Free modular: open source Mutable Instruments ports expanded in VCV Rack

As the TV car ads say – no money? No problem. VCV Rack can get you into some extraordinarily deep sound making for free. And thanks to a crowd funding effort, what’s available in the Audible Instruments range has expanded.

The E-mu SP-1200 sampler is getting a reboot: SP 2400

It’s meant as a “spiritual successor,” say the creators – with both emulation of the classic E-mu sound and new features. But the SP 2400 in preorder still hope to bank off the renown of one of the most popular samplers ever, the genre-defining E-mu SP-1200.

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2019

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

Haken’s ContinuuMini is expressive, post-keyboard sound for $899

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2019

TUNNELS imagines Eurorack if you could multiply and patch anywhere

Peter Kirn - December 7, 2018

Percussa’s new Kickstarter project wants to be the brain of your modular

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2017

Export to hardware, virtual pedals – this could be the future of effects

Peter Kirn - August 3, 2017

A new hope to reissue lost Discogs records on vinyl

Peter Kirn - August 18, 2016

Expressive NDVR Keyboard: New Hardware, Polyphonic Aftertouch Done Right?

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