Softpop SP2 is next-level analog synthesis and processing from Bastl and Casper Electronics

It’s next-level chaos – literally. The radical sonic exploration of the original Softpop by Peter Edwards and Bastl has been massively expanded into a new modular analog synth and sound processor. In a chaotic universe, here’s the kind of unpredictability you want to swallow whole — rather than the other way around.

Afrorack with a DIY MIDI-CV converter on the Nile, robotic shakers and kick drum

Our friend Brian aka Afrorack has kept up his must-see series of DIY video tutorials in his home Uganda. And as ever, he’s producing brilliant instruments and fantastic music on a budget, thanks to some serious ingenuity.

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2021

Tour Berna3, a complete 1950s electronic music studio in software – tape loops to test oscillators

While everyone else modulates the 70s, 80s, and even 90s, step back to the 1950s – with a complete array of test oscillators, vintage sound equipment, mixers, patching, and tape. It’s Berna3, and it’s possibly the most retro electronic music software … ever.

Peter Kirn - October 1, 2021

Moog now has a line of playing cards for making patches, plus a music EP

Peter Kirn - September 14, 2021

Error Instruments’ Loopman is an experimental cassette Walkman instrument

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021

Lucifer is a dark FM oscillator for drones and drums and evil – Error Instruments does Superbooth

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021

Latest Endorphin.es modules make it easier to play live using samples, transitions

Peter Kirn - June 25, 2021

Dispatch is a global matrix, a modulation grid for Ableton Live

Peter Kirn - June 10, 2021

Notch just added killer NVIDIA Broadcast support with cool features like body tracking

Peter Kirn - April 12, 2021

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