Black Corporation’s next hardware is a Jupiter-8 recreation, with MPE and microtuning

Black Corporation, makers of Deckard’s Dream and Kijimi, continue their run of ultra-luxe polysynths. Now the sought-after Jupiter-8 is in their sights, with some 2021 twists.

Here’s what Polyend’s Medusa can sound like

By laying out faders, encoders, displays, and an 8×8 expressive grid, Polyend hopes you’ll play their Medusa’s synths sounds. So here’s some sound of what was going on in my studio.

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2019

The ultra-rare Sequential Prophet T8, reborn as a flagship add-on

It was the stuff of legends – a richly capable polysynth from the mind of Dave Smith, with only 800 units making it into the world. But now as makers chase the same clones on repeat, the T8 finds its way onto another innovative and overlooked flagship, today’s Sequential Prophet X and XL.

Peter Kirn - May 15, 2019

Elektron turns Digitone into a polysynth keyboard

Peter Kirn - May 8, 2019

Novation’s super synth for Superbooth leaks: 16-voice Summit

Peter Kirn - May 8, 2019

Yamaha may revisit its legendary 1970s CS-80 polysynth

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2019

Surge is free, deep synth for every platform, with MPE support

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

Haken’s ContinuuMini is expressive, post-keyboard sound for $899

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2019

Explore sonic inspiration, via this artist’s approach to Novation’s Peak 1.2

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2018

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