KORG multi/poly native is as satisfying as a desktop plug-in as it in hardware

KORG’s analog-modeling, layered multi-poly was already compelling as hardware. Now, it’s available as a software plug-in, either as a companion to the keyboard version or as a rich plug-in in its own right. I’ve been working with a late build; here are some impressions.

1982’s PPG Wave 2 arrives in reimagined Eurorack form

It’s been a long time since the PPG name graced hardware. That brand and its founder, Wolfgang Palm, laid the foundation for decades of wavetable synthesis. Now the PPG name is back via an officially authorized collaboration with Liquid Sky d-vices and Cornel Hecht (Hell Modular) – and authentic Wave 2 sounds are arriving in Eurorack.

Peter Kirn - February 11, 2025

bop: free, fast, friendly, fun music stuff for Pd, old CPUs and RasPi

It’s free, it’s fast, it’s fun, it’s bop for the free Pure Data Vanilla. It runs on old computers. It runs on Raspberry Pi. “You probably don’t have any use for bop,” its developer says humbly – but wait, with everything from text sequencing to reverbs to esoteric musical notation, this looks great!

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2025

That time Jem and The Holograms went synthesizer shopping

Peter Kirn - January 30, 2025

Brian Eno released Generative Music on a floppy – here’s what it sounded like

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2025

Working with Alan Parsons, PSP recreates Frequency Translator

Peter Kirn - January 20, 2025

Alternative histories, realized: someone built a working 80s Apple prototype

Peter Kirn - December 9, 2024

KORG multi/poly – a modeled mono/poly that’s secretly a KAOSS-filled studio

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2024

Roland is celebrating Bandcamp Friday with 3 months free Ultimate Studio

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2024

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