Apollo 13 is playing out live, now, in a story told in newly-restored sound

The human experience has been changed by images of space, but the power of sound to tell the story is unfolding in new ways. So here’s a different kind of live stream this weekend – re-broadcast from inside NASA Mission Control, 50 years ago.

Recreate the sounds of the rare 70s optical organ Optigan on iOS – free this week

Cue the “Bossa Nova Style” rhythms and get ready for warbly, lo-fi melodies, because you can make your iPad or iPhone party like it’s 1971 – free this week only. The Optigan is deliciously dated. The contraption used optical discs and photodiodes packed in “Temperite” molded plastic and covered in switches and buttons. (The optical […]

Peter Kirn - March 17, 2020

Yamaha may revisit its legendary 1970s CS-80 polysynth

Yamaha is the one giant name that has mostly shied away from revisiting its past synth glory – but all that could soon be set to change.

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2019

The 1976 Polymoog film reminds us of when polysynths were new

Peter Kirn - October 9, 2018

The story of the Eventide gear that transformed music, coined “plug-ins”

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2018

Make Noise are turning a classic 1972 synthesis book into a video series

Peter Kirn - March 21, 2018

Behringer teases Oberheim, Roland remakes; hints at production delays

Peter Kirn - January 10, 2018

Read about the state of women in electronic music – in 1977

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2017

With the Minimoog reissue, there are now two Moogs

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2016

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