Bana Haffar’s Ancient Future mutates memory and meaning in machines

If you feel at sea in a starless night, Ancient Future might summon charts from the ancestors, fragmented through samples and voltages, a hauntology of modular deconstruction. Bana Haffar, co-founder of Modular on the Spot in LA and Beirut Synthesizer Center in Lebanon, has an essential offering out this month.

Beads, last of the Mutable Instruments modules, is now open source

Beads, the granular “texture synthesizer” that was Emilie Gillet’s follow-up to the legendary Clouds, is now fully open source. That completes the final missing piece in open-source code and free licensing for Mutable Instruments’ iconic and influential range of Eurorack modules.

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2026

1Uesday: Koma Elektronik (sale), Doepfer goodies for your 1U rack

It’s time to resurrect 1Uesday, because the single-height 1U Eurorack format is heating up again. We’ve got some cheap and cheery Koma Elektronik tools — including some lovely leftfield stuff — plus a new range from Doepfer. If you’ve got the case for it, you can put it to good use.

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2026

ALM records everything to stems, and now mixes, too, in compact modules

Peter Kirn - September 13, 2026

Nuclear test equipment inspired this new Eurorack module

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2026

Patience, module from Olivia Artz, scales modulation from seconds to decades

Peter Kirn - September 1, 2026

Last call on these summer sales on gear and software

Peter Kirn - July 27, 2026

Juneteenth lineup round-up and Black Techno Matters scorchers

Peter Kirn - June 19, 2026

The joy of Splines, a module that can make anything from curves

Peter Kirn - May 26, 2026