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Waldorf’s Protein: soul of Microwave in an 8-voice wavetable synth, €329
It’s Thanksgiving in the USA, but Germany’s got your Protein, and what a surprise. The classic Microwave 1 wavetable sound meets a tweakable, compact desktop housing and 4-layer, 8-voice architecture. A Keto diet has never sounded more appetizing. Price? €329 in Europe intro, incl. VAT (€379 after the end of the year.) Out now.
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A free Winamp clone, for macOS, with FLAC and Milkdrop visualizations
It might be a funny intersection of interests. But developer Matt Greenwood built a macOS-native clone of the legendary Winamp in Swift, MIT-licensed, with MP3 and FLAC playback and Milkdrop visualization support (including fullscreen).
Peter Kirn - November 14, 2025
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Guide: Creating instruments with Max for Live and Ableton DSP (pt. 3)
For the final episode in this trilogy on learning Max for Live and Ableton DSP Objects, we’re going to keep the focus on working fast. We’ll learn how to use Ableton DSP to prototype instruments quickly, play expressively, and hack them with some tricks and mods beyond what the stock Live Instruments provide.
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Peter Kirn - October 13, 2025
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Peter Kirn - July 25, 2025
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GForce Halogen FM makes playing with frequencies fun all over again – review
Peter Kirn - June 24, 2025
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Radio Shack’s TRS-80 now has polyphonic MIDI and a tracker
Peter Kirn - June 2, 2025
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