Lisbon this week will be a haven for DIY sound, video synthesis, and AV

Against the unlikely backdrop of top horror film festival MOTELx, Lisbon will host a beautiful spectrum of DIY workshops, audiovisual experimentation, video art, and synth building from across Portugal and Europe this week.

Don’t just crossfade, scan: Vostok and DivKid Trace for Eurorack

DivKid and Vostok Instruments are bringing the joys of the Interpolating Scanner to Eurorack. First introduced 30 years ago by legendary engineer and analog sound hacker Jürgen Haible, the classic scanning circuit smoothly transitions between four input channels.

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2024

Erica Synths made a perfect Eurorack-ready breadboard DIY playground

Ready to play with (or teach) circuit design, experiment with Eurorack invention, or just learn more about sound and voltage? Erica Synths has outdone itself this time on its DIY line with a beautiful prototyping board complete with power, breadboard, and built-in functionality.

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2024

Inside Vostok’s Atlas, the quad filter module inspired by 80s Roland

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2024

Georgian-made Ambient audio is bringing home-grown modular to the Caucasus

Peter Kirn - March 22, 2023

Pirouette machines: sound and computation from screw cans and fluidics, with Ioana Vreme Moser

Peter Kirn - January 30, 2023

Eyeballs, errors, and animal keys: Reed Ghazala’s wild circuit-bent electronics keep evolving

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2022

New KORG kits with tubes: Nu:Tekt headphone amp, valve overdrive

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2020

The demonic musical Baby Bots of Moon Armada

Peter Kirn - February 25, 2019

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