Dreadbox’s new 200€ Dysmetria kit is an insane amount of analog groove fun

My favorite thing from Superbooth, the one thing I’d pull out a wallet right away and get? It’s none other than Dreadbox’s utterly brutal-sounding, wildly fun analog semi-modular groove synth for Eurorack or desktop.

Bastl’s delicious Pizza: waveshaping meets FM for a tasty modular oscillator

That’ll be just the right toppings. The latest from our friends at Bastl Instruments is an 8HP digital oscillator with hybrid synthesis and tons of patching options – three oscillators in one.

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2022

Elektron’s Syntakt, broken down: a box of goodness with synthesis, effects, sequencing

Syntakt, launched today, promises to be something special – all the kinds of stuff you love about Elektron boxes, with new capabilities and a fresh approach.

Peter Kirn - April 21, 2022

COLLIDZ° generates detailed ambient music, on its own or with a candy store worth of features

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2022

Mutable Instruments Plaits is now free for Reason, in a beautiful reimagining called Macro

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2022

Sinevibes’ Odds is like cramming a modular rig into KORG’s ‘logue and pocket-sized NTS-1

Peter Kirn - December 10, 2021

Plogue has made a chip-perfect emulation of the Yamaha FM synth line

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

Top music gear news from Superbooth 2021 – the CDM monster guide

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

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

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021

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