DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Tech
Watch as a telephone is transformed into a DIY analog drum machine
Push-button telephone. Analog drum machine. Arduino Nano. DIY amplifier. Shashwath Sundar, aka simple_but_nerdy, makes the telephone-drum machine fusion seem like it was meant to be.
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A free emulator of Roland JP-8000 and the love of supersaws and trance
Digital preservation is the new challenge for synths, just as it is in areas like games. And the Roland JP-8000 got a big leg up with a free and open source release from The Usual Suspects available this month, the JE8086. It’s one of several recent emulations, so let’s talk about why the 1998 synth […]
Peter Kirn - December 30, 2025
Gear Music tech Software Tech
The best holiday, end-of-year deals on software and gear you can still get
If some form of magical elves did not arrive with music tools you’ve had your eyes on, here’s some good luck: several big sales are still running, from Max for Live devices to gear. Whether they’re called “holiday” or “end of year” … let’s just call it the end. We have arrived at the terminus. […]
Peter Kirn - December 29, 2025
Deals Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Software Tech
Etsuko’s Eterna for monome norns, an elegant 6-voice slice instrument
Peter Kirn - December 26, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Marvel at the gorgeous Nopia harmony instrument, now at MK1
Peter Kirn - December 16, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Your Eurorack rig is now another deck: Pamela’s Disco does PRO-DJ LINK
Peter Kirn - December 4, 2025
DJ Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Lethelium, a 24-string instrument fashioned from a bicycle wheel
Peter Kirn - December 2, 2025
DIY + Unusual Gear Music Music tech Tech
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