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.

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

Dreadbox Hypnosis: teaser for a dreamy synthwave effects box

From the mint-and-hot-pink labels to the wobbly pitch and effects, make no mistake: Dreadbox are teasing their upcoming Hypnosis with retro synthwave fetishists in mind. And from the sound, we’re okay with that.

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2018

Medusa is an expressive grid, powerful sequencer, and synth

Peter Kirn - May 8, 2018

MIDI Polyphonic Expression is now a thing, with new gear and software

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2018

Upcoming Dreadbox Medusa combines analog synth, grid sequencer

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2018

Dreadbox Hades analog monosynth is yours to assemble, or not

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2017

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