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Make Noise and Tom Erbe have made a mighty morphing spatial Plexiphon
Soundhack creations endure years and decades, and now we get a new one. Think mighty morphing modeless modulation. Plexiphon is neither reverb or echo. It’s both, simultaneously, for spatial textural sounds you can shift fluidly. And in my quest to avoid being consumed by a sea of modules, this one just rose way up the list.
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What’s new in the DIY world of Music Thing’s Workshop System
It’s a Very Workshop System Jamuary. Music Thing’s patchable music lab-in-a-lunchbox has proved that small-batch personal hardware can attract a select, dedicated community sharing great stuff with one another. Let’s catch up with what’s been happening in that magical village of synth wonder in the past year. Don’t forget, the ideas and code here are all open — meaning this could inspire more.
Peter Kirn - January 7, 2026
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Emptyset on “Performing Architecture,” alternate sonic futures, and community through sound
Emptyset’s live performance was an experience that blew my mind — and my nose. Let me rewind. If “Electronic Body Music” weren’t already its own thing long before Emptyset came along, the term would be a fitting description of the music that Paul Purgas and James Ginzburg make together. The curves, blood, and nerves are […]
In flickering feedback, an audiovisual synth hums and sings
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2025
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Dnipro x Sinevibes Radiant multi-effects Eurorack module – made in Ukraine
Peter Kirn - September 30, 2023
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Bastl’s Dark Matter module unleashes the joys of feedback
Peter Kirn - January 4, 2019
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