Befaco’s new Pony wavefolding oscillator module: funky modulations, rich timbres

The modular world this month pivots to Befaco’s hometown Barcelona, and they were ready to host the home game. Pony is a stable, “through zero” oscillator with wavefolding, and it looks seriously feisty both as VCO and LFO.

SPICE is a one-stop modular distortion box – and it needs support

Saturation, distortion, warmth, fuzz – it’s what keeps a lot of us coming back to machines. SPICE is a modular distortion on Kickstarter, suitable for Eurorack or desktop use alike – and it’s getting reader attention partly because it isn’t over the funding line quite yet.

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2019

What makes music and creativity? A talk with Susan Rogers

What makes creativity work in music? What happens in the brain? Susan Rogers has uniquely contemplated those questions both alongside artists like Prince and in research into the mind.

Peter Kirn - July 4, 2018

Watch five hours of one of SONAR’s best stages in video

Peter Kirn - June 18, 2018

Tinami’s MIDI controllers look like Moogerfoogers, built to order

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2017

Steps is an iOS sequencer that works in your hand, sequences hardware

Peter Kirn - May 19, 2017

Dreamy music videos take you under the sea, light painting in air

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2015

female pressure’s techno compilation is heavy, required listening

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2015

I Played the Oval Digital Hand Pan, And It’s Amazing

Peter Kirn - June 23, 2015

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