Tuning, polyphonic expression: Black Corporation’s Roman Filippov

The evolution of music is intertwined with the design and capabilities of instruments. After several decades of more constrained tuning and expression, new playability is becoming a norm with technologies like MPE and live per-note tuning. Music hardware maker Roman Flippov of Japan-headquartered Black Corporation joins us to connect early instruments from Buchla and Yamaha with these capabilities with modern creations.

The CDMDJ is the most ridiculous possible CDJ mod, not real

Transparent CDJs? We can top that. Meet the CDMDJ: a custom edition Pioneer CDJ so limited, none will be made.

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2019

Elektrofon’s Klang is the gorgeous chord module that looks like the future

Sometimes, tech looks stylish in the way you’d expect it to look on the deck of a starcraft. So if Eurorack makes you think “old-fashioned,” meet the Klang, a chord creation module from Norway.

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2018

The KellyCaster reveals what accessibility means for instruments

Ashley Elsdon - September 20, 2017

Platform is finally a desk made for electronic musicians, engineered by an architect

Peter Kirn - June 21, 2017

The new MacBook Pro will work with your gear – if you add adapters

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2016

Here’s all that new Roland stuff in one place, even accordions

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2016

Zont is a futuristic pocket synth that takes snap-in cartridges

Peter Kirn - July 18, 2016

These headphones will adapt their sound to how you hear

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2016

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