Read this story of how the original Xbox startup sound was created

20 years ago next month, Microsoft’s Xbox console debuted – and there’s a story behind how it got its unique boot sound sequence. Call it this century’s first chip music composition / sonic branding feat.

Rymdigare for iOS combines FX in a fanciful UI and makes everything fuzzy and wonderful

There’s a gently pastel-colored hand-drawn interface, a backstory involving extraplanetary mining. It’s a reverb, a degrader and multi-effect, but also a drone maker. But whatever it is, Rymdigare transports everything you do to a warm, happy place. It’s like drizzling stuff with warm chocolate.

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2021

Free Downgrade turns Ableton Live into lo-fi wobbly vaporwave tape

Fidelity? High-quality sound? No – degradation! And if you don’t have a ragged VHS deck or cassette Walkman handy, these free effects racks in Ableton Live will sort you out.

Peter Kirn - April 17, 2019

Legowelt turned Amiga floppy samples into a free drum kit

Peter Kirn - February 29, 2016

Daedelus and Bleep Labs Have Made a Sampler Delay Thing

Peter Kirn - June 2, 2015

KORG’s Latest volca sample Sequences Sounds – But You Need an iOS App to Add Your Own Sounds

- September 4, 2014

microGranny 2.0 is a New Handmade Granular Sampler from the Czech Republic

- March 14, 2014

Play a Retro-Sounding Commodore 64 Emulation in a Browser with WebSID

- February 28, 2014

Lunchbeat is a 1-bit Groovebox You Can Make Yourself

- November 11, 2013

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