West Coast dreaming: improvising with GForce MAP

GForce’s MAP was up against some tough competition in October, but don’t sleep on this one. Or, alternatively, do let its dulcet West Coast sounds lull you to sleep.

Sit back and take in a half-hour Novation Bass Station documentary

It’s about time. British synthesis history can get short shrift compared to the legends of the USA and Japan. Alex Ball has made the documentary that the Novation Bass Station deserves, from its roots with EDP and OSC, to the massive bass synth’s 1992 debut, up to the present day.

Peter Kirn - July 30, 2025

GForce Halogen FM makes playing with frequencies fun all over again – review

Quick: when was the last time when you just messed with a synthesizer knobs and played with waveforms for the sheer joy of it? The new soft synth from GForce dumps all the algorithms and black-box elements of FM in favor of the visceral pleasure of messing around with sound. It’s not another historical emulation. It’s an FM playground.

Peter Kirn - June 24, 2025

Rare Oberheim OB-1 is perfect as a plug-in: review, Tom Oberheim vid

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2024

1978’s Oberheim OB-1 synth is getting its due; watch this short documentary

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2024

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

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2022

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