End-of-summer sales on gear and software

US Labor Day looms. Summer days are waning. Sales are expanding. I am … barely awake because of ragweed/ambrosia pollen. It must be that time of year. Let me refocus my mind by sharing these sales with you quickly.

Fauve, an effects instrument that weaves sounds from fragments: review

K-Devices’ Fauve is an idiosyncratic, exquisite audio effect that the developers describe as “fractured memory” — a glitchy, audio-slicing, granular-adjacent sonic fragmentation tool. There’s nothing quite like this “flawed audio reconstructor.” Let’s break down how it works, especially with the effect on sale now.

Peter Kirn - July 28, 2025

Strange-But-Wonderful Beatsurfing App, $1 Today, in a Jam – and Explained in Video

BEATSURFING #5: JAM at VLEK from Vlek Data on Vimeo. Vlek’s Beatsurfing app is one of the most strange and wonderful things on the iPad, producing quirky, drawn controllers that open up new musical avenues. It’s so strange and wonderful, in fact, that it’s befuddled some of you who tried to use it. So, good […]

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