Three speculative designs on white pedestals with a white background. A quipu-powered drum machine with knotted pieces of rope, a viola da gamba with a hollow body and amplification, and a skull-and-bone horn.

Imagining an alternate history of music instruments, quipu to skulls

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2024

Crum Hum from above - white knobs, triangular touch plates, parameters for sound, effects (reverb, drive), randomization visible.

CRUM HUM, new generative synth focused on soundscapes

Peter Kirn - November 19, 2024

Teenage Engineering OP-XY: fully rebuilt OP-Z with display, CV, more

Peter Kirn - November 14, 2024

Polyend Synth is a $499 polysynth with grid and a ton of synth engines

Peter Kirn - November 12, 2024

MeeBlip geode is finding its way into jams with Nightshade Edition

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2024

KORG multi/poly – a modeled mono/poly that’s secretly a KAOSS-filled studio

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2024

Elektron’s new shiny: Digitone II hardware sequel, Syntakt 1.3 firmware

Peter Kirn - October 23, 2024

Ableton Move guide: tips, tricks, questions answered, hacks

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2024

Modor DR-2, Belgian beast of a drum machine, now does basslines, too

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2024

monome and RNBO now play together – with a free drum sampler patch

Peter Kirn - October 11, 2024