Motor Synth is brutal, electro-mechanical synth – last days of discount

Gamechanger Audio’s Motor Synth is a devastating industrial machine – with actual motors driving the sounds, all built in Latvia. Here’s everything you need to know about it, as this week is the end of its steep crowd funding discount.

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

nanoloop reborn as standalone, Game Boy-inspired groovebox

nanoloop, beginning life as a Game Boy cartridge, helped ignite a craze in chip music by intuitively combining sequencing and sound. Now, its creator wants to make his own hardware.

Peter Kirn - March 12, 2019

Datalooper lets you play Ableton Live with your feet

Peter Kirn - November 15, 2018

Ableton Live Looping gets its own custom controller

Peter Kirn - November 8, 2018

Modal goes from craft and boutique to sub-$300 SKULPT power synth

Peter Kirn - July 6, 2018

Koma just unveiled a whole patchable analog effects toolkit

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2017

Granular lovers are about to get a Kickstarter-funded hardware synth

Peter Kirn - August 25, 2017

KOMA’s Field Kit, connecting contacts pickups, and motors, is now reality

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2017

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