Read this story of how the original Xbox startup sound was created

20 years ago next month, Microsoft’s Xbox console debuted – and there’s a story behind how it got its unique boot sound sequence. Call it this century’s first chip music composition / sonic branding feat.

Commodore CBM 4064 with insanely powerful MSSIAH cart and Look Mum No Computer

Look Mum No Computer is denying what is literally written in his artist name and going full compy, with none other than the massive Commodore PET 64 (aka CBM 4064). Best of all, this ’82 beast has a modern, new ensemble of tools for it you can use, too. Yeah, speaking of chip art and […]

Peter Kirn - October 11, 2021

Plogue has made a chip-perfect emulation of the Yamaha FM synth line

Transport yourself to 1983. Sure, analog emulation is all the rage. But leave it to Plogue to do bit-for-bit digital recreation – with a precise reproduction of the Yamaha 6-operator FM synth range, including the legendary DX7.

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

Afrorack is back with cheap DIY modules, from African percussion to MS-20 filters

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2021

Surprise – NVIDIA’s AI and graphics news today for big industry is relevant to artists, too

Peter Kirn - April 12, 2021

Apple’s latest Macs have a serious audio glitching bug

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2019

8BitMixtapeNEO is a glitchy hackable synth the size of a cassette tape

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2018

Ninja Tune are doing their own multi-delay, and it looks wild

Peter Kirn - April 10, 2018

Oi, Kant! is a raunchy, glitchy, out-of-control patchable groove machine

Peter Kirn - March 20, 2018

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