Free modular: open source Mutable Instruments ports expanded in VCV Rack

As the TV car ads say – no money? No problem. VCV Rack can get you into some extraordinarily deep sound making for free. And thanks to a crowd funding effort, what’s available in the Audible Instruments range has expanded.

In Russia, vintage MeeBlips have custom clones, thanks to open source hardware

The original version of our MeeBlip synth project has found a quirky new iteration in St. Petersburg – and it’s making some terrific grooves.

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2020

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

Surge is a deep multi-engine digital soft synth – beloved, then lost, then brought back to life as an open source project. And now it’s in a beta that’s usable and powerful and ready on every OS.

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

Check out these amazing DIY controllers people made with OpenDeck

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2018

The guts of Tracktion are now open source for devs to make new stuff

Peter Kirn - November 16, 2018

Powerful SURGE synth for Mac and Windows is now free

Peter Kirn - September 26, 2018

This software is like getting a modular inside your computer, for free

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2017

MeeBlip couldn’t wait for Black Friday, so it’s Red November

Peter Kirn - November 23, 2016

Free jazz – how to use Ableton Link sync with Pure Data patches

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2016

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