FLpad 8×8 grid comes to FL Studio — can you add a grid to a speedrun?

The Novation Launchpad grid has its original lineage in Ableton Live integration. But it’s now come to the land of Fruity Loops. FLpad is available in both a standard, velocity-sensitive model and an FLpad mini. For a user base known for shortcuts and speedrunning, can finger-drumming and pad programming find a home?

1Uesday: Koma Elektronik (sale), Doepfer goodies for your 1U rack

It’s time to resurrect 1Uesday, because the single-height 1U Eurorack format is heating up again. We’ve got some cheap and cheery Koma Elektronik tools — including some lovely leftfield stuff — plus a new range from Doepfer. If you’ve got the case for it, you can put it to good use.

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2026

Enjoy Monty Python’s Argument Sketch on two vintage speech synthesizers

A DECtalk Express stands in for Monty Python actor Michael Palin, with an Intex Talker (Votrax SC-01A) voicing the role of John Cleese. Retro speech synthesis just sounds better. Not more intelligible, necessarily, but absolutely better. And it’s hilarious. Eat your heart out, Transmediale / Ars Electronica / etc.: If all of this sounds familiar, […]

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2026

Elektron is halting sharing of mods and hacks on its forums; official comments

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2026

Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani’s 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2026

x0xb0x, the synth that launched an open-source hardware boom, is reborn

Peter Kirn - September 17, 2026

Elgato’s Stream Deck as a DAW companion; new Reaper controller

Peter Kirn - September 15, 2026

ALM records everything to stems, and now mixes, too, in compact modules

Peter Kirn - September 13, 2026

Kevin Saunderson teaches a free 909 workshop, online and in Detroit

Peter Kirn - September 10, 2026