Review: Arturia AstroLab, the stage keyboard with Arturia instruments

Arturia’s first foray into integrated software and hardware has arrived, effectively packing the V Collection into a standalone keyboard. We turn to guest reviewer Benjamin Weiss for an independent perspective on how this instrument performs.

User interface for Creature From the ID, featuring dials, VU meters, and a hexagonal organization with oscillators on the two sides and mixing and send controls at the center.

Creature from the ID lets you live your 50s sci-fi soundtrack fantasies

The latest Giorgio Sancristoforo creation is an instrument inspired by the self-generating electronic circuits of Louis and Bebe Barron. Voyage to a Forbidden Planet on your computer.

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2024

Analog Waveguide module uses 1971 theory to make a killer resonator

It’s 2024’s newest Eurorack module from CHAIR, The Center for Haptic Audio Interaction Research. But the inspiration dates back to some 1970s magazines and analog signal processing theory. What you get is an amazing physical modeling resonator for patching that sounds extraordinary. In a world of sound-alike gear, this is just the sort of experimental […]

Peter Kirn - May 15, 2024

A plug-in simulates your music being played in a club – even by a trash DJ

Peter Kirn - April 5, 2024

Baby Audio BA-1 gets free 1.5 update: FX Strip, arp, more sound controls

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2024

Lofi Oddity is a beautiful free “degradation toy box” plug-in

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2024

Rhodes V-Pan, free through January, offers versatile, musical panning

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2023

chipsynth C64 is an emulation of the SID so good, it can replace hardware

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2023

Free plug-in from BPB and Toybox Audio simulates dirty VHS tapes

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2023

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