Maggi Payne, photographing crystals, composing for Moog modular III, more

Texas-born composer Maggi Payne has just quietly been busy being a legend over decade after decade. Well known to Mills College (as its Center for Contemporary Music co-director until 2018), if you don’t know her, you should. And this is just the kind of Sunday to gaze at some crystals and listen to her ethereal textures on the then already-vintage Moog modular Series III, in a tip straight from The Bob Moog Foundation.

Synthesizers.com in VCV Rack gives you Moog-like 5U in software, for free

Imagine having access to a full original Moog modular system. Now imagine you could run the whole thing for free – and it won’t take up a wall of your home. Synthesizers.com has brought its MU East Coast-inspired modular to VCV Rack as freeware. It’s also a great place to begin with software modular synthesis.

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2024

Moog is back: Moog Muse is the 8-voice love child of modular and Voyager

The leaks and rumors are over, and the Moog Muse is here. It looks like the next-gen Moog flagship we’ve been waiting for, combining some of the best of Voyager, modular, and Matriarch in an 8-voice polyphonic instrument.

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2024

Herb Deutsch, educator and Moog synth co-inventor, has died

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2022

Cherry Audio Voltage Modular software hits 1500 modules, adds exotic vintage Moog-style tools

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2022

Happy 90th birthday to Herb Deutsch, educator, composer, and Moog synth co-inventor

Peter Kirn - February 9, 2022