Polyend had a blissful 2020, but they’re not done yet – Tracker, Preset, Medusa updates

Polyend’s beloved Tracker finishes out the year with a pitch-perfect update – and homebrew gaming. And there are updates for their Preset module for Eurorack and the brilliant Medusa synthesizer hardware, too.

The Amiga just got a new, open 8-bit hardware sequencer cartridge you can build

There’s a new, open-source sampler – for the Commodore Amiga. Yes, as in you’ll be building your own DIY cartridge to run it. Brace yourself – 90s. Music. Incoming.

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2020

All about Mutable’s Marbles random sampler – and a clever, just-released update

Mutable Instruments’ modules seemed poised to live forever, in synth terms. A clever update this week is a good reminder of the coolness of the Marbles random sampler.

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2020

What if your gear could MIDI map itself? This open schema and iOS app do it now

Peter Kirn - September 24, 2019

Surge is free, deep synth for every platform, with MPE support

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

Now ‘AI’ takes on writing death metal, country music hits, more

Peter Kirn - April 22, 2019

A free, shared visual playground in the browser: Olivia Jack talks Hydra

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2019

Synth One is a free, no-strings-attached, iPad and iPhone synthesizer

Peter Kirn - January 31, 2019

TidalCycles, free live coding environment for music, turns 1.0

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2018

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