How to bang: a deep dive into a live techno set from Berlin’s Florian Meindl

We can’t dance to these sets in a club at the moment, so let’s use this opportunity to really watch what’s happening. Techno madman Florian Meindl takes us inside the craft of playing his fully live, all-hardware set. We’ve got detailed answers from Florian about how he works and plays, and copious links to all […]

Abyss is a free doom effect for Max for Live – happy Halloween!

Subtle, nuanced, transparent, almost inaudible sonic adjustment? No – let’s kick things into the deep, terrifying flaming pits of Hell. Meet Abyss.

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2019

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

KORG is kicking off a new product line – the DIY-focused Nu:Tekt – with a $99 screw-together instrument. And it has the same programmable guts as you find in the prologue and minilogue xd, complete with SDK.

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2019

A tour of a high voltage coil in a rack: Gamechanger’s PLASMA

Peter Kirn - July 22, 2019

Delaydelus 2 is a patchable sampler/delay from Daedelus, Dr. Bleep

Peter Kirn - June 21, 2019

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

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2019

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

Peter Kirn - April 17, 2019

Bastl’s Dark Matter module unleashes the joys of feedback

Peter Kirn - January 4, 2019

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

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2018

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