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Elektron’s new shiny: Digitone II hardware sequel, Syntakt 1.3 firmware
Elektron is here with (maybe) a reason to sell old Elektron gear and buy something new with Digitone II. That news comes right on the heels of a big 1.3 firmware update, if you’d rather make existing gear better.
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chipsynth C64 is an emulation of the SID so good, it can replace hardware
Today, Plogue is launching chipsynth C64, an AAX/AU/VST3/CLAP plug-in recreation of the Commodore 64/128 and its legendary 1982 SID chip (and successors). No one else could create an emulation this obsessive. After just a few minutes with it, it feels like encountering an entirely new instrument that fell straight out of a past decade. It’s likely to enchant both nostalgic C64 fans and those discovering chip music for the first time.
Peter Kirn - December 6, 2023
Gaming Music tech Software Tech
The Commodordion: 8-bit instrument made of taped-together C64s and floppies
Eat your heart out, Roland V-Accordion. Meet the Commodordion, an 8-bit chip instrument with bellows made of floppies and gaffer tape – and a surprisingly deep feature set.
Peter Kirn - October 24, 2022
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
Commodore CBM 4064 with insanely powerful MSSIAH cart and Look Mum No Computer
Peter Kirn - October 11, 2021
DIY + Unusual Gear Music Music tech Tech
Strange Moog history: a telephone, a table hockey game, more
Peter Kirn - June 3, 2019
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Cram Commodore 64 speech synthesis into your rack with this firmware
Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Virtuoso Commodore 64 composer Martin Walker is back
Peter Kirn - March 14, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Tech
8-bit Remake of Hasselhoff’s True Survivor is the Best Thing We’ve Watched This Week
Peter Kirn - June 19, 2015
Music Music tech
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