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Amigo Sampler, Amiga sampling in plug-in form for £10, plus skank music
How about Commodore AMIGA-style sampling – complete with pixel UI, lo-fi sampling styles, vintage time-stretching, and both modern and Amiga file support – in a plug-in? It’s Amigo Sampler, it’s got a price point from a fish and chips shop, and it sounds wicked. (The plug-in, and the music from the folks making it, too…)
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Meng Qi’s new Wingie2 firmware is inspired by the late Rob Hordijk’s Blippoo Box
Dutch designer Rob Hordijk inspired many instrument creators before his death last fall. Meng Qi is one of those moved by his work. He has just released an alternative firmware for his Wingie2 that allows it to behave like Hordijk’s beloved Blippoo Box.
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2023
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Brutal, creative sound worlds in 4-part compilation from Paula Temple’s Noise Manifesto
Distort sound, distort norms – that’s the watchcry of Paula Temple’s Noise Manifesto. But even though it’s a celebration of ten years of the label, if you love any distortion at all, you owe it yourself to tune into this four-part guide to some of the most inventive sonic destruction around.
At Instruments series by Morphine Records, physicality and improvisation meet invention
Peter Kirn - November 1, 2021
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NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever
Peter Kirn - October 15, 2021
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In Instruments series, encounters between inventors and musicians, watchable online
Peter Kirn - October 8, 2021
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Lucifer is a dark FM oscillator for drones and drums and evil – Error Instruments does Superbooth
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021
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