Maker Monday: DIY your own tracker hardware for around $50-$75

The tracker revival is here. But to make it happen, we need a tracker in every pocket. Don’t worry: you can absolutely recession-proof trackers, even if you’re wedded to using handheld hardware.

Squiggy’s WaveTracker: open-source tracker – and other free tools

WaveTracker is a fun, free tracker for Windows that features wavetable editing, more than 100 instrument macros, and visualization for a glitchy good time. And that brings up the many other free trackers you might try out these days…

Peter Kirn - September 5, 2024

The Speak & Spell is reborn as a chaos monster and glitchy groovebox

You’ve heard the Speak & Spell. You’ve heard circuit-bent Speak & Spell. But are you ready to open a Hellmouth of total destructive speech chaos based on combining those into a massively powerful groovebox?

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2024

Ethereal demoscene creations, animation from scroll bars, at Revision 2024

Peter Kirn - April 1, 2024

chipsynth C64 is an emulation of the SID so good, it can replace hardware

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2023

Here’s the new nanoloop Game Boy cart in action – and more cute stuff coming

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2023

Dazzle at the soft synths of the Commodore Amiga – including a forgotten 1985 gem

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2023

Game Boy Advance gets a new, free step sequencer, complete with p-locks

Peter Kirn - May 1, 2023

RP-8 is a “demake” of the ReBirth RB-338 for the PICO-8 fantasy console

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2023

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