Whatever the Weather II: Loraine James talks about the alias and the album

Just as reality seems ready to blow off in a gale, Whatever the Weather II is here on Ghostly to pull you back to earth and the grace of the everyday. Loraine James – or I should say, the artist, Whatever the Weather – talks to CDM about how this full-length came to life.

Elektron Digitakt II: stereo sampling, multiple FX, more horsepower, storage

Eletkron’s Digitakt II, leaked earlier today, is now official. This beefs up some of the specs under the hood to keep pace with features like expanded effects and modulation, 16 voices (up from 8), 20 GB internal storage, and stereo sampling, all with a more refined shell and display. It’s an incremental update, but it does sweeten the deal.

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2024

Game Boy Advance gets a new, free step sequencer, complete with p-locks

Dust off that GBA: it’s a groove box now. Stepper is a free and open source 16-step sequencer with full access to the onboard sound engine and per-trigger parameter locks, Elektron-style. (And this pairs well with Elektron gear, as the developer shows.)

Peter Kirn - May 1, 2023

Sample machines in Elektron Digitakt 1.50: Repitch, Werp, Slice, Oneshot

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2023

Kyoka is imagining new worlds, playing machines, and exploring neurology: interview

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2022

Elektron’s Syntakt, broken down: a box of goodness with synthesis, effects, sequencing

Peter Kirn - April 21, 2022

Elektron Digitone 1.32 OS improves quality of life, in line with last summer’s Digitakt refresh

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2022

Elektron Digitakt 1.30 adds tons of new sound features – guide to everything you can do

Peter Kirn - June 16, 2021

Check out this detailed workflow comparison of Digitakt, Octatrack

Peter Kirn - July 4, 2017

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