Watch Afrorack play his modular and home-built instruments live

Raw, fierce electric sounds emanate from this more abstract set by Afrorack, aka Brian Bamanya, of Uganda. Now you get a rich video from Berlin’s CTM Festival earlier this year.

Yaeltex V2: any music and visual controller hardware you imagine, made real

Finally, an open browser tab can bring you something good for your music and performance – like helping you build your dream controller, visually. A first look at Yaeltex V2.

Peter Kirn - May 27, 2020

In Montreal, a drone concert on balconies in quarantine

Social distancing has brought impromptu balcony concerts from opera to DJ sets to ritual applause. But Montreal has one you might get behind: drones.

Peter Kirn - March 20, 2020

Afrorack and Africa’s first DIY modular synth make some wild, delicious grooves

Peter Kirn - January 30, 2020

New KORG kits with tubes: Nu:Tekt headphone amp, valve overdrive

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2020

Some brutal handmade electronic sounds live, from Balfa

Peter Kirn - October 11, 2019

Make an ultra-simple DIY oscillator, inspired by vintage Heathkit

Peter Kirn - October 3, 2019

This video makes it easy to mod KORG’s ultra-cheap monotron for analog CV

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2019

KORG NTS-1 is here: A pocket ‘logue voice as $99 DIY kit

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2019

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