Keith McMillen, instrumental innovator, has died

Keith McMillen has passed away at the age of 67. There’s a complete obituary posted this evening by Keith McMillen Instruments.

Arturia AudioFuse 16Rig: connect everything, it’s an interface, it’s a mixer

Connect everything you’ve got, route however you want (including A/B monitoring), and adapt this rack to any setup. Arturia’s new 16Rig is an audio interface, and it’s a standalone mixer, with a bunch of extras. And even as it’s being dropped at New York’s AES, this one might have as much appeal for live setups and producers as it does for studio engineers.

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2023

BOSS is bringing back an 80s Roland rackmount delay in a collab with the late Eddie Van Halen

Meanwhile, at Roland… Check your bingo cards, because I’ve got … “the 1980s…” … “digital” … “Roland rackmount digital delays” … “BOSS” … “floor pedal” and … “Eddie Van Halen.” Who has bingo?

Peter Kirn - May 18, 2023

BOSS DS-1W is the DS-1’s first solid-state distortion pedal update in decades

Peter Kirn - October 6, 2022

Superbooth Berlin preview: why the May edition will be an essential music culture event

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2022

BLEASS Dragonfly is an elegant tremolo effect, even if you never loved tremolo before

Peter Kirn - November 12, 2021

Pedals: The Musical, where pedals sing to you about their history, is an actual thing

Peter Kirn - March 17, 2021

Strange Moog history: a telephone, a table hockey game, more

Peter Kirn - June 3, 2019

Here’s an Electro-Harmonix pedal in concrete, for some reason

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2018

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