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KORG’s phase8 “acoustic synthesizer” is now a product for sale
The experimental electromechanical 8-voice instrument, after a long gestation period at KORG Berlin’s skunkworks R&D, is now going public. That means this unique set of sequenced steel resonators is making its way off the laboratory table and into the wild.
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Sinevibes Cache has turned into a buffer-mangling, playable breaks machine
Oh, Cache is good as a Mac/Windows/Linux effect — flip, repeat, stretch, robotize, and generally go buffer-mad. But you expected that from a Sinevibes plug-in. The joy here is that now you can really play. Connect a MIDI keyboard, and Cache is a breaks-friendly, sound transmorgrifying effect instrument.
Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
Transform any binary file into sound and MIDI, right in your browser, free
01000011 01101111 01101111 01101100 00100001! Binary Synth runs in your browser, and translates any binary file from its zeros and ones into audio synthesis and MIDI messages. The code is available under an MIT license, too, if you want to play with it.
New, playful arpeggiator features for Sequential Take 5, Oberheim TEO-5
Peter Kirn - November 10, 2025
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Coffee cups, pizza boxes, everything’s an instrument: watch clipping. play
Peter Kirn - November 7, 2025
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MPE meets modular, strings: AAS Multiphonics CV-3, Osmose, Soliste
Peter Kirn - September 29, 2025
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The making of Sequential’s all-analog, polyphonic, expressive Fourm
Peter Kirn - September 23, 2025
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Tekno, new bendable drum machine synth: we’ve got free patterns and kits
Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025
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