Bastl – Casper Aikido module is a mixer and a quad VCA and a compressor envelope follower

Every time Bastl Instruments and Casper Electronics collaborate, something special happens – so it’s no surprise a mixer/VCA is going to come with tasty fixin’s, too. The concept has roots in Casper concept module”Party Mix” and … it’s a party and a martial art.

Here’s Jan Hammer in an 80s power suit rocking his Miami Vice theme on the Fairlight CMI

I swear this isn’t a parody. It’s just Jan Hammer going full-on Miami Vice to his own theme. There are still gratuitous swimwear shots, but now the camera lingers over the Fairlight CMI interface.

Peter Kirn - January 22, 2023

Bastl adds extra toppings to Pizza wave-shaping, FM oscillator

Bastl Instruments Pizza 1.1 is here, updating the wave-shaping and FM Eurorack oscillator module. Think more modulation, a new internal envelope mode, internal filtering, and even the ability to turn it into a full 3-operator FM voice.

Peter Kirn - November 18, 2022

BASTL Microgranny is back – in a limited Monolith edition with Bogdan Raczynski

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2022

Erica LXR-02 drum machine update: finally, autosave, plus new Hrtl kits

Peter Kirn - August 31, 2022

Bastl’s delicious Pizza: waveshaping meets FM for a tasty modular oscillator

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2022

Bastl Instruments is teasing something about pizza

Peter Kirn - April 1, 2022

Erica Synths – Sonic Potions LXR-02 drum machine review: deep dive

Peter Kirn - August 4, 2021

Fresh picks to dowload from Bandcamp – essentials of experimentalism and groove

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2021

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