Vermona DRM, the company’s DDR-era analog drum machine, as seen on Hainbach

In must-watch “TV” this week, it’s the 1987 Vermona DRM, a Roland-style East German analog drum machine. It’s from when DRM didn’t mean DRM.

Suzuki is re-releasing the electronic autoharp Omnichord to celebrate its 70th anniversary

Here’s an unexpected reissue: Japanese music maker Suzuki is celebrating the company’s 70th anniversary by bringing back the Omnichord, a unique 1981 electronic answer to the autoharp.

Peter Kirn - March 28, 2023

Fluss: Hainbach and Bram Bos teamed up on an iOS granular app, and it’s an instant gem

Bram Bos and Hainbach have found a beautiful fusion of hardware inspiration and touch-native controls to produce an approachable, elegant, performance-friendly granular instrument in Fluss. Here’s how it works. Granular synthesis, far from just an exotic effect, underlies many of today’s digital audio manipulation approaches. As a performance instrument and effect, though, it benefits from […]

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2022

Niche no more – Dials by AudioThing, Hainbach proves test equipment models can be essential

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2022

With AudioThing Noises, a noise generator becomes more than a noise generator

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2022

Gong Amp by AudioThing and Hainbach simulates metallic resonator, chains, pillow

Peter Kirn - December 10, 2021

These instruments work with MPE right away, for an expressive Ableton Live 11 launch

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2021

WIRES from Hainbach, AudioThing turns a Soviet wire recorder into a plugin

Peter Kirn - November 6, 2020

Fundamental puts a rich, vintage tube oscillator studio in a plug-in, from sonicLAB and Hainbach

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2020

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