Review: MOD Dwarf is a lush, bottomless portal to effects that keeps getting better

If you love software, if you love the imaginative and compositional choices it affords, at last hardware is embodying that same freedom. Few devices do that more elegantly than the MOD Dwarf. MOD’s place in the sound galaxy You know the story as far as need. You like having all those choices of different effects […]

Attacco turns any mic – and any surface – into expressive percussive music input

Attacco’s Virtual Controller, now in beta, makes anything into a percussive MIDI controller – not just for triggers, but expression, too. And you don’t need special hardware, either.

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2021

Top music gear news from Superbooth 2021 – the CDM monster guide

The music nerd cultural happening – modular pilgrimage is back, and with it… way too much gear to wrap your head around. Here are the not-to-miss picks and of course the exhaustive CDM monster guide.

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

VCV Rack adds Drums right now – analog-modeled modular drum machine for $30

Peter Kirn - September 14, 2021

If you’re willing to void your warranty, you can make Erica’s Pico DSP run some epic effects

Peter Kirn - September 9, 2021

You can now patch in Pd inside VCV Rack – modular modular free free

Peter Kirn - July 23, 2020

A bass and drum machine, inside your KORG hardware, with Sinevibes’ Groove plugin

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2020

Op-ed: KORG has transformed synthesizers by letting them run plug-ins, says Sinevibes

Artemiy Pavlov - November 20, 2019

Eventide’s iOS effects are quietly becoming must-have tools

Peter Kirn - November 18, 2019

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