Three speculative designs on white pedestals with a white background. A quipu-powered drum machine with knotted pieces of rope, a viola da gamba with a hollow body and amplification, and a skull-and-bone horn.

Imagining an alternate history of music instruments, quipu to skulls

What if Neanderthal music had evolved alongside human sounds, or if Andean quipus shaped computer music, or if Les Paul had played the viola da gamba? Polish design house panGenerator gives us a look.

Moog is back: Moog Muse is the 8-voice love child of modular and Voyager

The leaks and rumors are over, and the Moog Muse is here. It looks like the next-gen Moog flagship we’ve been waiting for, combining some of the best of Voyager, modular, and Matriarch in an 8-voice polyphonic instrument.

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2024

Tesla Berlin factory opens a “rave cave” as Musk embraces far-right

Talk about “business techno”: corporate techno appropriation continues, as Elon Musk has evidently opened an employee-only club space at the Gigafactory Berlin. And it’s emblematic of some political storm clouds gathering over the German capital.

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2024

Learn to make animated Max and Max for Live UIs: jsui, Figma

Peter Kirn - July 9, 2024

Inside Cristian Vogel’s ShifterMesh, a multi-effect inspired by Chilean forests

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2024

1978’s Oberheim OB-1 synth is getting its due; watch this short documentary

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2024

Erica Synths made a perfect Eurorack-ready breadboard DIY playground

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2024

CRUM2 “generative percussive harmonic device” with lush design

Peter Kirn - May 21, 2024

Super Synthesis is taking their excellent Eurorack modules open-source

Peter Kirn - April 12, 2024

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