Free Friday: GForce’s superb Axxess instrument is free until December

GForce has updated their site, branding, and pricing (now with both lifetime licenses and subscription options). And there are two freebies, time-limited through the end of November: a Mellotron M400 instrument, and the one I suspect most readers will be into, GForce’s take on the 1975 ARP Axxe synthesizer.

Playing KORG’s phase8, acoustic synth, with videos (mine and others)

KORG’s phase8, engineered by the skunkworks office in Berlin, has found some visibility. But what does it mean as an actual electroacoustic instrument? What’s it like to play? My Lemonade Stand video from Superbooth is out, along with others, so I thought I’d do some reflection

Peter Kirn - August 28, 2026

Sinevibes update puts every effect on every ‘logue KORG

Sinevibes has been cheering on KORG gear as much as KORG themselves. Now they’re bringing the entire range of 20+ effects to prologue, minilogue xd, NTS-1, NTS-1 mkII, NTS-3, and microKORG2 — plus you get major sonic updates for the Eternal flanger and Shift frequency shifter.

Peter Kirn - July 20, 2026

Sinevibes Quarta: 10 FX, 4 zones on the pocket-sized NTS-3 kaoss pad

Peter Kirn - July 2, 2026

Korg woodland adventure: phase8 add-ons, Sinevibes DSP, and NTS mixer

Peter Kirn - May 21, 2026

Curve time with Tomavatars’ MGenBend for Ableton Live Suite: hands-on

Peter Kirn - February 26, 2026

Best of show: walk NAMM with us in a gear-mas gallery

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2026

KORG’s phase8 “acoustic synthesizer” is now a product for sale

Peter Kirn - January 22, 2026

KORG’s 1995 Trinity, 1977 PS-3300, SGX-2 piano now in software

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025