Torso S-4’s 2.0 OS makes it the performance sampler it wanted to be

Torso Electronics S-4 already looked compelling – hard-core granular sampler hardware just when that genre needed a boost. But we were waiting on the 2.0 OS to deliver on that promise. Now it’s here, with macros, scenes, varispeed recording, unlimited sample length, dynamic modulation, and more.

Aircraft Designs is putting a full analog mastering suite into Eurorack

Don’t let front of house tell you you can’t crank your live set because it “isn’t mastered.” And don’t let the diminutive size of these modules fool you in the studio, either. Aircraft Designs, a group of young engineers from Ukraine, has built a promising take on signal processing with a series of Eurorack modules coming soon. Meet Processing System:

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2025

Two stills of Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay leaping in front of checkered green and gray background, in his signature hat, a Sony logo in the upper left-hand corner.

Peak 1996: When Jamiroquai met Sony MiniDisc in Japan

It was once the pinnacle of digital recordable audio, a would-be successor to the mighty cassette tape. And for one glorious moment in 1996, Sony MiniDisc was all that was right with the world, exemplified by a trippy Japan-only ad campaign with none other than Jamiroquai.

Peter Kirn - May 22, 2025

Artemis illustration, a ghostly white face with white flowing hair against a black starscape, as pictured by creative director Afroditi Bitzouni.

Artemis combines Dreadbox analog, Sinevibes FX – and the result is lush

Peter Kirn - May 19, 2025

Bastl Instruments’ budget, handheld boxes are pure magic; new videos

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2025

Free Roland SH-4d 2.0 update: new oscillator models, pattern chaining

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2025

Ableton Move 1.5 beta: full MIDI I/O and clock, sample slicing, Auto Filter, more

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2025

Knobula Monumatic module at angle and front-on view, with mode selectors for oscillator, filter controls, envelope controls, and CV and MIDI (MPE) inputs.

Knobula Monumatic, the 8-voice, multi-algorithm MPE polysynth in 12HP

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2025

Xaoc’s Samarkanda is a massive, patchable delay and audio mangler

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2025

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