KORG’s nutekt NTS-1 is a fun, little kit – and open to ‘logue developers

KORG has already shown that opening up oscillators and effects to developers can expand their minilogue and prologue keyboards. But now they’re doing the same for the nutekt NTS-1 – a cute little volca-ish kit for synths and effects. Build it, make wild sounds, and … run future stuff on it, too.

Free Downgrade turns Ableton Live into lo-fi wobbly vaporwave tape

Fidelity? High-quality sound? No – degradation! And if you don’t have a ragged VHS deck or cassette Walkman handy, these free effects racks in Ableton Live will sort you out.

Peter Kirn - April 17, 2019

Bastl’s Dark Matter module unleashes the joys of feedback

What would a module behave like if it were built entirely around feedback – say, like one of those “zero-input” all-feedback mixer performances? Bastl Instruments teams up again with Peter Edwards to answer that question. The result: Dark Matter.

Peter Kirn - January 4, 2019

Here’s an Electro-Harmonix pedal in concrete, for some reason

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2018

A haunting ambient sci-fi album about a message from Neptune

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2018

Roland’s little VT-4 vocal wonder box just got new reverbs

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2018

Deal: get 8 engines, 19 expansions, with Output’s music software sale

CDM Staff - November 13, 2018

Eventide worked on the Moog One, combining two US legends

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2018

Roland VT-4 adds MIDI, control for performer-friendly vocal FX

Peter Kirn - October 16, 2018

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