Darwin Grosse, musical visionary and voice for Max and DIY learning, has passed away

The most powerful impact anyone can have in music is not just to find their own voice but to help others find theirs. It means that song echoing across the hills. And across hardware and software, few have shared passion and understanding of DIY musical expression quite like Darwin Grosse.

Superbooth Berlin preview: why the May edition will be an essential music culture event

Superbooth is back in the woods of Köpenick for the second time in under a year – an unmatched meeting point for synths, instruments, and music. Whether you join on CDM or (ideally) come in person in Berlin, here’s what to look forward to in May.

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2022

Ableton’s free Learning Synths site now exports, records, and adds more exploration

Learning Synths, Ableton’s free site intended to teach synthesis basics, has added some compelling new features. You can now save and share your work and explore sounds in new ways.

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2022

Since it’s 22.02.2022, here are a bunch of musical palindromes

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2022

FFT magic explained with animations and smoothies, not equations

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2022

DIY Eurorack series kicks off with Erica Synths and Moritz Klein mki x es.EDU

Peter Kirn - January 3, 2022

Modular synthesis gets reimagined as puzzle game with The Signal State

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2021

Moog now has a line of playing cards for making patches, plus a music EP

Peter Kirn - September 14, 2021

KORG have recreated 1974’s MiniKorg-700 in software – here’s your deep-diving guide

Francis Preve - August 20, 2021

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