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Watch as GLASYS uses a MIDI keyboard to paint pixel art live
Draw a synthesizer with another synthesizer with MIDI by playing a keyboard and… well, GLASYS surely just won the music nerd Internet for the summer, no?
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Explore sonic inspiration, via this artist’s approach to Novation’s Peak 1.2
Novation packed new sounds – and 43 new wavetables – into an update for their flagship Peak synthesizer. Sound designer Patricia Wolf writes to share how she approached making some of those new sounds.
Peter Kirn - December 24, 2018
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A haunting ambient sci-fi album about a message from Neptune
Latlaus Sky’s Pythian Drift is a gorgeous ambient concept album, the kind that’s easy to get lost in. The set-up: a probe discovered on Neptune in the 26th Century will communicate with just one woman back on Earth.
Roland’s new SYSTEM-500 modules, and why you might want them
Peter Kirn - May 3, 2018
Modular-Analog Music tech Step 1 Tech
The Monolith is a huge synth powered by Teensy, shown at Maker Faire
Peter Kirn - May 24, 2017
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