Fauve, an effects instrument that weaves sounds from fragments: review

K-Devices’ Fauve is an idiosyncratic, exquisite audio effect that the developers describe as “fractured memory” — a glitchy, audio-slicing, granular-adjacent sonic fragmentation tool. There’s nothing quite like this “flawed audio reconstructor.” Let’s break down how it works, especially with the effect on sale now.

Shaper2 is futuristic, glitchy, aggressive K-Devices plug-in waveshaper FX goodness

Feeling destructive? K-Devices’ Shaper2 is a fast route to digital edginess, it’s on discount now. And it is not mentally demanding – it’s a beautiful magical Thor’s hammer, in a good way. There are quite a lot of waveshapers about. But K-Devices has combined a number of harmonious (or rather intentionally disharmonious) modules for particularly […]

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2021

From the far edges of experimental electronic compositions, inside Elli Records’ In the Room

Radical times call for fearless experimentation – and fast. Elli Records bends polyrhythms, noise, and custom software to the breaking point. The toolmakers and sound alchemists talk to us about just what they’ve been building in there.

David Abravanel - June 9, 2020

HEXO for Live is an arpeggiator transformed into a polyphonic compositional tool

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2020

More surprise in your sequences, with ESQ for Ableton Live

Peter Kirn - December 30, 2018

AutoTrig and TATAT generate rhythms for Ableton, modular gear

Peter Kirn - June 25, 2018

Two sequenced Max for Live devices go off the usual grid

Peter Kirn - November 7, 2017

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