Bitwig Studio is about to deliver on a fully modular core in a DAW

Bitwig Studio may have started in the shadow of Ableton, but one of its initial promises was building a DAW that was modular from the ground up. Bitwig Studio 3 is poised to finally deliver on that promise, with “The Grid.”

FamilyTool expands Moog, other semi-modulars with more patching

Moog’s DFAM and Mother-32 have attracted their own dedicated following. Now a Kickstarter project aims to expand patching flexibility on the Moog and other semi-modulars – so you won’t outgrow them.

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2019

More surprise in your sequences, with ESQ for Ableton Live

With interfaces that look lifted from a Romulan warbird and esoteric instruments, effects, and sequencers, K-Devices have been spawning surprising outcomes in Ableton Live for some time now. ESQ is the culmination of that: a cure for preset sounds and ideas in a single device.

Peter Kirn - December 30, 2018

Ethereal, enchanting Winter Solstice drone album, made in VCV Rack

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2018

Hands-on: Complex-1 puts West Coast-inspired modular in Reason

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2018

Generative music from Shanghai’s AYRTBH: interview, download

David Abravanel - December 17, 2018

TUNNELS imagines Eurorack if you could multiply and patch anywhere

Peter Kirn - December 7, 2018

Eerie, amazing sounds from tape loops, patches – like whales in space

Peter Kirn - November 8, 2018

Post folk: when a hurdy gurdy meets MIDI, a new hybrid is born

Peter Kirn - October 19, 2018

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