigade delay) chips. Well, Morphor has been doing just that with the polyphonic Echon 6, building on their work on modules like the ultra-lovely Plectrum. And it’s worth just listening to the music flowing out of this device — now shipping.

Electro-Harmonix pedal classics are now available in plug-in form

Electro-Harmonix has collaborated with plug-in maker MixWaves to bring four signature pedals to plug-in form. Big Muff, Memory Man, Electric Mistress, and Small Clone are now coming to your DAW, not just your pedalboard, individually or as a bundle.

Peter Kirn - March 31, 2026

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

Sinevibes’ “digital-analog” buffer delay Integer is now on KORG hardware

Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025

New from Intellijel: Sealegs dubby stereo FX, Stomp for pedal integration

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2023

Black Corporation’s Expander MK2: massively multi-effects hardware, one knob-per-function

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2023

PĒRKONS HD-01, Erica Synths monster drum machine, is inbound early 2022 with new stuff

Peter Kirn - December 17, 2021

Erica Synths’ PĒRKONS, a deep 4-voice drum+synth box, ‘thunder’ in Latvian

Peter Kirn - September 15, 2021

Dreadbox Hypnosis: teaser for a dreamy synthwave effects box

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2018