Celebrate your Blue Monday with the choir sound from New Order – and Kraftwerk’s Orchestron

Expect there are quite a few blue Blue Mondays in the house, so this is topical – our friend Alex Theakston dives down a rabbit hole straight to Kraftwerk’s very own Vako Orchestron.

Polyend Tracker 1.5 lets you save custom instruments – and opens up sharing with others

Polyend quietly updated their cult hit Tracker with a smartly-designed feature for keeping settings organized as instruments. What might really matter about that is the chance to exchange your instruments with other Tracker users – a big deal in this passionate community.

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2022

Softpop SP2 is next-level analog synthesis and processing from Bastl and Casper Electronics

It’s next-level chaos – literally. The radical sonic exploration of the original Softpop by Peter Edwards and Bastl has been massively expanded into a new modular analog synth and sound processor. In a chaotic universe, here’s the kind of unpredictability you want to swallow whole — rather than the other way around.

Peter Kirn - January 5, 2022

DIY Eurorack series kicks off with Erica Synths and Moritz Klein mki x es.EDU

Peter Kirn - January 3, 2022

SOMA has a new compact 8-bit noise synth and sequencer for 130€

Peter Kirn - December 4, 2021

cubit duo works as a MIDI interface for Teenage Engineering’s OP-Z

Peter Kirn - November 23, 2021

After update, iLoud MTM is an economical way to feed Dolby Atmos’ need for speakers

Peter Kirn - November 19, 2021

Tiny Poly: Roland is making Boutique versions of JD-800, JX-8P

Peter Kirn - November 9, 2021

teenage engineering are now selling their own custom PC case, computer-1

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2021

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