Instrumental inventions, from LEGO microtonal guitar to deconstructed tuba, at Guthman prize

Bored by the Grammys? Try the Guthmans instead. The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition has selected its award winners, as musicians re-imagine acoustic, electroacoustic, electromagnetic, and digital all at once, with phenomenal results.

Reason+ subscription could actually save you money

Reason+ has a subscription with costs that – depending on your needs – could save enthusiasts money. And the slogan “sound like you” is another hint the Swedish company may have heard what is appealing and unappealing about most tech subscriptions.

Peter Kirn - January 27, 2021

Here are some of the weirdest musical instrument ideas from NAMM

Trade shows can be a strenuous onslaught of noise, cost, and crowds – but then it’s often the weirdest stuff that makes it worth it. And no one finds strange quite like Barry Wood and his annual NAMM Oddities.

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2019

Post folk: when a hurdy gurdy meets MIDI, a new hybrid is born

Peter Kirn - October 19, 2018

Gibson is in trouble – and that means trouble for owner Juskiewicz

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2018

When a record label gets into making cool, weird instruments

Peter Kirn - March 24, 2017

Watch Una Corda, a software piano with a difference

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2016

IRCAMAX 2 effects put sonic science into your Ableton Live sets

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2015

This young Czech lady wants to teach you modular synthesis, and Bastl have a granular update

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2015

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