Teenage Engineering OP-1 field now has a vocoder, on top of velocity sensitivity update

Sweden’s Teenage Engineering keeps adding to the OP-1 field, successor to the original OP-1 candybar multi-function synth / micro workstation. The latest surprise – a vocoder – following up on November’s addition of velocity sensitivity.

ReBoard transforms melodic playing in Ableton Live with Samchillian layout

You’ve got piano keyboards, you’ve got various grids. But whole new worlds of melodic playing and rapid-fire melodies become possible when you go relative. ReBoard does just that, and it makes even playing from your QWERTY keyboard “awesomely simple” — and enjoyable.

Peter Kirn - January 9, 2023

Expressive E’s Osmose gestural keyboard instrument arrives, with artist backing

It’s a keyboard, with elements of a hammer-style action. But it’s also gestural, with per-note articulations. And now, it’s more than just a preorder concept. Expressive E’s Osmose is here, complete with artist backing from Paris to LA to Chennai India, Jean-Michel Jarre to Flying Lotus to AR Rahman.

Peter Kirn - January 5, 2023

Herb Deutsch, educator and Moog synth co-inventor, has died

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2022

Sequential Trigon-6: hands-on sounds and impressions of the new polysynth

Francis Preve - November 17, 2022

Moog Minimoog Model D is back [Gallery]

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2022

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

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2022

Join Afrorack and tour the Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments – from home!

Peter Kirn - September 1, 2022

These custom keycaps give synth controls to your mechanical computer keyboard

Peter Kirn - July 6, 2022

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