Erica’s Black System II is a full-featured modular

Erica Synths have made a strength out of building a full catalog of modules – and their systems show off how complete that is, at a price that compares favorably.

Crossover VCV Rack modular: Vult goes hardware, as Erica adds free software

Hardware or software? Yes. Modular synthesizers, of all things, are blurring the line between the two. The popular Vult line of software modules for VCV Rack is going hardware, just as Erica Synths offers its popular hardware in a free software form on the same platform. VCV Rack has rapidly established itself as a platform […]

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2019

Beneath Polyend Medusa grid and knobs, a wealth of possibilities

It’s an analog-wavetable polysynth with an expressive grid – but that only begins to describe what makes the Polyend Medusa such a unique instrument. Here’s a deep dive into this hybrid synthesizer and what it means musically.

Peter Kirn - June 13, 2019

Doepfer, the company that launched Eurorack, adds slim, affordable modules

Peter Kirn - May 6, 2019

SPICE is a one-stop modular distortion box – and it needs support

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2019

Vadim is a master of the dark arts of DSP – listen to him explain filters

Peter Kirn - October 19, 2018

Listening, the secret of sound design: Francis Preve at Loop

Peter Kirn - May 18, 2018

Ninja Tune are doing their own multi-delay, and it looks wild

Peter Kirn - April 10, 2018

Get that signature jungle filter sweep with Mumdance’s Euro module

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2018

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