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.

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.

Peter Kirn - November 30, 2018

Roland’s new SYSTEM-500 modules, and why you might want them

There’s East Coast (Moog), there’s West Coast (Buchla) … and then there’s much further East. Roland’s SYSTEM-500 descends from the Japanese modular tradition. Now we have the details of their latest Eurorack renditions.

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2018

The Monolith is a huge synth powered by Teensy, shown at Maker Faire

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2017

The Arcane Arts of Experimental Instrument Design: 3DMIN [Videos, Gallery]

- December 8, 2014

For Allhallowtide, Here Are Hours of Brilliant Underground Music to Make You Feel Undead

- October 31, 2014

Folk Dub: Listen to Greg Gives Peter Space, Imagine Futures Past [CDM Presents]

- June 3, 2014

In Living Rooms, Homes, Beautiful Music as a Ritual: Olafur Arnalds; Matthew Flook; Free

- April 2, 2014

New Leaves: A Mix of 2013 Artists and Music to Inspire Your 2014

- January 7, 2014

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