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.

Bitwig Studio is about to deliver on a fully modular core in a DAW

Bitwig Studio may have started in the shadow of Ableton, but one of its initial promises was building a DAW that was modular from the ground up. Bitwig Studio 3 is poised to finally deliver on that promise, with “The Grid.”

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2019

KORG volca modular and volca drum are real – and now we’ve got details

Some things are too good, or too improbable, to be true. Apparently that doesn’t apply to KORG’s volca series. Because if the ultra-compact, affordable modular and drum were exactly what you wished for, well – they’re here.

Peter Kirn - January 15, 2019

FamilyTool expands Moog, other semi-modulars with more patching

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2019

Haken’s ContinuuMini is expressive, post-keyboard sound for $899

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2019

Synth pioneer Alan R. Pearlman, founder of ARP, has died

Peter Kirn - January 7, 2019

Bastl’s Dark Matter module unleashes the joys of feedback

Peter Kirn - January 4, 2019

Images of KORG volca modular, volca drum appear online

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2018

Ethereal, enchanting Winter Solstice drone album, made in VCV Rack

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2018

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