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.

Afrorack is back with cheap DIY modules, from African percussion to MS-20 filters

Afrorack continues to make richly textured polyrhythmic music and share secrets for cheaply producing powerful modular instruments with open tools. Here are some tantalizing updates from Uganda.

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2021

Into the woods: impressions of Superbooth’s weird wonders in Berlin

Superbooth, the event that was born in a single corner of a trade show fair and grew to a cultural happening, made its return after over two years’ hiatus.

Peter Kirn - September 20, 2021

Spices by WireMechanics is an elegant analog harmonic saturation module

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2021

VCV Rack 2 teaser gives us reasons to be excited about Rack again

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

Lucifer is a dark FM oscillator for drones and drums and evil – Error Instruments does Superbooth

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021

Erica’s Matrix Mixer means analog performance without re-patching cables

Peter Kirn - July 22, 2021

Latest Endorphin.es modules make it easier to play live using samples, transitions

Peter Kirn - June 25, 2021

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