SEGA, Taito arcade come to KORG Gadget on Nintendo Switch

Here’s one serious Japanese game + music nerdgasm: legendary arcade maker Taito, game giant SEGA all come together on the KORG platform on the Nintendo platform. KORG Gadget on the Nintendo Switch was always at least an intriguing novelty. As with titles for Nintendo DS and Game Boy before it, bringing a music creation tool […]

The OP-Z now samples, too, in Teenage Engineering software update

The OP-Z is the aggressively minimalist, love it-or-hate-it compact synth. But now an update makes it make way more sense – with sampling available, this pint sized synth turns into the instrument it was meant to be.

Peter Kirn - July 1, 2019

iOS Inter-App Audio is going away; Audiobus creator on what’s next

Many iOS music makers want to route audio between apps – just as you would in a studio. But news came this week that Apple would drop support for its own IAA (Inter-App Audio), used by apps like KORG Gadget, Animoog, and Reason Compact. What will that mean? I spoke with Audiobus’ creator to find […]

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2019

Teenage Engineering work with Rick & Morty creator on Pocket Operator

Peter Kirn - May 28, 2019

Playdate is an indie game handheld with a crank from Teenage Engineering, Panic

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2019

Turn your iPad or iPhone into a scriptable MIDI tool with Mozaic

Peter Kirn - May 20, 2019

Polyend puts presets in your modular – plus run on a battery, anywhere

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2019

IK UNO Drum: portable, $249.99 analog-PCM drum machine

Peter Kirn - May 8, 2019

Automated techno: Eternal Flow generates dance music for you

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

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