In Russia, vintage MeeBlips have custom clones, thanks to open source hardware

The original version of our MeeBlip synth project has found a quirky new iteration in St. Petersburg – and it’s making some terrific grooves.

Here’s what Polyend’s Medusa can sound like

By laying out faders, encoders, displays, and an 8×8 expressive grid, Polyend hopes you’ll play their Medusa’s synths sounds. So here’s some sound of what was going on in my studio.

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2019

Beneath Polyend Medusa grid and knobs, a wealth of possibilities

It’s an analog-wavetable polysynth with an expressive grid – but that only begins to describe what makes the Polyend Medusa such a unique instrument. Here’s a deep dive into this hybrid synthesizer and what it means musically.

Peter Kirn - June 13, 2019

Novation’s super synth for Superbooth leaks: 16-voice Summit

Peter Kirn - May 8, 2019

Surge is free, deep synth for every platform, with MPE support

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

MeeBlip geode synth is all about getting your hands on sound

Peter Kirn - April 1, 2019

Turbocharge KORG’s Prologue synth with Sinevibes

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2018

Eventide worked on the Moog One, combining two US legends

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2018

Cram Commodore 64 speech synthesis into your rack with this firmware

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018

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