nanoloop reborn as standalone, Game Boy-inspired groovebox

nanoloop, beginning life as a Game Boy cartridge, helped ignite a craze in chip music by intuitively combining sequencing and sound. Now, its creator wants to make his own hardware.

A life cycle for open modules, as Mutable Instruments joins VCV Rack

The free and open VCV Rack software modular platform already is full of a rich selection of open source modules. Now, Rack users get first access to the newest Mutable Instruments modules – and your $20 even goes to charity.

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2018

A new, powerful synth finds its soul in a cheap plastic FM past

Imagine starting with a painstaking emulation of the lofi sound of instruments like Yamaha’s SHS-10 keytar – but then modulating those quirks in powerful ways. Now you’re getting the mission of the new plug-in from Plogue – PortaFM.

Peter Kirn - May 29, 2018

Here’s how Elektron’s new Digitone makes FM synthesis easier

Peter Kirn - January 28, 2018

KQ Dixie could be the closest you’ll get to a DX7 on your iOS device

Ashley Elsdon - January 16, 2018

If you don’t know IceGear’s iOS synths, now is a great time to try them

Ashley Elsdon - September 27, 2017

What if you used synthesizers to emulate nature and reality?

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2017

Get original DX7 patches made by Brian Eno in 1987

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2017

You can get this great do-everything instrument plug-in for $1

Peter Kirn - November 29, 2016

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