The synth modules of winter: your Eurorack radar

The waves of synth modules never stop coming, as obsessed engineers keep making them and sound tinkerers keep buying them. So let’s catch up with what’s out there, in the wake of the NAMM show in California late last month.

Bitwig Studio is about to deliver on a fully modular core in a DAW

Bitwig Studio may have started in the shadow of Ableton, but one of its initial promises was building a DAW that was modular from the ground up. Bitwig Studio 3 is poised to finally deliver on that promise, with “The Grid.”

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2019

The Stylophone goes totally luxe with the GEN R-8

You’ve seen the Stylophone as the mass-produced, toy-like original. And you’ve seen it as a relaunched digital emulation and as an analog instrument. Now get ready for the Stylophone as premium boutique instrument.

Peter Kirn - January 16, 2019

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

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2019

Escape vanilla modulation: Nikol shows you waveshaping powers

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2018

Novation’s SL MkIII has it all: sequencer, CV, MIDI, software control

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2018

Novation’s latest videos “hack” advanced features out of their synths

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2018

Add LFOs and VCOs to your modular via this handy iOS app

Ashley Elsdon - August 6, 2018

Nikol returns to teach beginners modular – next, panning and ducking

Peter Kirn - August 2, 2018

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