The synth modules of winter: your Eurorack radar

The waves of synth modules never stop coming, as obsessed engineers keep making them and sound tinkerers keep buying them. So let’s catch up with what’s out there, in the wake of the NAMM show in California late last month.

Make Noise are turning a classic 1972 synthesis book into a video series

Even as modular synths make a comeback, the definitive work on the topic languishes out of print since its 1972 publication. But now, one synth maker is translating its ideas to video.

Peter Kirn - March 21, 2018

Inside Orphx’s terrific live technique, mixing modular and computer

Orphx are simply enchanting – doubly so live. Veteran experimentalists and master virtuosos of live performance, their music is heavy and industrial, but endlessly imaginative and groovy. Onstage, they genuinely improvise – there’s spontaneity and interplay. And that creative energy plays out both in their imposing live schedule and in their prolific studio output. The […]

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2017

Two videos show why the Make Noise 0-COAST modular is cool

Peter Kirn - December 23, 2016

Here are all the gear videos from NAMM you should watch

Peter Kirn - February 11, 2016

I Dream of Wires Doc Gets Premiere; Here are Pics and Facts

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2015

Techno Legend Surgeon Breaks Down His Live Modular Set

Peter Kirn - July 8, 2015

Now littleBits Modules Play with MIDI, USB, CV: Videos

Peter Kirn - March 31, 2015

In An Avalanche of Modular, Here’s the New Gear You Need to Know

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2015

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