Go watch this video on Buchla, Spectraphon, and spectral animation

Soundhack creator Tom Erbe joins musician-synthesist Sarah Belle Reid for a fascinating dive into the Make Noise Spectraphon, spectral animation, and Buchla history. IYKYK – but if you don’t know, that’s one Hell of a spectral historical West Coast trip.

Behold, Instruō brings you new VCV Rack modules, Apple Silicon support

It’s what VCV Rack users have been waiting for. Instruō has Apple Silicon-native support for its software module clones, plus, for all platforms, the cèis envelope generator and powerful øchd modulation expander. And it’s all freeware.

Peter Kirn - December 29, 2024

Strange-R modules: navigate generative melodic contours

Stochastic Instruments has a preview of some tasty generative sequencer modules. Random walks meet music theory, and what you get is Melodic Contour Sequencing, navigated with knobs, voltage, and (on the larger module) a joystick.

Peter Kirn - December 23, 2024

Tolkachev has found something ... in the forest! The box opens, and inside is a new Radiant module from Dnipro Modular x Sinevibes!

Dnipro x Sinevibes: Radiant stereo morphing processing module

Peter Kirn - December 9, 2024

Close-up, angled view of Envy Machine, showing jacks, push-button selectors, LED indicators for modes, and tall, sleek encoders.

Envy Machine, 4 channels of envelopes, LFOs, randomness, knob recording

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2024

MCO mk2 module showing different modes on color display, with graphics - DigiWave, SuperSaw, ToneSum (Additive), LFO Rate, FOrmant, Spread, Shape (Noise), and Voice BC8000 (Vari-mode), panel with CV1, CV, CV3 inputs and push-button knob/navigation.

ALM’s new MCO mk2 packs a studio of classic digital synths into 6HP, VCV

Peter Kirn - December 3, 2024

Bastl Instruments Crust drum voice is free in VCV Rack, too

Peter Kirn - November 5, 2024

Super Synthesis shuts down; fire sale and $59 chorus and reverb modules

Peter Kirn - October 3, 2024

Turmoil and Turbulence modules are all about disrupting your gates

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2024

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