Stories
Here are some of the weirdest musical instrument ideas from NAMM
Trade shows can be a strenuous onslaught of noise, cost, and crowds – but then it’s often the weirdest stuff that makes it worth it. And no one finds strange quite like Barry Wood and his annual NAMM Oddities.
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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.
Peter Kirn - February 5, 2019
Modular-Analog Music tech Stories Tech
Buchla’s pioneering Thunder touch controller is back, on Sensel Morph
Software and hardware are finally becoming more responsive to expression from more than one finger at a time, via MPE. But how do you get those sounds under your hands? Sensel Morph is one answer. And now it has an appealing layout from one of the people who shaped synthesis – Don Buchla.
Peter Kirn - January 23, 2019
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
APC as standalone hardware? Leaked Akai APC Live
Peter Kirn - January 2, 2019
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
Erica are set to bring the 909 into the modular age with their latest gear
Peter Kirn - January 31, 2018
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Video of some of the best new gear from NAMM – and no talking
Peter Kirn - January 29, 2018
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