The late Dave Smith with Tom Oberheim, Marcus Ryle, Tony Karavidas talking OB-X8 design

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2022

The Commodordion: 8-bit instrument made of taped-together C64s and floppies

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2022

Arturia Rendez-vous: all the announcements, all the new stuff

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2022

Black Corporation releases ultra-limited 8-voice custom synths to benefit Ukraine

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2022

BASTL Microgranny is back – in a limited Monolith edition with Bogdan Raczynski

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2022

Arturia Rendez-vous livestream event promises “series” of announcements on Tuesday

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2022

Traveler takes you on an hour-long Korg retrospective full of synth sounds

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022

Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022

razzmatazz, latest tiny groovebox from 1010music, combines FM and sampling – in pink

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2022

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

Peter Kirn - October 6, 2022